VTB boss says Rosneft sale "paid for by foreign firms" - Tass
MOSCOW, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The acquisition of a 19.5 percent stake in Russia's Rosneft oil firm was paid for by foreign companies, Tass news agency quoted Andrei Kostin, Chief (Taiwan OTC: 3345.TWO - news) Executive of Russian state lender VTB, as saying on Wednesday.
Kostin declined to comment on what role VTB played in the transaction, Tass reported.
(Reporting by Alexander Winning; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Maria Kiselyova)