Oct 14, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
The Moscow Times Oct 14 Billionaire Suleiman Kerimov has sold his stake in Alrosa, a month before the planned IPO of 16 percent of the diamond producer’s shares, a news report said Monday. The businessman may have owned from 1 to 2 percent of Alrosa, several...
Oct 14, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Russia’s first public index of the prices of goods sold online was launched in late September by Yandex.Market, a leading Russian online marketplace, the Higher School of Economics (HSE), a major Russian university, and information agency...
Oct 11, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, Events, Russia, Western Europe
East-West Digital News Europe’s leading Internet conference on innovation and entrepreneurship, LeWeb, hopes to gather even more Russian attendees to “imagine the next 10 years” together on its 10th anniversary. “LeWeb is where revolutionaries gather to plot the...
Oct 10, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, East Asia, News, Russia
The Moscow Times State corporation Rusnano will sell part of its stake in Russky Quartz to the project’s new strategic investor, Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation, a news report said Friday. The share constitutes 16.13 percent of the mineral processing...
Oct 10, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
The Moscow Times Russia’s richest man Alisher Usmanov and his business partner Ivan Tavrin are seeking a buyer for their media holding UTV, a news report said Friday. UTV Holding was formed in 2009 through the merger of Usmanov and Tavrin’s television...
Oct 10, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
Washington, D.C. October 08, 2013 A total of 87 applicants from more than 30 cities across Russia sought to land one of just three residency openings in the U.S.-Russia Innovation Corridor (USRIC), a collaborative innovation initiative led by American Councils for...
