Rosneft is likely to seek a new intermediary for the $3.4 billion sale of a 50 percent stake in its Tomskneft unit.
State-owned Vneshekonombank, which gained Federal Anti-Monopoly Service permission last week to buy a controlling stake in Tomskneft, probably will not act as intermediary on behalf of Gazprom's oil unit, citing unidentified people close to the bank and Rosneft.
