As part of a working visit to Armenia Rosneft President Igor Sechin met with the President of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan. A number of documents, pointed at extending cooperation with the republic, were signed in presence of the Armenian President.

Rosneft announces it repaid part of a loan obtained earlier from a group of international banks to finance the acquisition of TNK-BP. With the early repayment announced earlier, the overall amount paid towards the settlement of the principal debt totaled around USD 5.1 billion.

Rosneft announces that it signed an agreement with NOVATEK to swap assets. 40% of shares in Artic Russia B.V. held by Rosneft will be swapped for 51% shares in Sibneftegas held by NOVATEK.

On December 20, 2013 a Russian 100% subsidiary of Rosneft Oil Company and Morgan Stanley signed a binding agreement to purchase the Global Oil Merchanting unit of Morgan Stanley Commodities division. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

On December 20, Rosneft’s Board of Directors considered interim results of its 2013 business plan performance and approved the business plan for 2014-2015.

Igor Sechin, President and Chairman of the Management Board of Rosneft and Nikolai Tokarev, President and Chairman of the Management Board at Transneft met today to sign the Agreements on the transportation of oil and petroleum products in 2014.

Rosneft announces that it has started early repayment of a part of the loan obtained earlier from a group of international banks to finance TNK-BP acquisition.

Moscow, December 17, 2013. Moody’s International Rating Agency announced today that it affirmed Rosneft's Baa1 credit rating and upgraded outlook to stable.

Rosneft and ExxonMobil today signed documents establishing a joint venture to implement a pilot project for tight oil reserves development in Western Siberia as part of the implementation of the agreement on strategic cooperation.

Rosneft President Igor Sechin and Head of the Federal Tax Service of Russia Mikhail Mishustin signed an agreement between the Federal Tax Service of Russia, Rosneft and its five subsidiaries on pricing for tax purposes.