Indian firms' dividends from Russian oil projects stuck -source

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By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI, April 29 (Reuters) - Dividends of as much as $400 million to four Indian companies for their stakes in Russian oil assets are stuck due to problems in payments triggered by Western sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, a government source said on Saturday. As a result of the sanctions, banking channels have not been available to repatriate the $300 million to $400 million in dividend payments since last year as Russia is out of the SWIFT global payment system, the source told reporters. The affected companies are ONGC Videsh Ltd , Oil India , Bharat Petroleum Corp , and Indian Oil Corp , the source said. (Reporting by Nidhi Verma in New Delhi; Writing by Sarita Chaganti Singh; Editing by William Mallard)

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