Azerbaijan: state securities market up

The total turnover of exchange transactions on all instruments at the Baku Stock Exchange exceeded 2.94 billion manat in January-August, down 2.5 times YoY. The volume of the state securities market totaled 350.6 million manat (up 18.3 times), while the turnover of corporate securities market reached 75.21 million manat (down 22.2 times). The volume of…

Russia: no short list of contenders for Rosneft yet

The Russian government has not made a short list of contenders in privatization of oil major Rosneft so far, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich reported. “You know, there has been an order to consider all privatization issues additionally, there have been no shortlists so far”, Dvorkovich said. First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said earlier…

Belarus: Egypt interested in setting up manufacturing enterprises

Egypt is interested in setting up manufacturing enterprises together with Belarus. The relevant possibilities were discussed during the latest meeting of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Egypt Sergei Rachkov and Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs Ihab Nasr, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. During the meeting…

Ukraine: government seeks to sell Artyomsol, Ukrspyrt and Bilshovyk R&D companies in 2017

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has expanded the list of facilities to be put up for sale in 2016-2017 after they have been removed by the Verkhovna Rada from the list of companies ineligible for privatization. The list includes Artyomsol, Ukrspyrt state-run enterprises, Bilshovyk research and development (R&D) enterprise and Lviv state-run jewelry factory. The amendments…