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Senior editorial board
Ben Aris
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editor-in-chief & publisher I Berlin +49 17664016602 I baris@bne.eu
Clare Nuttall
news editor I Glasgow
+44 7766 513641 I cnuttall@bne.eu
William Conroy
editor Eurasia & SE Europe I Prague
+420 774 849 172 I wconroy@intellinews.com
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THE MONTH THAT WAS COMPANIES & MARKETS
Russian stocks surge following Pfizer vaccine announcement
Russian diamond major Alrosa back in black in 3Q20
VW boss confirms Turkey factory plans scrapped in favour of heavy investment in Slovakia
Kazakhstan's Air Astana may never return to some pre-pandemic destinations CEO says
Fridman rides an ‘Istanbull’ with Turkcell sale, wise locals hold on to their gold
Russia's Ozon e-commerce competes IPO, raises $1bn and market cap over $8bn
Russia's X5 Group could IPO delivery and e-grocery assets
All-cash £3bn buyout offer announced to take LSE- listed KAZ Minerals private
Orange to pay €268mn for majority stake in DT’s fixed operations in Romania
20 Turkey fines Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Periscope
21 Smart Estonian bus makes rounds in Greece’s Lamia
22 Banki.ru founders sell their stake to settle conflict with US investor
22 MegaFon invests in fast-growing challenger on Russian online video market
23 Estonia’s Bolt to invest €100mn in rental services in 2021
23 Russia sharpens knives against cybercrime
COVER FEATURE
24 Brighter days ahead
28 Russia’s Santa rally will get a corona boost this year and maybe more
29 Relief rally in 2021?
31 Will Biden impose new sanctions
on Russia?
32 Central and Southeast Europe stock markets jump in anticipation of COVID-free future
36 Southeast Europe’s EU members to get biggest boost from next budget and recovery funds
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