Swedish Tele2 announced that Tele2 Russia added 283,000 new customers in December 2010, with 147,000 customers in new regions, to bring its total number of subscribers to 18.4 million. (Reuters)
President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the Central Bank by June 1 to determine the timing and method for unloading its 29.8 percent stake in the MICEX stock exchange, Kommersant reported Thursday, citing an unidentified official. (Bloomberg)
Sberbank and Western Union signed an agreement Thursday to carry out international money transfers in more than 8,000 Sberbank outlets beginning this year and later to be expanded to all branches of the bank. (MT)
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