VEB Could Lend Novatek's Yamal LNG $1 Bln
Russian state development bank VEB could lend Novatek (NVTK.ME)-led Yamal LNG project around $1 billion, Russian news agencies quoted VEB Chairman Vladimir Dmitriev as saying.
He also said that VEB would co-finance Yamal-LNG with estimated total costs of $27 billion along with top Russian lender Sberbank and Gazprombank, Russia's third by assets.
"We are now talking of roughly $1 billion. This is VEB's share," Dmitriev said.
(Reporting by Katya Golubkova; editing by Susan Thomas)
