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Bank St. Petersburg

Bank St. Petersburg's RAS net profit for 2023 amounted to ₽48.7 billion, up 2.2% from ₽47.65 billion in the previous year. Net interest income increased by 27.3% to ₽50.7 billion. Net fee and commission income decreased by 11.1% to ₽12.7 billion.

Softline

Softtline has launched a long-term incentive program for top management and other group employees. Up to 20 million already issued shares, which are owned by the subsidiary Softtline Projects, will be used to implement the program. And if they are insufficient, the program can be implemented by repurchasing shares from the market.

Ozon Holdings

Ozon plans to open a sorting center in Blagoveshchensk with an area of almost 3 thousand square meters in 2024. Also the Company plans to open a customs temporary storage warehouse in the Far East with an area of 1,000 square meters or more. Estimated storage volumes are 21.6 million parcels per year. Number of sellers from the Amur region at the end of 2023...

NOVATEK

It may take up to two months to eliminate the consequences of the fire at Novatek's stable gas condensate transshipment and fractionation complex in Ust-Luga. This is the opinion of Kommersant sources familiar with the first assessments of the consequences of the fire. " Consequences are not critical, stable gas condensate continues to be exported, the estim...

Mobile TeleSystems

MTS completed the sale of its business in Armenia to Fedilco Group Limited of Cyprus. Amount of transaction is not disclosed. According to experts' estimates, MTS Armenia may be worth about ₽19 bln.

INARCTICA (Russian Aquaculture)

INARCTICA's fish sales for 2023 totaled 28.2 thousand tons, up 10% from 25.6 thousand tons a year earlier. Fish biomass in water at the end of the period was 34 thousand tons, down 6% from 36.2 thousand tons in the previous year. Revenue increased 21% to ₽28.5 billion.

EN+ Group

En+ Group estimates the amount of capital investment in the project of Russia's largest wind farm with a capacity of 1.058 GW, which will be located in the Amur Region, at ₽100 billion. Project is at the stage of discussing with the regional authorities its status, as well as measures that will ensure the economic efficiency of the project. Last fall, invest...

Headhunter

HeadHunter has increased its stake in employer review portal Dream Job to 82.2%, according to data from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. Recruitment service first invested in Dream Job in May 2021, acquiring 25% of the project for ₽60 million. In May 2022, HeadHunter's stake increased to 46.66% - the company additionally acquired 21.66% for ₽100...

NOVATEK

Loading of oil products at Novatek's terminal in the port of Ust-Luga, Leningrad Region, has resumed, Reuters reported, citing industry sources and the LSEG tracking system. Loading was suspended due to a fire following the terrorist attack. According to the LSEG service, the Minerva Julie and Chrystal Arctic tankers are now at the terminal.

X5 Group

X5 Group's net retail revenue for 2023 amounted to ₽3.112 trillion, up 20.8% from ₽2.577 trillion in the previous year. Average check was ₽488.3 up 4.1%. LFL sales were up 9.6%, traffic was up 4.6% and average check was up 4.8%. Revenue from digital businesses totaled ₽123.59 billion, up 75.7% from ₽70.35 billion in the same period last year.