KIEV, Sept. 19 – Austria 's AMIC Energy Management GmbH acquired the Ukrainian chain of filling stations from Russia 's Lukoil, AMIC Energy Managing Director Gunther Maier said at a press conference in Kiev on Friday.

"The purchase is not fictitious, it is not carried out in the interests of Lukoil or shareholders in Lukoil… I can conform that the assets are bought only in the interests of three shareholders in AMIC, with their own funds," he said.