Deal with Rosneft is U.S. sanctions-compliant, says Essar Group CEO

By Nidhi Verma and Promit Mukherjee MUMBAI (Reuters) - The $12.9 billion (10.6 billion pounds) sale of India's Essar Oil to a group led by Russia's Rosneft does not run foul of U.S. sanctions imposed against the majority state-owned Russian energy firm, parent Essar Group's CEO said on Sunday. It is the biggest foreign acquisition ever in India and Russia's largest outbound deal. The deal that will give Rosneft , commodities trading house Trafigura [TRAFGF.UL] and private investment group United