Russia's wealthiest man, Alisher Usmanov, is to sell a 7.4% stake in internet company Mail.Ru Group for $34.25 per global depositary receipt, bookrunner Morgan Stanley said Thursday.

Late on Wednesday, Mail.Ru said that Ardoe Finance Ltd., a company controlled by Mr. Usmanov's USM Holdings Ltd., had begun placing the stake with

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