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Far-Eastern Shipping Company

Fesco increased container transportation from China through land rail border crossings by 66% year-on-year to 53 thousand TEU in 2024. Main cargoes were consumer goods, which accounted for 63%, automobiles and components - 23%, household appliances and electronics -14%.

Unipro

Electricity generation by Unipro's power plants in 2024 amounted to 56.75 billion kW⋅h, up 0.4% from 56.55 billion kW⋅h a year earlier. Heat energy production increased by 2.9% to 1,982 thousand Gcal.

SmartTechGroup (CarMoney)

Smarttechgroup has unveiled its growth strategy for 2025-2028. Company intends to increase net profit to ₽2.9 billion, revenue to ₽20.5 billion, portfolio to ₽43.2 billion, number of customers to 470,000, and capital target of ₽9.2 billion, including dividend payments. Achievement of this goal is planned to be achieved both by scaling the business and throug...

Astra

Astra Group distributed 464,186 quasi-treasury shares to management and key employees as part of the first stage of the incentive program. Its total budget for 2024-2025 is about 1% of the company's authorized capital. Management's key objective under the incentive program is to triple net income in 2025 relative to 2023. Another 920 thousand shares were use...

O'Key Group

O'Key's net retail revenue for 2024 increased 5.5% to ₽217.13 billion. YES! discounters' revenue increased 13.3% to ₽72.34 billion, while LFL sales increased 8%, average check increased 8.7% and traffic decreased 0.7%. Hypermarkets revenue increased 2% to ₽144.78 billion, LFL sales increased 2.3%, average check increased 6.8%, and traffic decreased 4.2%. The...

Ashinskiy metallurgical works

Ural-VK JSC has submitted a request to buy back shares of Ashinskiy Metzavod from minority shareholders at ₽71 per share. Date of closing of the register for the buyback of shares is March 17, 2025.

Rushydro

Electricity generation by RusHydro Group, including Boguchanskaya HPP, amounted to 144.8 bln kWh in 2024, up 2.8% year-on-year. Heat supply in the Far Eastern Federal District decreased by 2.3% to 29.1 mln Gcal. Total useful output of the Group's energy sales companies increased by 4.9% to 50.6 bln kWh. In 2024, RusHydro's installed electric capacity increas...

LUKOIL

Lukoil Oil Company has postponed drilling of an exploration and appraisal well at the Severo-Tylenevskaya structure in the Russian part of the Caspian Sea until 2027. Such data is published in the state register of works on geological study of subsoil. In November, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported that the company intends to drill two exploration a...

Promomed

Promomed has registered a drug for reducing excess weight and treating obesity, Tirzetta. It is the first Russian competitor of the well-known and not available in Russia drug Mounjaro. According to Strategy Partners' research, the Russian market for drugs to combat overweight and diabetes will grow by almost 80% to reach ₽17 billion in 2025.

NOVATEK

Novatek has added the North Moon gas carrier to its tanker fleet for LNG transshipment in Murmansk on a side-to-side basis. This is the fourth new tanker used for transshipment of Yamal gas in Murmansk in anticipation of restrictions on transshipment of LNG from Russia to European ports for sale in third countries.