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Feature stories Topic Date
Severstal – the making of a landmark dealGeneral manufacturing 
Energy efficiency
7 Apr 08
Russia and EuropeAnalysis23 Jan 08
Working for cleaner rivers in RussiaTechnical Cooperation 
Municipal and environmental infrastructure
18 Dec 07
Economics Panel: Russia in the worldAnalysis21 May 07
Islam and Christianity meet in RussiaAnnual meeting21 May 07
Sharing the benefits of natural resourcesNatural resources21 May 07
Scenarios for the futureAnnual meeting21 May 07
Russia’s regions: Russia’s FutureAnnual meeting21 May 07
Russian views on the past, present & futureAnnual meeting20 May 07
Gref lists Russia’s economic gains, challengesAnnual meeting20 May 07
EBRD donation in KazanEnergy efficiency19 May 07
Sitronics builds Russia’s hi-tech sectorEquity funds24 Apr 07
Warm new homes for SiberiansMunicipal and environmental infrastructure29 Mar 07
Russia’s Spurt Bank grows with Tatar SMEsEquity in banks15 Mar 07
Russia’s KMB rises from the ashesTechnical Cooperation 
Small business 
Equity in banks
19 Feb 07
Revolutionising Russia’s capital marketsTreasury24 Jan 07
Saving Peter’s city from floodsTechnical Cooperation 
Municipal and environmental infrastructure
18 Jan 07
Low-cost airline takes flight in RussiaTransport19 Dec 06
Rostov’s mom-and-pop bank thrivesTechnical Cooperation 
Equity in banks
13 Dec 06
Yug Rusi builds Russian farm economyAgribusiness14 Nov 06
Russian trams cut pollution, improve transportTechnical Cooperation 
Municipal and environmental infrastructure
10 Nov 06
Powering change in Russia's electricity sectorPower and Energy8 Sep 06
Sakhalin boom attracts white goods firmGeneral manufacturing 
Lending to banks
24 Jan 06
Dekart paints the town red, pink, blue…General manufacturing9 Dec 05
Russian admen build billboard businessTelecoms and Media2 Dec 05
EBRD's first rouble bond pays offCorporate information2 Aug 05
“The biggest change was that nobody covered our losses if we lost money. That there was nobody looking after us was a real shock.”Equity funds8 Nov 04
Narzan water bubbling to the topAgribusiness14 Jul 04
Russia overview at 2004 Annual MeetingAnnual Meeting18 Apr 04
Shared pollution, shared solutions for the Baltic SeaMunicipal and environmental infrastructure 
Environment
29 May 03
Russia Country Presentation one of the biggest crowd-drawers at the Business ForumAnnual Meeting 
Analysis
4 May 03
EBRD funds repairs of Moscow's Ostankino TV towerTelecoms and Media9 Apr 03
Glowing cosmetics group Kalina gets $20 million EBRD loanGeneral manufacturing3 Mar 03
EBRD wins Project Finance prize for "vanguard" SeverTEK dealNatural resources25 Feb 03
Press releases Topic Date
EBRD secures minority stake in Russian transport group for $120 millionTransport7 Aug 08
EBRD lending local currency to Russian regional bankLending to banks6 Aug 08
EBRD raises 3.5 billion roubles for expansion of Fazer’s bakery business in RussiaAgribusiness2 Jul 08
EBRD funding to spread German family-owned hypermarket model in RussiaAgribusiness2 Jul 08
EBRD in pre-equity financing for consolidation of Russia’s largest private municipal operatorMunicipal and environmental infrastructure1 Jul 08
EBRD raises $200 million loan for Russian hypermarket chain O’KeyAgribusiness1 Jul 08
EBRD First Vice President Varel Freeman opens Bank’s 4th Russian regional officeCorporate information17 Jun 08
EBRD raises $100 million syndicated loan to support St. Petersburg’s largest private bankSyndications 
Lending to banks
11 Jun 08
Nuclear clean-up in Northern Russia is gaining momentumNuclear safety5 Jun 08
EBRD water services loan sets benchmark for Russian municipal contractsMunicipal and environmental infrastructure22 May 08
EBRD arranges $150 million seven-year loan for new General Motors car plant in St. PetersburgGeneral manufacturing22 May 08
EBRD launches simplified fast-track regional facility for medium-sized projectsGeneral manufacturing19 May 08
EBRD minority stake in independent Siberian energy firm to help cut gas flaringNatural resources18 May 08
EBRD raises stake in Russia's OGK-5 generating company to 5.2 percentPower and Energy7 May 08
