Russia to mull allowing China over 50 percent stake in strategic oil, gas fields - TASS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian government is ready to consider allowing Chinese investors to take more than 50 percent stakes in strategic oil and gas fields, TASS news agency quoted Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich as saying on Friday.

According to TASS, Dvorkovich said offshore fields would not be included.

(Reporting by Katya Golubkova, editing by Elizabeth Piper)