During the briefing, Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov did not answer a question from journalists whether Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to transfer funds to Shell’s external account to get a share in the Sakhalin-2 project.
Peskov stressed that the Kremlin never commented on commercial correspondence.
“We do not comment on this issue. We never comment on business correspondence,” he said.
Earlier, Kommersant newspaper, citing its sources, knowledgeable About Novatek’s intention to purchase Shell’s share (27.5%) in the Sakhalin-2 project. The publication noted that the company has already reported this to the government of the Russian Federation.
According to Kommersant, Novatek also asked to speed up The process of assessing damage to Sakhalin-2 from Shell activities.
5 August Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the implementation of special economic measures in the financial and fuel and energy sectors due to the unfriendly actions of certain states and international organizations.