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COMPANIES & MARKETS
4 EU imports of Russian gas surge in January, despite objections to Nord Stream 2
6 Ukraine and Lithuania imported record amounts of power from Belarus, but move to break ties with its power grid
7 Russia's Rosneft oil major joins BP in going green
8 Moldova’s largest bank MAIB appoints new CEO as it mulls international listing
8 RBI net income falls by 35% to €804mn in 2020
9 Rising demand from Europe boosts Metalloinvest’s iron production in 2020 to end the year flat
11 Rolls-Royce set new Russian sales record in 2020
11 Russian agriculture enjoys another year of growth in 2020, dacha-grown food production soars
13 Russian message service Telegram hopes to raise $1bn with a convertible bond private placement
15 Russian retail investors put $8.6bn into foreign stocks, bonds in 2020
16 Buyout bid for KAZ Minerals raised after undervaluation claims
17 Foreign investors return to Ukraine’s domestic bond market, approaching peak 2019 levels
18 Russia’s Megafon enters Uzbek telecoms market in $100mn joint venture with Ucell
19 Online is in vogue in Romania 20 Israeli agritech unveils “indoor
growing” plans to challenge Iran’s global saffron dominance
21 Romanian property rental platform Milluu raises money to expand in Poland
22 Russia considers its “sovereign internet” options
COVER FEATURE
24 Paper and pulp company Segezha
is tapping Russia's "green gold"
CENTRAL EUROPE
28 Czechs reassess their Habsburg legacy
31 Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s proxy is richest Hungarian ever
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