The government is preparing a schedule for the sale of Open Joint Stock Company "Russian Railways" 50% plus two share stake in container operator Public Joint Stock Company TransContainer (LSE:TRCN) with the deal planned to be closed in 2019, Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov told reporters on January 15, 2019 on the sidelines of the Gaidar Forum. “We are preparing a schedule for the sale that encompasses the closure of the deal during this year on conditions that I mentioned before: (the stake should be sold to) a maximum possible amount of participants on non-discriminatory conditions at an open auction," he said.