It was anyone’s guess as to whether Igor Sechin, the hard man of the Kremlin and reputed ex-Soviet spy who now runs Russia’s biggest oil company, had a sensitive side. But last Friday, a carefully selected audience at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London found out that he did. Mr Sechin was delivering his first ever investor speech, part of a push to improve perceptions of state-owned Rosneft as he negotiates his biggest deal yet – the potential acquisition of BP’s 50 per cent stake in its Russian joint venture TNK-BP.
作为克里姆林宫的强人、著名的前苏联特工，伊戈尔•谢钦(Igor Sechin)如今掌管着俄罗斯最大的石油公司——俄罗斯石油公司(Rosneft)。没人知道他有没有感性的一面。但在上周五，伦敦文华东方(Mandarin Oriental)酒店里经过精挑细选的在座贵客却领略到了他的温情。当时，谢钦第一次对投资者发表了演讲，以期改善人们对国有企业Rosneft的看法。同时，谢钦也在洽谈他迄今最大的一笔交易——收购英国石油(BP)在俄罗斯创办的合资企业秋明BP(TNK-BP)中所持的50%股份。