It is issued the list of the strategic enterprises and joint-stock companies of the country. The list was approved by the presidential Decree dated August 4, 2004.

 The list includes 518 public enterprises and 456 joint-stock companies whose shares are the federal ownership and participation of the Russian Federation in management of which provides safety of the state, strategic interests, defensive capacity, protection of morality and interests of the RF citizens. Transneft is also in the list.

 Approval of the list “ will provide strategic interests of the state in the sphere of defense and industrial complex development, creation and production of armaments and defense technology and other brunches of the Russian economy”, RF press-service informed.