Dec 3, 2012 | News
Reuters 2 December 2012 Russia’s VTB Capital wants to sell its stake in hypermarket chain Lenta by 2015 and would consider a buyer like U.S. mega-retailer Wal-Mart (WMT.N) when the time comes, the investment bank’s global head of private equity said. VTB...
Nov 14, 2012 | News
East-West Digital News 29 October 2012 Last week, the European Commission approved the acquisition of the Bulgarian telecom company Vivacom, formerly known as BTC, by a Russo-Bulgarian consortium of investors. According to a report by Novinite, a Sofia-based news...
Aug 20, 2012 | News
Venture Village 8 August 2012 The growth of the internet in Russia to its current 60 million users, the strong technical background of Russian software engineers and the sound entrepreneurial skills of local managers have attracted major money to the market. According...
Jun 11, 2012 | News
The Moscow Times 7 June 2012 Burger King announced Tuesday that it plans to open several hundred new restaurants in Russia with the help of its franchise operators. The deal is another confirmation of the vitality of franchising in Russia, which has seen the number of...
May 21, 2012 | News
Reuters 21 May 2012 VTB Capital, an investment arm of VTB (VTBR.MM), Russia’s No.2 lender, has acquired a minority stake in Siberian gold miner Zapadnaya Gold Mining, which tried unsuccessfully to list in London last year. VTB Capital did not disclose the size...
