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Astra

Astra increased the lower limit of its SPO offering from ₽500 to ₽555 per paper. Major shareholder of the group Denis Frolov intends to sell 21 mln shares to investors, which is 10% of the company's authorized capital. SPO will allow the company to qualify for the first level of the Moscow Exchange listing, as well as to get into the Moscow Exchange Index.

LSR Group

Shareholders of LSR Group approved dividends for 2023 in the amount of ₽100 per ordinary share. The last day of purchase of securities to receive dividends is April 30, 2024. Dividend yield may amount to 8.94%.

Slavneft

Slavneft's RAS net profit for 3 months of 2024 amounted to ₽958.55 million, up 12.6 times from ₽75.86 million in the previous year. Revenue rose 46.6% to ₽7.063 billion against ₽4.817 billion a year earlier.

Diod

DIOD Ecological Technology and Ecopower Plant's IFRS net profit for 2023 amounted to ₽8.418 million, down 5 times from ₽42.33 million in the previous year. Revenue declined 2.2% to ₽548.82 million against ₽561.24 million a year earlier.

Rocket and Space Corporation Energia

RSC Energia S.P. Korolev's RAS loss for 3 months of 2024 amounted to ₽539.16 million, down 36.4% from ₽847.11 million in the previous year. Revenue increased 6-fold to ₽5.493 billion against ₽0.876 billion a year earlier.

Izhstal

Izhstal's RAS net profit for 3 months of 2024 amounted to ₽886.97 million, up 48.8% from ₽595.92 million in the previous year. Revenue rose 10.6% to ₽8.387 billion against ₽7.585 billion a year earlier.

Mobile TeleSystems

MTS-owned Irtea will start producing its own 5G and 4G base stations by the end of 2024. Investments in production until 2027 will exceed ₽4 billion. Capacity of the factory will allow to produce from 10,000 to 20,000 base stations annually. This year, the company plans to produce about 1,000 stations. Project will be implemented jointly with partners. Their...

Inter RAO

Ministries of Energy of Russia and Kazakhstan signed an intergovernmental agreement on construction of coal-fired CHPPs in three regional centers of the republic. Inter RAO - Export and Samruk-Energo have been designated as authorized companies. Agreement relates to cooperation in construction of CHPP with capacity of 240 MW in Kokshetau, CHPP with capacity...

Alrosa

Alrosa will hold an online auction of rare investment-grade diamonds on April 23-25. Main lots will be 15 exceptional pink-purple diamonds that have been mined and cut in Russia over the past six years. Starting price of the most expensive pink diamond weighing 3.01 carats is estimated at $831 thousand. In addition, auction will be held offered an exceptiona...

Mobile TeleSystems

MTS admits the possibility of IPO of its new company, which is being formed on the basis of media assets, next year, MTS President Vyacheslav Nikolaev told Vedomosti. Media holding will include MTS Entertainment, which deals with concert venues, production and ticket sales for mass events, Kion video service, Stroki digital book service, MTS Music streaming...