Melissa Akin

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Senior Company News Correspondent, Moscow Bureau

Articles

Alfa, Telenor make peace; plan $23 billion merger October 05, 09:59am EDT

MOSCOW/OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Telenor and Russian partner Alfa Group have agreed to merge their Russian and Ukrainian holdings into a New-York listed mobile operator worth over $23 billion, ending one of the longest ever Russian corporate wars. Full Article

Raiffeisen says filed suit to bankrupt Russian RBC

UPDATE 3-Sberbank may cover RUSAL's Alfa payment-sources

INTERVIEW-UPDATE 1-Telenor pins hopes on Moscow court appeal

Telenor seeks to appeal fine in top Moscow court-CEO

Sberbank may cover RUSAL repayment to Alfa-sources

Blog Posts

Of bees, bribes and bureaucrats

Lebedev hit a personal low when the authorities asked him to produce a 100 page report on bee poo Full Article

Move over, Nouriel Roubini

In capitalism you get crises. Marx and Lenin teach us that Full Article

Loose lips sink stocks

Russia's local stock market was all but shut down in a single day by rumours of distress among brokers, sparked by the selloff of stocks held on margin or as collateral on repurchase agreements. Full Article

Moscow: The least worst place for your money | Comments [1]

Note to OPEC: Siberia not Saudi

Russia's helping hand for Fannie, Freddie | Comments [5]

Kremlin adviser sees end to graft | Comments [4]

AUDIO - Power industry can't keep up with the Joneses | Comments [1]