MOSCOW, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Russian state bank VTB financing the privatisation of Rosneft last year is acommercial issue which is not on the Kremlin's agenda, Kremlinspokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.
Peskov added that VTB financing the deal should not beviewed as participation in the Rosneft privatisation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin last year publicly saidthat state banks should not help finance privatisation deals.
Vedomosti newspaper reported late on Monday that VTB hadhelped launch the privatisation of Rosneft by lending 692billion roubles ($11.6 billion) on Dec. 15 to the joint venturebetween Glencore and Qatar that bought a 19.5 percent stake inRosneft. (Reporting by Polina Devitt; Writing by Katya Golubkova andAlexander Winning)