Putin govt keen to further support sanctioned GAZ group of Deripaska

The Russian government is looking at the expediency of providing further support to sanctioned businessman Oleg Deripaska's GAZ Group, TASS news agency cited a government official as saying on Thursday.

The Kommersant business daily reported earlier on Thursday that GAZ was seeking 30 billion roubles ($468 million) in support from the government, citing the risk of a 40 per cent drop in second half output.