BERLIN, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Russian oil company Rosneft is in talks to acquire a stake in a BP joint venture that could result in deals to drill for oil in the arctic, sources said. Russia - Rosneft - BP - Joint venture - Oil and Gas

Belarus and Russia were negotiating the creation of a joint venture that would sell electricity generated by Belarus' future nuclear power plant, Belorussian Ambassador to Russia Alexandr Surikov said on Thursday.

Russia signed on Saturday an agreement with Iran to set up a joint venture to operate the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

BP's Russian joint venture TNK-BP and Vietnam's state-owned oil and gas corporation PetroVietnam are in talks over setting up a joint venture in Russia, the Vietnamese company said on Thursday.

An international financial firm has invested almost 54m with Solvay to fund a major PVC plant in Russia. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development approved the investment 21 July, along with an 11-year loan of 150m to RusVinyl, a Solvay joint venture thats building the plant in Kstovo.