Reuters: Russian state bank secretly financed Rosneft sale after foreign buyers balkedBy Reuters. Published Nov. 10, 2018 at 12:40 pm The company logo of Russia's state oil giant Rosneft is seen at a petrol station in Moscow on June 28, 2017. Photo by AFPMOSCOW/LONDON – It was billed as the deal that proved Russia remained open for business.Read more here.