MOSCOW, May 18 (PRIME)

Medvedev does not offer Kiriyenko, Prokhorov to join government

MOSCOW, May 18 (PRIME) -- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has not offered posts in the new government to Rosatom’s CEO Sergei Kiriyenko, businessman and former presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov, Medvedev’s spokeswoman Natalya Timakova said on Friday, RIA Novosti reported.

CEO: Russian Railways may take part in SPO of Russia’s NMTP

MOSCOW, May 18 (PRIME)
State-owned Russian Railways may participate in a secondary public offering (SPO) for Novorossiisk Commercial Seaport (NMTP), should it take place, CEO Vladimir Yakunin said, RIA Novosti reported Friday.

Russia’s TNK-BP may participate in new Ukrainian gas tenders

MOSCOW, May 18 (PRIME)
Russian oil major TNK-BP is ready to participate in new tenders to develop hydrocarbons in Ukraine, the company said after participating in a tender for the development of the Yuzovskoye gas field, the company said in a press release Friday.

Russia’s Intergeo picks Morgan Stanley, BMO as IPO organizers

MOSCOW, May 17 (PRIME)
Russian mining company Intergeo, which is currently fully owned by business tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov, has chosen Morgan Stanley and BMO Capital Markets as organizers of the company’s planned initial public offering (IPO), which is to take place on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), the company said in a statement Thursday.

Sources: Russian sales of Apple’s latest iPad to start on May 25

MOSCOW, May 18 (PRIME)
Russian sales of Apple’s latest iPad tablet PC model are expected to begin on May 25, two sources familiar with the terms of iPad supplies said, RIA Novosti reported late on Thursday.
 Interview with Russian Agricultural Bank’s CEO Dmitry Patrushev
INTERVIEW: Russian Agricultural Bank loan portfolio to reach 2 tln rbl by 2015
MOSCOW, Apr 28 (PRIME) -- Russian Agricultural Bank expects its loan portfolio to amount to 1.5 trillion–2.0 trillion rubles by 2015 with a bulk of the accounting associated with the agricultural complex, the bank’s CEO Dmitry Patrushev told PRIME in an interview Saturday.
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