May 20, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
Last week NeoPhotonics, a US-based developer of optoelectronics for high-speed communications networks, opened its R&D center and Russia/Eastern Europe sales office in Moscow, a year after it received a capital injection from, Russia’s state-owned nanotech...
May 19, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
Moscow Times 19 May 2013 Russian billionaire and president of gaming operator Ritzio International Oleg Boiko is set to produce Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, a film adaptation of Truman Capote’s novel “Summer Crossing.” Boiko will...
May 17, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
SOCHI, Russia, May 16 (Reuters) – Russian diamond miner Alrosa plans a share sale that could value the business at up to $15 billion and raise hundreds of millions of roubles for its local and national government owners. The issue, which the Russian government...
May 14, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News
Financial Times – Beyond Brics 13 May 2103 Question: What’s the link between a national airline, a global-brand ski factory and an organic flour producer? Answer: none at all, except in Slovenia, where any half-aware citizen would immediately recognise them as...
May 8, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
Digital Sky Technologies (DST Global), the global investment fund led by Yuri Milner, appears to be a major investor in German startup incubator Rocket Internet. According to the incubator’s slide deck, found by The Manager magazine, DST has already pumped $315...
May 7, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, South & Central Asia
Moscow Times Russian oil major Rosneft and gas producer Itera are in talks with Armenian authorities to acquire Armenia’s largest petrochemical plant, Nairit, which specializes in the production of chloroprene rubber, Vedomosti reported Tuesday. The report cited...
