PRESS DIGEST - RUSSIA - Apr 18
The following are some stories in Russia's newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
VEDOMOSTI
www.vedomosti.ru
- The international oilfield services group Schlumberger is close to acquiring a 24-percent stake in Russian Eurasia Drilling Company. The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation is likely to approve the deal, the paper writes, citing experts.
KOMMERSANT
www.kommersant.ru
- The Russian government has temporarily banned state owned companies Rosatom and Roscosmos from signing any legally binding agreements with foreign companies if the countries that they represent imposed sanctions against Russia, the newspaper reports.
($1 = 61.8487 roubles) (Reporting by Margarita Popova; Editing by Toby Chopra)
