24 July 2012 Updated at 03:38 ET
Rosneft considers buying BP's stake in TNK-BP
TNK-BP has generated billions of pounds of dividends for BP
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Russian state oil company Rosneft has followed Russian consortium AAR saying it is considering buying BP's stake in Anglo-Russian oil firm TNK-BP.
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