Apr 23, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Russian authorities have asked tycoon Vladimir Potanin to invest in Alrosa during the upcoming sale of a 14 percent government stake in the diamond producer, Kommersant reported Monday, citing sources. According to market participants, Suleiman Kerimov, Alfa Group and...
Apr 23, 2013 | Brazil, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, News, Russia, Southeast Asia
Brasilia (Reuters) – OGX Petroleo e Gas SA, the flagship of Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista’s troubled EBX group, is negotiating the sale of a 40 percent stake to Russia’s Lukoil in a rescue plan that also involves Malaysia’s Petronas, a...
Apr 22, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow Times 15 April 2013 If you wonder why Russians don’t smile in the metro, what they really think about corruption, how many of them fought bears and how many of these brave souls were drinking vodka at the time, now you can satisfy your curiosity. A...
Apr 22, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
(Reuters) – Russia’s top gold miner Polyus Gold has raised $750 million via a debut seven-year Eurobond issue, with a yield of 5.625 percent, an executive with one of the bookrunners said. “The order book was more than two times subscribed despite...
Apr 22, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow (Reuters) – Russia’s government commission on foreign investment has turned down U.S. group Abbott Laboratories’ request to buy Russian vaccine maker Petrovax, the head of Russia’s competition regulator said on Friday. “The...
Apr 22, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow (Reuters) – Russian payment transfer company QIWI said on Friday its shareholders would raise as much as $216 million from a Nasdaq flotation that will value the company at up to $936 million. It will be the second initial public offering of a Russian...
