Russian Finance Ministry discusses assets for privatization in 2017

The Russian government is considering additional assets that may be privatized in 2017, the Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said.

"[Our planned privatization revenues next year] amount to 138 bln rubles ($2.3 bln) - these are VTB and Sovcomflot. The government is viewing the issue [of additional privatization targets]. We are interested in accelerated privatization," TASS cited Siluanov as saying.