Nord Stream’s CEO Matthias Warnig may buy his first asset in Russia – energy contractor EFESK

The CEO of Nord Stream AG (the gas pipeline from Russia to Germany on the seafloor of the Baltic Sea), and an old friend of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, Matthias Warnig may buy his first asset in Russia. As Vedomosti reports today, he is going to buy a package in EFESK, which is engaged in the construction of electric networks and related infrastructure.

Information about the share, which Warnig intends to buy, is different – some source talk about 26%, other – that Warnig will buy the controlling stake.

The deal is planned to be concluded before the end of the year. The package may be bought on account of a decrease of all the other participants’ shares. Sources of the Vedomosti that are close to network companies call the main owner of EFESK its Board’s Chairman, Evgeni Bobylev.