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Aeroflot announces start of share offering

Aeroflot announces start of share offering

Aeroflot Russian Airlines has officially announced the beginning of an offering of up to 1.7 billion new shares. "PJSC Aeroflot today announces the launch of a capital increase by placement of up to 1,700,000,000 new ordinary …

Rashid Ismailov becomes VimpelCom president

Rashid Ismailov becomes VimpelCom president

The board of directors of Russian mobile operator VimpelCom, working as Beeline, has appointed former Deputy Digital Development Minister Rashid Ismailov as the company’s president, the operator said on Wednesday in a statement. …

U.S. slaps more Russia's Prigozhin-linked sanctions

U.S. slaps more Russia's Prigozhin-linked sanctions

The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on the interests of an influential Russian businessman close to President Vladimir Putin. The State Department announced that it sanctioned five companies connected to Yevgeny …

Mishustin orders to prepare exit strategy for entrepreneurs

Mishustin orders to prepare exit strategy for entrepreneurs

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin issued a number of new instructions to the relevant departments to resolve the situation with coronavirus and support the population. The Prime Minister instructed to prepare an exit strategy for …

Forbes names Russia's richest businesman

Forbes names Russia's richest businesman

Forbes magazine has compiled the rating of 200 richest Russian entrepreneurs, topping the list is head and beneficiary of Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Potanin with a fortune of $19.7 billion (up from the 6th place with $18.1 billion). …

Putin: capital inflow and outflow is a natural process

Putin: capital inflow and outflow is a natural process

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the outflow of capital from the country is insignificant and the authorities have been doing a good job to improve the investment climate. Speaking in an interview for …

Elena Baturina is no longer Russia's richest woman

Elena Baturina is no longer Russia's richest woman

The founder of the online retailer Wildberries Tatyana Bakalchuk topped the list of Russia's richest women, Forbes magazine said. According to the publication, her fortune reached $1.4 bln. Bakalchuk pushed off the …

Potanin bypasses Alekperov in Russian billionaires list

Potanin bypasses Alekperov in Russian billionaires list

Russian tycoon Vladimir Potanin, one of core owners of metals giant Norilsk Nickel, has become the richest man in the Russian section of the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires list, which tracks wealth of tycoons in real time, with …

Nisanov and Iliev buy Moscow’s Central Market

Nisanov and Iliev buy Moscow’s Central Market

The Kievskaya Ploshchad group of companies, owned by immigrants from Azerbaijan, God Nisanov and Zakhar Iliev, acquired the Central Market on Rozhdestvensky Boulevard in Moscow. The deal was reported by the head of Gremm Group, Mikhail …

Russia improves its position in global rating

Russia improves its position in global rating

Russia, ranking No. 23, is seen as both the second-most powerful country and the fourth-most influential country in the world, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 'Best Countries' annual rating. Each country …