19.09.2014 - Kazakh Wealth Fund to Sell Ukrainian Assets as Risks Grow
Kazakhstan is speeding up the sale of its assets in Ukraine as growing “political risks” threaten outside investors, sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna said. “Given the current political and economic situation in Ukraine, the interests of non-residents will be considered last,” Samruk-Kazyna Deputy Chief executive Officer Yelena Bakhmutova said on the fund’s website. The fund plans to sell its shares in Kherson Oil Refinery, Ukrnefteproduct and Kazakhoil-Ukraina, she said. In 2000, Kazakhoil, a state-owned oil company that was later merged into KazMunaiGaz National Co., won a tender to purchase 60 percent of the refinery for about $6.4 million. The plant has been shut since 2005. Samruk-Kazyna is the parent company of KazMunaiGaz............................................Full Article: Source
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