Russia's government sees Rosneft stake sale a priority

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian government's priority it to sell a stake in the country's largest oil producer Rosneft , First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Wednesday.

After that sale happens, the government will return to selling a stake in Bashneft .

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has postponed the privatisation of mid-sized oil producer Bashneft on Tuesday

(reporting by Darya Korsunskaya, writing by Denis Pinchuk; Editing by Lidia Kelly)