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VTB Bank

VTB intends to use the permission for transactions with unfriendly minority shareholders only for reorganization, said the bank's deputy chairman Dmitry Pyanov. VTB plans to merge RNKB in 2025, Pochta-Bank in 2026, and in 2024 FC Otkritie Bank will be merged with BM-Bank, to which the group will also merge Sarovbusinessbank. And already in 2025, the merged B...

EvroTrans

T-Bank became the owner of 6.15% of Eurotrans. Shares were acquired from the founders of Eurotrans.

M.Video

M.Video-Eldorado Group for 9 months of 2024 opened 68 new stores in predominantly new efficient compact format and entered 16 new cities in Russia. At the same time, the pace of expansion was increased compared to the first two quarters: 38 stores were opened in the first half of the year and 30 stores were opened in the third quarter. In total, M.Video-Eldo...

VK

Social network Odnoklassniki plans to launch a new dating service in the first half of 2025, which will work both as a separate application and within the social network. A similar service has long been operating on the basis of the social network VKontakte. In addition, the holding retains a stake in Mamba. Adult audience, represented on Odnoklassniki, is a...

Softline

Softline Venture Partners plans to invest ₽2 billion in several startups developing information security solutions. Demand for such IT products has increased due to the growing number of cyber attacks

VTB Bank

Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized VTB and persons under its control to make transactions with the bank's shares owned by unfriendly foreigners and shares of its subsidiaries.

Mobile TeleSystems

MTS acquired 25.75% of MTS Smart Home LLC, consolidating 100% of the company. Seller of the stake was Veniamin Pisman. He entered the capital of MTS Smart Home LLC in May 2023, when MTS bought out Gulfstream Security Systems JSC, on the basis of which the telecom operator was going to develop the Smart Home business line.

Positive Technologies Group

Withdrawal of the application for registration of the additional share issue at the Bank of Russia is a technical moment, Positive Technologies press-service explained. Company plans to submit a new set of documents for registration of the share issue, supplementing it with the program to stimulate capitalization growth and the decision of the shareholders'...

X5 Group

Moscow Exchange will start trading in shares of Corporate Center IKS 5 on January 9, 2025. Ticker will be known later.

Positive Technologies Group

Positive Technologies has withdrawn its application for issuance of additional shares, the Bank of Russia said in a response to an investor who had previously sent a complaint. Earlier, the company reported that the Board of Directors convened a meeting of shareholders to reconsider the issue of additional share issue, including in the set of materials for t...