Putin commented on the arrest of Alex speaker – TASS

LIMA, 21 Nov. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin assured that the arrest of the former Minister of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev does not affect the acquisition of Bashneft by Rosneft. “Cannot influence this sad event (the arrest of ex-Minister) on the transaction of “Rosneft” on acquisition of the stake in Bashneft, – he told reporters at a press conference on the results of the APEC summit.

“moreover, we expect that the synergistic effect (from the transaction) will be significant, – said the head of state. – In fact, when we expressed doubts about the feasibility of the acquisition of “Bashneft”, “Rosneft”, we talked about the fact that the controlling stake in Rosneft is state-owned. But this, incidentally, is not a public company, a significant stake is owned by foreign party – “British petroleum”.

According to the President, the privatization of Rosneft will be directly by the privatization of state property. “We are in this sense does not abandon its original plans for privatization deals and, of course, the government and the management of “Rosneft” will work on the implementation of the second step of this plan, that is over the sale of a package “Rosneft”, – said the Russian leader.

the Case against the former head of the MAYOR have to comment on the investigative authorities and the court, said Vladimir Putin.

the President of Russia intends after returning from Peru to decide on the new head of Ministry of economic development. “I’ll be right back (from Peru), we finally will understand and put the point,” he said.

“we Have at least 3-4 people have candidates,” he added. Putin stressed that he had already discussed the matter with the Prime Minister and other members.

According to the President of the Russian Federation, the arrest of Alexei Ulyukayev did not affect his overall assessment of government performance.

“It did not affect my attitude to the government as a whole. The government is working professionally,” Putin said. He stressed that it is impossible to work without errors. “I guess it would be possible to do something and the government quickly, but in General, I repeat again, I believe that the government works efficiently and is quite effective in those difficult conditions that we face,” said the President.

he added that He talked on this subject with the head of the IMF Christine Lagarde. “IMF confirms my assessment of the financial and economic block of the government and the Central Bank”, – concluded Putin.