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Astra

Astra Group management plans to propose to the board of directors to consider launching a share buyback program in the second quarter. Management believes that the current market capitalization does not reflect the real value of the business, which makes such a step economically feasible.

NovaBev Group

Board of Directors of Novabev Group has decided to conduct an IPO of Winelab in the medium term under favorable conditions in the capital markets.

Ozon Pharmaceuticals

Ozon Pharmaceuticals has introduced Vildegra, an alternative to Viagra. Key advantages of Vildegra compared to Viagra are both increased duration of action and improved tolerability. Viagra acts for about four hours, while the effect of Vildegra lasts up to 13 hours due to the fact that the main active ingredient is encased in a hypromellose shell.

Yandex

IT company Yandex has unveiled the beta version of its new Neuroexpert service, which allows analyzing up to 25 different files, including documents, presentations, audio and video files, as well as links from the Internet. System can paraphrase content, draw conclusions, compare data and answer questions based only on uploaded sources. In the future, Yandex...

IVA Technologies

IVA Technologies' IFRS net profit for 2024 was ₽1.9 billion, up 8% from ₽1.76 billion in the previous year. Revenue rose 35.9% to ₽3.33 billion versus ₽2.45 billion a year earlier.

Astra

Astra's IFRS net profit for 2024 amounted to ₽6.04 billion, up 65.9% from ₽3.64 billion in the previous year. Revenue rose 80.4% to ₽17.21 billion versus ₽9.54 billion a year earlier.

Abrau-Durso

Abrau-Durso Group left Cosmetech LLC, which developed the Abrau Cosmetics line. This brand sold creams, mousses and tonics with grape components. Sales were conducted through Abrau-Durso stores, but the products did not gain a foothold on marketplaces. Cosmetech's revenue in 2023 was ₽2.1 million, with a loss of ₽1 million. Abrau-Durso now focuses on its Abr...

Sistema

Sistema's RAS loss for 2024 amounted to ₽58.2 billion against a profit of ₽50 billion in the previous year. Revenue increased by 16% to ₽32.7 billion against ₽28.2 billion a year earlier.

RosDorBank

Rosdorbank's shareholders bought 833,800 shares of the additional issue within the pre-emptive right, which is about a quarter of its volume. The price under the pre-emptive right amounted to ₽150 per share. Remaining 2.76 mln shares of the additional issue the bank plans to place by open subscription with the offering price of ₽156 per paper. All received f...

Etalon Group

Developer Etalon plans to launch a federal brand Aurix in the premium segment of residential, office and resort real estate. In the long term, the development of foreign projects is not ruled out. According to the company's analysts, the premium housing market in Russia showed a steady growth in 2024. Demand increased by 54% in monetary terms, the average pr...