KIEV, April 19 – Rinat Akhmetov's DTEK energy holding is mulling the sale of OJSC Obukhovskaya Colliery Group and OJSC Don-Anthracite (Rostov region, Russia), DTEK CEO Maksym Tymchenko said in an interview with ZN.UA.

"We are studying the sale of Russian assets in exchange to the transfer and reduction of the debt [DTEK's debt to creditors] of near $436 million. This is aimed at improving financial stability and meeting the interests of creditors. We are discussing the details of the deal with the interested parties. To our opinion, the deal could considerably decrease the debt burden on DTEK," he said.