Prime minister chose to delay Bashneft sale, spokeswoman says Weak market, other asset sales were among reasons, RBC reports Russia is delaying what would have been its biggest asset sale in a decade after plans were upended by renewed weakness in global oil markets and as two of the nation’s biggest crude producers expressed interest in the offering of shares in Bashneft PJSC. “The prime minister made the decision, which was approved by the president, to move the Bashneft privatization to a later date,” Premier Dmitry Medvedev’s spokeswoman Natalya Timakova said by phone on Tuesday, without elaborating. The sale won’t happen this year, the news website RBC reported , citing a person it didn’t identify. The government planned to sell as much as 50.08 percent of the regional oil producer as early as next month to help plug the budget deficit following the collapse of crude prices that helped […]