BP chief executive Bernard Looney is resigning from Rosneft’s board with ‘immediate effect’

BP is exiting its 19.75% shareholding in Russian oil giant Rosneft following pressure from the UK Government.

The oil firm’s chief executive Bernard Looney is also resigning from the Rosneft board with “immediate effect”, it said in a statement.

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