Energy Update

GOA, India, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A deal in which a group led
by Russian oil major Rosneft will acquire India's
Essar Oil has been specially structured to avoid
falling foul of Western sanctions, Andrey Kostin, head of
Russian lender VTB, told Reuters on Saturday.
India's debt-laden Essar Group confirmed on Saturday it had
agreed to sell a 98 percent interest in its Essar Oil unit to

GOA, India, Oct 15 (Reuters) - India and Russia signed
billions of dollars of defence and energy deals on Saturday at a
summit that sought to inject new life into a relationship that
has been tested by shifting global alliances and conflict in the
Middle East.

GOA, India, Oct 15 (Reuters) - India and Russia on Saturday
announced plans to set up a joint venture to build helicopters
in India, which will also buy surface-to-air missile systems
from its former Cold War ally, as the two tighten their military
relationship.

TRIPOLI, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A Libyan faction opposed to the
U.N.-backed government has taken over a parliamentary
headquarters in Tripoli and called for a new government, in a
challenge to Western plans to bring together competing armed
groups.