EBRD in $30 million debt and equity deal to help expansion of Russia’s Independent LeasingNon-bank financial institutions24 Apr 08
EBRD in $ 60 million long-term loan to Monetka, a leading Russian regional food retailerAgribusiness11 Apr 08
Market demand makes EBRD increase Severstal energy efficiency loan to €600 millionSyndications 
General manufacturing
7 Apr 08
EBRD to provide €52.5 million funding for Turkish bottling plant in southern RussiaSyndications 
Agribusiness
7 Apr 08
EBRD obtains 8 percent stake in Russian regional power generating company TGK-9Power and Energy31 Mar 08
EBRD and Russia’s Vnesheconombank outline areas of cooperationStrategies and Policies13 Feb 08
EBRD lends $50 million to Russian retail chain Azbuka VkusaAgribusiness28 Jan 08
EBRD in first partnership with private sector to restructure Russian municipal servicesMunicipal and environmental infrastructure23 Jan 08
EBRD buys minority stake in Russia’s biggest rail container operator, TransContainerTransport10 Jan 08
EBRD, RVK and Tamir Fishman decide not to proceed with Russian venture capital investmentEquity funds4 Jan 08
EBRD buys equity stake in district heating company in southern RussiaEnergy efficiency20 Dec 07
ЕБРР содействует развитию реформы железнодорожного транспорта России посредством предоставления ООО «Инпромлизинг» кредита в размере $ 141 миллионовSyndications19 Dec 07
EBRD $141 million loan for Inpromleasing supports Russian railway reformSyndications19 Dec 07
EBRD helps Russian regional bank access international capital marketsSmall business 
Syndications
19 Dec 07
ЕБРР предоставляет кредит на поддержку программы повышения энергоэффективности «Северстали» стоимостью 700 млн. евроEnergy efficiency17 Dec 07
EBRD loan supports €700 million Severstal energy efficiency driveEnergy efficiency17 Dec 07
Долгосрочный кредит ЕБРР в местной валюте по проекту,направленному на уменьшение загрязнения реки ВолгиMunicipal and environmental infrastructure6 Dec 07
EBRD long-term local currency loan for project to cut Volga pollutionMunicipal and environmental infrastructure5 Dec 07
EBRD issues first ever Global bond in roublesTreasury4 Dec 07
EBRD eases Russian mid-cap firms’ access to IPOs and public debt marketsEquity funds27 Nov 07
EBRD leads record financing for VW Russian plant starting production this weekGeneral manufacturing27 Nov 07
EBRD and Veolia expand their cooperation in central and eastern EuropeMunicipal and environmental infrastructure26 Nov 07
EBRD in partnership with Russia’s VTB group in venture capital fundEquity funds19 Nov 07
Ввод в строй завода по сжиганию иловых осадков в Санкт Петербурге улучшит экологию Балтийского моряMunicipal and environmental infrastructure26 Oct 07
Baltic Sea to benefit as St. Petersburg incinerator starts disposing of wasteMunicipal and environmental infrastructure26 Oct 07
Президент ЕБРР приветствует успехи, достигнутые в процессе реструктуризации российской энергетикиPower and Energy25 Oct 07
EBRD President hails achievements of Russian power sector restructuringPower and Energy25 Oct 07
ЕБРР принимает решение о приобретении миноритарного пакета акций российской генерирующей компании "ТГК-9"Power and Energy24 Oct 07
EBRD agrees to acquire minority stake in Russian regional power generating company TGK-9Power and Energy24 Oct 07
EBRD Directors visit RussiaCorporate information21 Sep 07
EBRD boosts leasing company working with small businesses in RussiaSmall business19 Sep 07
EBRD promotes mortgage lending and energy efficiency in the South of RussiaLending to banks7 Sep 07
EBRD disengages from talks on Sakhalin II ProjectNatural resources7 Aug 07
EDC, EBRD and Raiffeisen develop leasing program for Russian marketNon-bank financial institutions19 Jun 07
EBRD and Russian government to cooperate on renewal of infrastructureStrategies and Policies11 Jun 07
EBRD backs groundbreaking securitisation of Russian residential mortgagesNon-bank financial institutions23 May 07
EBRD acquires blocking stake in SKB-Bank for over 900 million roublesLending to banks23 May 07
EBRD lends Russia’s 2nd biggest pipemaker total of 205 million EurosGeneral manufacturing21 May 07
