31 Mar 2011 17:25

Privatization of packets in Sberbank, Sovcomflot slated for near future - Nabiullina

MOSCOW. March 31 (Interfax) - Share packets in Sberbank and Sovcomflot will be privatized in the near future, Russia's Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said at a briefing in Moscow on Thursday.

"We will have in the near future the privatization of those packets we've already looked at - this concerns Sberbank. Also, the Central Bank has decided on this. This is within its auspices," she said.

"Sovcomflot is among the sales that we are now actively working on," she added.

In addition, commenting on an estimate on the future merger of Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports, Nabiullina said that "this should absolutely be a market estimate." "When it is ready, we will be ready to announce it," she said.