BOLSHOI KAMEN, Russia, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The Russiangovernment should manage to privatise a 19.5 percent stake inoil producer Rosneft this year, Andrei Belousov, aKremlin economic aide, told reporters on Thursday.
Russia plans to sell the Rosneft stake as a part of a widerprivatisation programme aimed at helping bridge a budget gap.
The programme has suffered setbacks as the governmentpostponed the sale of another oil producer, Bashneft. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Katya Golubkova;Editing by Alexander Winning)
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