MOSCOW (Reuters) - CEFC China Energy is in talks with Russian state bank VTB VTBR.MM to raise around $5 billion (£3.78 billion) in loan to finance acquisition of a stake in Russia's largest oil firm Rosneft VTBRT.MM, a banking source familiar with the talks told Reuters.
The source added that VTB and CEFC might close the loan transaction by year-end.
Reporting by Andrey Ostroukh; writing by Katya Golubkova; editing by Dmitry Solovyov
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