MOSCOW (Reuters) - CEFC China Energy is in talks with Russian state bank VTB (>> Bank VTB PAO) to raise around $5 billion (£3.78 billion) in loan to finance acquisition of a stake in Russia's largest oil firm Rosneft
The source added that VTB and CEFC might close the loan transaction by year-end.
(Reporting by Andrey Ostroukh; writing by Katya Golubkova; editing by Dmitry Solovyov)