Reforma Investment Ltd registered in Cyprus bought a 9% stake in LUKoil held by the Russian government, a source in the government circles reported. However, the press service of the Russian Fund of Federal Proprety neither denied nor confirmed this information. "The fund's leadership has not circulated any formal statements on this matter and is not planning to release such for the time being", Oleg Shuvalov, the press secretary of the Russian Fund of Federal Proprety, was quoted as saying.