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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)