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RZD okays sale of 25% in Freight One

RZD okays sale of 25% in Freight One | Linked2Russia The board of directors of Russian Railways (RZD) has given the green light to the sale of a 25% stake in major rail freight operator Freight One to Vladimir Lisin’s ...

Russian Railways and Peugeot Citroën sign shareholders’ agreement on logistics company GEFCO

Russian Railways and Peugeot Citroën sign shareholders’ agreement on logistics company GEFCO | Linke Vladimir Yakunin, President of Russian Railways, and Philippe Varin, Chairman of the Managing Board of Peugeot S.A., have signed a shareholders’ agreement on GEFCO SA, the parent company of the ...

EBRD invests in Ukrainian sugar beet sector

EBRD invests in Ukrainian sugar beet sector | Linked2Russia The EBRD is continuing to support Ukraine’s agribusiness sector, which accounts for a quarter of the Bank’s portfolio in the country. The latest transaction is aimed at the acquisition of ...

EBRD’s largest nuclear safety project reaches important milestone

EBRD’s largest nuclear safety project reaches important milestone | Linked2Russia A major step towards ensuring the long-term safety at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has been achieved with the successful completion of the first lifting stage of the New Safe Confinement. ...

MegaFon IPO book covered, big order sighted: sources

MegaFon IPO book covered, big order sighted: sources | Linked2Russia Books on the international stock market float of MegaFon, Russia’s second-largest mobile phone firm, were covered on Monday a day ahead of time, helped by a large order from a ...

Daimler Trucks and Kamaz Intensify Partnership

Daimler Trucks and Kamaz Intensify Partnership | Linked2Russia As part of their strategic partnership, Daimler’s commercial vehicle division and Russian truck manufacturer Kamaz have signed a contract covering the supply of engines and axles for the Russian company’s ...

Expected further revenue declines in 2013

Moody’s: Expected further revenue declines in 2013 keeps EMEA telecoms sector on negative outlook |. The outlook for telecommunications service providers in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region in 2013 remains negative as revenues are likely to decline in Europe by up to ...

New Finance Models to address Climate Change

New Finance Models to address Climate Change | Linked2Russia The World Economic Forum and the United Nations Climate Change secretariat announced today the launch of “Momentum for Change: Innovative Financing for Climate-friendly Investment”, an initiative that showcases successful public-private ...

Emerging economies have shifted the balance of power

Emerging economies have shifted the balance of power in world trade—Lamy | Linked2Russia Director-General Pascal Lamy, in presenting the Richard Snape Lecture on 26 November in Melbourne, Australia, said that: “The rising weight of influence of emerging economies has shifted the balance of ...

EU27 surplus up to 121 bn euro in 2011

EU27 surplus up to 121 bn euro in 2011 | Linked2Russia EU27 international trade in services increased in 2011, with EU27 exports of services to the rest of the world rising by 7%, from 567 billion euro in 2010 to 604 ...

Abramovich said seeking to buy 6.9% in Norilsk amid fight

Abramovich said seeking to buy 6.9% in Norilsk amid fight | Linked2Russia Oleg Deripaska, who controls a quarter of OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel, is urging fellow billionaire Roman Abramovich to buy a stake in the Russian mining company as shareholders feud over ...

TNK-BP to invest over $170 million in developing brownfields

TNK-BP to invest over $170 million in developing brownfields using “Smart Field” system by 2016 | Li TNK-BP announces that by 2016 it will invest over $170 million in an integrated program of automation and optimization of production at the Company’s mature fields. The “smart field” program ...