EBRD long-term water loan to cut pollution of Volga RiverMunicipal and environmental infrastructure19 May 07
EBRD invests $125 million in Russian food retailer LentaAgribusiness17 May 07
EBRD to acquire 10 percent stake in Russian insurer RESO GarantiaNon-bank financial institutions16 May 07
EBRD sells equity stake in Canadian group mining gold in RussiaNon-bank financial institutions24 Apr 07
EBRD takes 28 percent equity stake in Russian regional bankEquity in banks16 Apr 07
Promsvyazbank loan boosted to $300 million on strong market demandSyndications13 Apr 07
EBRD acquires stake in Vladivostok-based PrimsotsbankEquity in banks2 Apr 07
ЕБРР финансирует проект в жилищном секторе СургутаMunicipal and environmental infrastructure29 Mar 07
EBRD in $300 million syndicated loan for Russia's MDM BankLending to banks8 Feb 07
EBRD issues 2 billion rouble fixed rate EurobondTreasury12 Jan 07
ЕБРР больше не рассматривает текущую схему финансирования проекта "Сахалин-2"Natural resources11 Jan 07
EBRD no longer considers current financing package for Sakhalin IINatural resources11 Jan 07
EBRD completes syndication of Sibacadembank loanLending to banks27 Dec 06
EBRD helps secure heating for remote settlements in Eastern SiberiaMunicipal and environmental infrastructure20 Dec 06
Russian farmers to benefit from EBRD support for grain storage networkAgribusiness20 Dec 06
EBRD participates in launch of Russia’s 1st budget airlineTransport19 Dec 06
EBRD makes loan to Russia’s VTB 24 bankSmall business18 Dec 06
EBRD takes stake in Russia’s OGK-5 wholesale generating companyPower and Energy31 Oct 06
13-year EBRD rouble loan to NW Russian cityMunicipal and environmental infrastructure24 Oct 06
EBRD lends $50 million to help top Russian private bank boost small business financeSmall business17 Oct 06
ЕБРР помогает российской компании «Лента» расширить ее сеть розничной торговлиProperty9 Oct 06
EBRD supports expansion of Russian retailer LentaProperty9 Oct 06
ЕБРР продает 50% своего пакета акций в российской компании «Голден Телеком»Telecoms and Media6 Oct 06
EBRD sells 50 per cent of its stake in Russia’s Golden TelecomTelecoms and Media5 Oct 06
$30 million credit for Bank St. PetersburgLending to banks5 Oct 06
Nine Banks underwrite EBRD's third rouble bond, rising 7.5 billion roubles for Russian projectsTreasury13 Sep 06
EBRD invests $80 million in Russia’s largest high-tech groupGeneral manufacturing12 Sep 06
Кредит в размере 6,3 миллиарда рублей на поддержку возобновляемой энергетики в РоссииPower and Energy8 Sep 06
6.3 billion rouble loan for renewable energy in RussiaPower and Energy8 Sep 06
$18 million EBRD loan to promote leasing in Siberia, Russian Far East and SakhalinNon-bank financial institutions 
Syndications
16 Aug 06
EBRD issues new Russia Strategy for 2007-08Corporate information 
Analysis
2 Aug 06
EBRD supports new Wienerberger plant in RussiaGeneral manufacturing26 Jul 06
EBRD lends Russia edible oil company €146.5 millionGeneral manufacturing25 Jul 06
International consultants to support next phase of NDEPNuclear Safety10 Jul 06
$250 million in long-term EBRD funds for Russia’s largest mobile operatorTelecoms and Media18 May 06
ЕБРР разместил второй выпуск облигаций на 5 млрд руб.Treasury28 Apr 06
Nine banks underwrite new EBRD rouble bondTreasury28 Apr 06
ЕБРР проводит первое синдицирование долгосрочного рублевого кредитаCorporate information 
Syndications
5 Apr 06
EBRD leads first long term rouble loan syndicationSyndications 
Corporate information
5 Apr 06
EBRD strengthens operations in RussiaCorporate information16 Mar 06
EBRD releases consultant report on Sakhalin-IINatural resources24 Feb 06
EBRD invites public to comment on Sakhalin-2Natural resources 
Corporate information
2 Feb 06
EBRD takes part in innovative capital markets deal securitizing Russian assetsEquity in banks25 Jan 06
EBRD works with Urals city to improve district heating systemEnergy efficiency17 Jan 06
EBRD and IFC welcome commitment to high governance and business standards by RUSAL Chairman Oleg DeripaskaNatural resources17 Jan 06
EBRD lends 5 billion roubles to Russia’s Federal Grid CompanyPower and Energy15 Dec 05
EBRD launches consultations on Sakhalin II oil and gas projectNatural resources14 Dec 05
