SIMFEROPOL, March 14 - ChornomorNaftoGaz, which the Crimean authorities plan to nationalize, could be privatized as a result of an open tender in the future, Crimea's First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Temirgaliyev told Interfax.

"After the company's nationalization we will publicly make a decision, if there is a large investor such as Gazprom or others, to conduct this procedure (privatization) as part of an open tender," Temirgaliyev said.

ChornomorNaftoGaz will be nationalized and become a Crimean company in the very near future, Temirgaliyev said.