Russia
Finance
Danone will sell its 18.4% stake in the Russian dairy major Wimm-Bill-Dann (WBD) back to the company for US$470mn. The share repurchase has been on the cards since Danone announced...
2010-08-18Finance
BMI has recently been highlighting Russia as a strong long-term market for Western multinationals in our online service (see August 4 2010, 'Russia Still A Huge Draw For Western MNCs')....
2010-08-05Finance
Russia's largest mass grocery retailer (MGR) by annual sales X5 is seeking regulatory clarity as it prepares to bid for the discount retailer Kopeyka. Looking at the fundamental structure...
2010-07-28Finance
Danone's announcement that it will merge its Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region business with Russia's second largest dairy company by market share Unimilk may see the...
2010-06-23Finance
Salman Babayev, general director of Russian rail operator Freight One, a subsidiary of state-owned Russian Railways (RZD), is positive over the possibility of offering 25% plus one...
2010-06-02Finance
Walmart is believed to be closer to entering Russia after it was reported to be in preliminary negotiations with the mid-tier retailer Lenta. Although a formal negotiation process is...
2010-05-19Finance
The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC)'s game changing deal to acquire Nidan, Russia's fourth largest fruit juice company by market share, for about US$500mn could be delayed by a regulatory...
2010-04-28Finance
Historically, Russia has not proven to be a popular destination for private equity (PE), but with the Kremlin agreeing to tax breaks for the industry that could all be about to change....
2010-04-20
