MOSCOW, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin has cleared the way for Cyprus-registered investment firm Bonum Capital to transact in shares of four Russian groups in which it holds minority stakes, including Gazprom, an order published on Thursday showed.
The order said Putin had issued the clearance as a response to international sanctions.
The U.S. introduced sanctions against Bonum Capital Cyprus last year as part of measures targeting individuals and entities it said were part of a transnational network that procures technology to support Moscow in its conflict with Ukraine.
Bonum can now engage in transactions related to its 24.2 million shares in Gazprom - 0.1% of its capital - and its 10,000 Nornickel shares, 1.3 million InterRAO shares, and 30,530 Lukoil shares, stakes of less than 0.01% in those companies.
Bonum Capital, which according to its website was founded in 2013 in Moscow, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Jason Neely and Jan Harvey)
