MOSCOW, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Russia's government "on thewhole" has approved the investment programme of the country'stop oil producer Rosneft, which has been hit byWestern sanctions, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich toldreporters on Tuesday.
He declined to reveal the investment programme, which in2013 stood at around 600 billion roubles ($15.5 billion).
Dvorkovich also said Rosneft has yet to formally apply forhelp from the National Wealth Fund and that it must define theprojects for which it needs money from the fund.
(1 US dollar = 38.6800 Russian rouble) (Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya; writing by Vladimir Soldatkin,editing by Thomas Grove)