Cashing up: Lukoil
Lukoil in $1.8bn loan talks
Russia's second-largest oil company Lukoil has asked state-owned bank VEB for a $1.8 billion loan to refinance its foreign debt, Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov said today.
"We are holding talks. The 7% interest rate offered by VEB on the loan is too high," Reuters quoted Alekperov as telling reporters.