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Senior editorial board
Ben Aris
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COMPANIES & MARKETS
4 Air Bank poised to fly to top of Czech banking
7 M&A hits €8.5bn in CEE in Q1, says Mergermarket
7 wiiw raises 2021 CEE growth forecast to 3.8%
9 Russia slaps flight restrictions on Turkey after Erdogan backs Ukraine
10 Army sent into Tirana airport after strike grounds all flights
11 Telegram messenger aims for $50bn IPO in 2 years
12 Sistema announces IPO of Russian timber major Segezha, dividends set
12 GameStop-style investors trigger speculation in Arkle
13 Starbucks to open first Uzbekistan outlet as country’s “virgin” niche lures new players
14 Geopolitics makes the Russian ruble rate highly volatile
16 This former Russian deputy minister is now worth $10bn after NASDAQ IPO
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17 Stock of Poland’s CD Projekt swings wildly in wake of GameStop battle
18 Investment in Ukrainian-founded startups reached record high $571mn in 2020
19 Coronavirus wrecks Poland’s Innogy’s electric car-sharing service
20 Romanian software robot developer UiPath announces NYSE IPO
21 Russian VC market fell to $702mn in 2020, foreign investment reached new lows
COVER FEATURE
22 Uzbekistan’s stock market coming
to life
26 Strengthening the foundation of the Uzbek capital markets infrastructure
28 Uzbekistan's stock market sees its first big "pump & dump" incident
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