BP plans to keep its stake in Russia's Rosneft unchanged - Interfax

BP's Chief Executive Bob Dudley speaks to the media after year-end results were announced at the energy company's headquarters in London February 1, 2011. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - International oil major BP plans to keep its stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft at the current level, Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday, citing BP's Chief Executive Bob Dudley. Russian government plans to sell a stake in Rosneft as part of its privatisation programme. BP owns a 19.75-percent stake in Rosneft. (Reporting by Polina Devitt; editing by Vladimir Soldatkin)