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VEB Buys Inter RAO Issue

By The Moscow Times

Inter RAO sold 24.9 billion rubles ($811 million) of new shares to state development bank Vneshekonombank and existing shareholders, the power company said Friday.

The sale represents almost 39 percent of its approved new stock, Inter RAO said. 

(Bloomberg)

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