Russian multi-industry holding Sistema has sold a 1.27% stake in MTS in the form of American depositary receipts (ADRs) for $100.4 million, and its total interest in the mobile operator decreased to 50.44%, the holding said in a statement. The stake of 12.7 million shares was sold by Sistema’s unit, Sistema Finance S.A., to a…
Czech Republic’s PPF Group NV and Staroak Limited plan to sell up to 26 million common shares, or 6% in the charter capital of the Russian precious metals producer Polymetal International via accelerated book building, Morgan Stanley, one of the possible organizers of the deal, said in a statement. The book building was to start…
On September 23, Russia zeroed down the export duties on wheat, the Minister of Agriculture of Russia Alexander Tkachev declared. According to the forecast of Tkachev, in the current year the grain exports will reach 35-40 million tons. At the same time, as of the morning of September 23, the officials still did not make…
Several hundreds of people have lined in front of Moscow’s high-street store GUM for Apple’s new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, whose official sales in Russia debuted on September 23. The queue, which had started forming since early hours of Friday, consisted mainly of young people of 18-25 years. According to Hi-Tech Mail.Ru, the number…
Kazakhstan may start Kashagan oil export through Azerbaijan in 2017. “Next year if market conditions change, we may start Kashagan oil transshipment through Azerbaijan”, Kazakh Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said. Kashagan oil may be transported by Azerbaijan’s railways or pumped through Azerbaijan’s pipelines, Kazakh minister said. Kashagan is a large oil and gas field in…
In January-August Ukrainian flour milling enterprises produced 1.212 million tons of flour, down by 5.9% YoY, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine declared. In particular, the production volumes in August totaled 176 thousand tons, up by 18.4% MoM and by 1.1% YoY. In January-August the production volumes of crude sunflower oil in Ukraine totaled 2.4…
In 2016/2017 MY the share of domestic consumption of flour in Ukraine will decrease to 87% of its general production, against the average index of 91% during five recent years. At the same time, the forecast of Ukrainian flour exports in the current season totals 370 thousand tons, up by 7.5% YoY (344 thousand tons),…