The head of the fuel and energy department of Kommersant Kirill Melnikov reconsiders the rules of game

The contest of Igor Sechin and Gennady Timchenko for Severenergiya  started more than a month ago. The contest for the assets is not a surprise, though it remains unclear how the situation will be solved, as the rules of this game started changing.

NOVATEK (Timchenko is the co-owner) and Gazpromneft control Severenergiya. Their partners are two Italian companies - Eni and Enel. Enel decided to sell its share and NOVATEK and Gazpromneft started the negotiations concerning its redemption. Then Rosneft appeared and started behaving more aggressively, having proposed a good price and arranged the purchase quickly