Igor Sechin denies the interest of "Rosneft" in "Bashneft".
OJSC "Rosneft" will never consider buying shares in OJSC "Bashneft" because of the "skeletons in the closet" and the risks of privatization of the asset, Igor Sechin told Bloomberg. In mid-September Mikhail Khodorkovskiy, the former head of Yukos, has suggested that "Rosneft" is aimed at the acquisition of "Bashneft", which Vladimir Yevtushenkov, the principal owner of AFK "Sistema" accused of money laundering, refused to give under the conditions offered to him. "It's a myth", - Sechin stated in an interview. "The market was aware of the "skeletons in the closet" for a long time. That is why we have never considered the possibility of buying the asset. But Vladimir Petrovich Yevtushenkov is a very wise man, an experienced businessman.