Altimo, a unit of Russian conglomerate Alfa Group, said Tuesday it hopes a deal with Ukrainian billionaire Viktor Pinchuk's Bertofan Investment Ltd. will settle a long-running battle for control of mobile-phone operator VimpelCom Ltd.
Interfax reported earlier that Altimo will increase its voting stake in VimpelCom to 47.85% from 41.8567% after
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