Russia’s MegaFon May Enter China Telecom Market

Russia’s third largest mobile operator MegaFon may enter the Chinese mobile telecommunication market, a market source said, “Business” daily reported on Tuesday.

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Germany Denies Future Sale of Deutsche Telekom Shares to Russia’s Sistema

The German government is not currently in talks to sell its Deutsche Telekom AG shares to Russia’s Sistema, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said in an interview with Spiegel magazine.

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Sitronics, Cisco Team Up for Work on Russian Telecoms Market

Cisco Systems Inc., the world’s largest maker of computer networking equipment, teamed up with a technology unit of Russian billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov’s AFK Sistema to offer new telephone gear in emerging markets.

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LSE, FTSE Launch New Index for Russian Companies

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the British index and data company FTSE Group launched a new stock market index for Russian companies trading in London.

The FTSE Russian IOB Index is designed to measure the performance of Russia’s 10 biggest and most liquid companies trading on the London Stock Exchange’s International Order Book (IOB) under Russian Depositary Receipts, FTSE said in a statement.

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• Posted in: Russia, Oil & Gas, Gazprom, Business & Finance, London, FTSE, London Stock Exchange (LSE), Lukoil, Surgutneftegaz, Norilsk Nickel, Unified Energy System (UES), Rosneft, AFK Sistema, Novatek
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