The Russian government will resume preparations for a sale of its stake in oil company Bashneft and has launched the sale of 19.5% in oil major Rosneft, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said. “After an additional study of the privatization issue of Bashneft and Rosneft, the government decided to restart preparations for the sale of…
Cancellation of the export duties on Russian wheat has to be unlimited, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich declared. According to him, the government canceled the customs duties for 2 years, but the officials do not plan to restore the duties at all. They requested grain exporters to set any possible…
Russian Internet giant Mail.Ru Group acquired 100% of mobile game developer Pixonic for $30 million, the group said. “We’re sure that we’ve been joined by one of the strongest teams of mobile game developers in the world. We’re confident that the merger will enforce the division of the international mobile development and release, and we’ll…
The Moscow Arbitration Court will consider a 3.1 billion ruble suit filed by oil major Rosneft against channel RBC-TV and BusinessPress, the founder of media holding RBC, on November 11, according to a court statement. Several reporters of the holding, Konstantin Bochkaryov, Timofei Dzyadko, Lyudmila Podobedova and Maxim Tovkailo, were listed as co-defendants in the…
Russia’s readiness to participate in consultations on oil output limits raises the chance that large oil producers will agree on measures to counter the price decline at the next meeting of OPEC on November 30 in Vienna, Morgan Stanley said in a research note. Russia is ready to consider joining OPEC and other oil producing…
Russian retail sales are not expected to see a significant positive dynamics in 2016 but will likely recover in 2017, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said. “We will unlikely see significant positive dynamics (of retail sales) YoY in 2016, but there is a feeling of some recovery. Let’s see how the situation will unfold…
Kazakh agro sector additionally received $290 Million in the framework of plan on additional measures to stimulate economic growth and support employment in 2016-2017. $90 million will be sourced to subsidize animal breeding, $38 million – for investment subsidies, $154 million – to finance KazAgro projects. Agrarian Ministry clarified that KazAgro will use finances for:…