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November 2009

By Jason Corcoran in Moscow The Moscow Prosecutor Office has rejected a request for an independent medical examination into the death of the Hermitage …

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By James Beadle, Global & Emerging Market Strategist, Market-Melange.com Russia’s under-performance relative to its BRIC peers is justified and well-explained. Yet, it also creates …

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By Ivan Anderzhanov in Moscow Belgian financial group KBC Group is looking to sell Absolut Bank only two years after acquiring its key Russian …

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By Ivan Anderzhanov in Moscow Renaissance Capital today announced the appointment of a senior politician Igor Kamenskoy as chairman of the board. A …

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By Jason Corcoran in Moscow The London Stock Exchange believes dual Russian stock listings in Moscow and London will endure in spite of plans …

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By Ivan Anderzhanov in Moscow Russian oil industry services firm Eurasia Drilling yesterday annouced it had cancelled plans to place Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) …

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By Jason Corcoran in Moscow A lawyer jailed on charges of helping William Browder’s Hermitage Capital Management evade taxes has died in …

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By Ivan Anderzhanov in Moscow Herbert Moos has taken up his new duties as chief financial officer of VTB and deputy chief executive. …

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Rustam Botashev, Senior Analyst at Unicredit Securities. The Central Bank of Russia is to toughen requirements for banks participating in uncollateralised auctions from February …

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By Ivan Anderzhanov in Moscow Investment bank Renaissance Capital has notched up its 14th deal in Africa this year after advising the Central African …

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By Jason Corcoran The Pharos Russia Fund has been ranked  first  in the Equity Long/Short category for September by the Barclay Hedge database. …

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By Ivan Anderzhanov MSCI added Inter RAO and Sberbank’s preference shares to its emerging  markets index yesterday in …

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By Rustam Botashev, equities analyst at UniCredit Securities Pre-crisis profits already priced in for VTB, but Sberbank and VZRZ still have room for positive …

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By Ivan Anderzhanov in Moscow Sberbank Capital has been able to muscle into private equity by assembling a  portfolio of distressed assets worth a …

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