Mar 28, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, Events, Russia
Meet Russian Oil, Gas, Banking and Investment executives and State representatives. The Forum is organized by Russian Sustainable Investment Initiative and WWF Russia. With numerous attendees from the Russian Government, the State Duma, Russian Banks, Family Offices,...
Mar 28, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
In its pursuit of leadership in the Russian online travel market, online hotel booking service Ostrovok.ru has raised $25 million – its fourth fundraising operation in less than two years. General Catalyst Partners has led the round, with participation from Accel...
Mar 28, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
MOSCOW/STOCKHOLM, March 28 (Reuters) – Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman is ready to trump state bank VTB’s deal to buy Tele2’s Russian division and is considering an offer for the whole of the Nordic telecoms group. Fridman’s A1 says sale to...
Mar 28, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
The principal owners of S7 Group, Vladislav Filyov and Natalya Filyova, will bid for the 25.5 percent government stake in Siberia Airlines during its upcoming sale, a news report said Wednesday. “They’re interested, but it would be premature to forecast how far we...
Mar 28, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow Times 27 March 2013 Ukrainian port operator Transinvestservice (TIS) wants to bid in the planned sale of Russia’s 20 percent stake in port operator NCSP Group, sources familiar with TIS and the Russian state property fund’s plans said. The sale is...
Mar 25, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Blabroom, a resident company of the St. Petersburg-based technopark and incubator Ingria, has completed a seed stage round from Imperious Group, which has injected 6 million rubles (approximately $200,000) into the startup in exchange for a 20% stake. Blabroom’s site...
