Wake Up Call: UK Minister Kwarteng Welcomes BP's Exit from Rosneft

Shadia Nasralla
Sunday, February 27, 2022

 Britain's business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said on Sunday he welcomed BP's decision to exit its 19.75% stake in Russian state-controlled oil firm Rosneft in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine must be a wake up call for British businesses with commercial interests in (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's Russia," he said on Twitter.

(Reporting by Shadia Nasralla; Editing by Alison Williams)


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