France's TotalEnergies remains in Yamal LNG and Arctic LNG 2, and has been considering withdrawing from Terneftegaz for a long time, so the sale of the stake in this joint venture is not related to media publications, Novatek's head Leonid Mikhelson said. Before deal was announced, French newspaper Le Monde reported that TotalEnergies was involved in the supply of gas condensate for the production of jet fuel, which could be used by Russian military in Ukraine. It was referring to the condensate of the Terneftegaz company.