Rosneft Oil Company may reduce its stake in OAO TNK-BP Holding in future. "For us it was not unimportant who would replace BP or the Russian shareholders of this company. I prefer not to say who this might have been, but we are assuming that the state, which has now assumed this position, simply had to do that to prevent a destabilization situation.

Will this structure remain forever the way it is now? No, this model can change," said Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev.