In a 21 July update after its annual shareholders meeting, Russian state firm Rosneft announced it had re-elected former Qatari energy minister Muhammad al-Sada as chairman. Mr Sada was first elected chairman in June 2023 after serving as Qatar’s energy minister between 2011 and 2018. Top of his priorities will be dealing with an increasing set of sanctions on Russian energy assets, including a new set of sanctions recently passed by the EU (MEES, 25 July).