Oct 9. Gazprom CEO to meet the Serbian prime minister.

Finamrus com 09.10.2007 12:54
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The Russian gas holding's delegation led by executive board chairman Alexey Miller is on a visit in Serbia Tuesday. As the Serbian governmental press office reported, a meeting is scheduled for Tuesday between Miller and Serbian Prime Minister Voislav Kostunica. As news agencies wired earlier, the plan is to lay one of the South Stream gas pipeline's offshoots through Serbia. The gas pipeline will run from Russia's Black Sea coast to Bulgaria, then running on to southern Italy and towards Central Europe.

Oct 5. TNK-BP floated Wednesday 5-year Eurobond worth $600 mln yielding 7.5%

Finamrus com 05.10.2007 13:04
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TNK-BP floated Wednesday 5-year Eurobond worth $600 mln yielding 7.5% and 10-year Eurobond with a 7.875% yield, a source in the banking circles told Interfax-AFI. The first tranche was placed at 99.166% of par value and the second at 98.728%. The yield rate of the first tranche is US Treasuries + 345 basis points and US Treasuries + 350 basis points for the second tranche. Both bond issuers bear semiannual coupons.

Oct 4. Volga-Dnepr Group could hold an IPO in Q208 to place 18% of its stocks

Finamrus com 04.10.2007 12:03
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Volga-Dnepr Group could hold an IPO in Q208 to place 18% of its stocks, the group's chief executive Alexey Isaikin told Interfax. Earlier Volga-Dnepr said it rolled back the IPO for an indefinite period of time because of the unsettled corporate feud with Kaskol Group. "Our IPO plans are valid, but no decision on a trading venue has been adopted so far" – Isaikin said. In line with earlier news wires, on August 14, 2007 Volga-Dnepr made an official statement that Volga-Dnepr management upped its stake in the air carrier, it controls, to 80% after it agreed to buy out shares of the company's minority shareholders.