Jun 5, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow Times Russian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin has asked President Vladimir Putin to support its participation in the privatization of the Greek port of Thessaloniki, a news report said Wednesday. The selection of candidates may begin as early as June,...
Jun 5, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow Times Russian, Belarussian and Kazakh state railway companies plan to sign agreements on a joint venture called United Transportation and Logistics Company with combined assets estimated at 21 billion rubles ($658 million), Salman Babayev, a vice president at...
Jun 4, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
S7 Group, controlled by Natalya Filyova and her husband Vladislav Filyov, has bought 25.5 percent in S7 Airlines from the government at an auction, Alfa Bank, the organizer of the auction, said Thursday, Interfax reported. S7 Group bid 1.13 billion rubles ($36.5...
Jun 4, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, China, East Asia, News, Russia
Moscow Times 31 May 2013 A fishing company co-owned by the brother of Moscow region acting Governor Andrei Vorobyov has purchased two smaller rivals in a $190 million deal that will make its pollock catch the biggest in the country, a news report said Friday. Maxim...
Jun 4, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow Times 4 June 2013 Hulking, bleakly grey and occasionally claustrophobia-inducing, Soviet-era hotels are ready to be spruced up — if investors will have them. Many Soviet-era hotels in Moscow and other cities have undergone large-scale reconstruction in recent...
