According to a Purneftegaz financial report for the second quarter of this year, the company recorded the receipt of a $1.3 billion payment from Gazprom for the stake, which boosted its net profit to almost $1.1 billion in the quarter.
Purneftegaz, which received the funds at the end of December as the payment for its stake in Sevmorneftegaz, did not show them on its balance sheet in the first quarter because it could retreive the shares until 20 June.
However,
