Rosneft enters India with US$13b Essar deal
Acquisition is "an important strategic victory" for Russia, says Eurasia Group analyst
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IN a spectacularly costly gamble aimed at boosting Russia's strategic position, state-controlled giant Rosneft is investing in India's Essar Oil to muscle into a promising market with outlets throughout Asia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin returned from last week's BRICS summit in Goa with one of the largest deals the oil sector has seen in the last two years of falling prices: 98 per cent of Essar Oil at a valuation of US$12.9 billion.
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