President Vladimir Putin is "seeking Asian buyers" for a 19.5% stake in Rosneft and is eyeing the Chinese and Indian nations as the two are leading the growth in global energy demand, Bloomberg reported,citing sources.
Last month, Rosneft's chairman of the board of directors Andrey Belousov said that Russia would prefer to sell a stake in Rosneft "to two strategic partners", however, he did not elaborate.A
