Americans interested in buying Russian airports - transport minister
09:44, 25 June 2010
WASHINGTON. June 25. KAZINFORM U.S. businessmen would like to buy Russian airports and seaports, Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin said Thursday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
"American investors have a very big interest in purchasing Russian ports and airports now that the list of Russia's strategic enterprises has been changed," Levitin said at a meeting with U.S. entrepreneurs.
On June 18, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree reducing the number of strategic companies which enjoy privileged state support fivefold.
Medvedev told the St. Petersburg Economic Forum that "the number of strategic joint-stock companies will be decreased from 208 to 41, the number of federal enterprises from 230 to 159." The companies apparently included some sea- and airports; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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