Garsdale, telecommunications holding of Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, before New Year discussed purchasing the Russian business of Tele2 and splitting it between Russia's big three mobile operators MegaFon, VimpelCom Ltd. and Mobile TeleSystems, Vedomosti reports Thursday.
Representatives of Garsdale have reportedly spoken to counterparts at VimpelCom and MTS, offering them to
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