EBRD funds retail outlets in Russian Far EastProperty 
Trade
12 Dec 05
EBRD loan to help Russia export processed wood rather than raw logsGeneral manufacturing22 Nov 05
EBRD equity in Russian bank owned by largest Baltic financial groupEquity in banks8 Nov 05
EU helps Russian small businesses cut energy wasteEnergy efficiency4 Nov 05
EBRD President in Russia for talks with government, regional leaders and clientsCorporate information17 Oct 05
EBRD lends specialist in Russian consumer finance 840 million roublesLending to banks11 Oct 05
$27.6 mln backing for state-of-the-art warehousing near MoscowProperty6 Sep 05
EBRD lends Lukoil Overseas $180 millionNatural resources28 Jul 05
Up to US$30 million lift for yeast makersAgribusiness28 Jul 05
Eagle Venture Partners exits KalinaCorporate information21 Jul 05
$75 million loan to revamp Alcoa’s first major Russian investmentNatural resources19 Jul 05
Russian public discusses decommissioning plans for nuclear-powered shipsNuclear Safety 
Environment
5 Jul 05
EBRD and RZB Group lending €65 million for St. Petersburg shopping centreNon-bank financial institutions 
Municipal and environmental infrastructure
5 Jul 05
$65 million loan to Russian potash producer for export terminalGeneral manufacturing 
Syndications
4 Jul 05
2 Russian banks get $20 million for small business clientsLending to banks30 Jun 05
Start of secondary trading in EBRD rouble bondsTreasury24 Jun 05
Putin, Lemierre at Toyota groundbreakingTransport14 Jun 05
$32.5 million for Turkish glass bottling plant in central RussiaGeneral manufacturing31 May 05
EBRD launches first rouble bond issue in RussiaTreasury18 May 05
EBRD exits from Russian truck-maker Kamaz after four-year investmentGeneral manufacturing3 May 05
EBRD to be Toyota’s partner in 1st Russian assembly plantTransport26 Apr 05
NFEA begins calculating a new indicator—MosPrime RateCorporate information25 Apr 05
EBRD partners with Intesa in Russia small business bankSmall business21 Apr 05
EBRD names Japanese banker to head St. Petersburg officeCorporate information30 Mar 05
Legal proceedings in Switzerland against Runicom SA directorsCorporate information17 Jan 05
$190m loan for acquisition of stake in major Russian pipe plantGeneral manufacturing29 Dec 04
1st deal in Russian public transport to help industrial centre of TogliattiMunicipal and environmental infrastructure29 Dec 04
On the Russian road: leased trucks ready to rollTransport22 Dec 04
$5 million for leasing in Siberia and Russian Far EastNon-bank financial institutions22 Dec 04
Follow-up loan of EUR11m for Turkish-owned bottling plant in RussiaAgribusiness21 Dec 04
Russian electricity reform gets EUR80 million boostPower and Energy17 Dec 04
EBRD leads banks in $62 million loan to Cherkizovsky groupAgribusiness15 Dec 04
$150 million loan to spread mobile phones in Russian regionsTelecoms and Media15 Dec 04
EBRD lends $15 million to help spread of leasing in RussiaNon-bank financial institutions14 Dec 04
$90 million syndicated loan to Russian Standard BankSyndications14 Dec 04
$160mn to cut Russian chemical firm’s energy useEnergy efficiency 
General manufacturing
9 Dec 04
EBRD backs Russian retailer LentaAgribusiness8 Dec 04
New trains for private Russian rail companyTransport7 Dec 04
EBRD acquires stakes in two Russian banksEquity in banks7 Dec 04
Loan to help major Russian bank focus on small businessLending to banks3 Dec 04
$18m for Russian methanol derivatives – and big energy savingsEnergy efficiency30 Nov 04
EBRD issues new Russia strategy for 2005-’06Strategies and Policies23 Nov 04
EBRD lends EUR10 million for water project in northern RussiaEnvironment19 Nov 04
EUR15 million to support new-generation influenza vaccinesGeneral manufacturing17 Nov 04
Largest EBRD loan to Russian leasing sectorNon-bank financial institutions20 Oct 04
EBRD lends EUR50 million to build new Russian tyre plantGeneral manufacturing12 Oct 04
EBRD helps found new Russian life insurance companyNon-bank financial institutions11 Oct 04
EBRD helps meet Russian bottle demandAgribusiness23 Sep 04
EBRD and IFC lend $150 million to Russia's SUALGeneral manufacturing5 Aug 04
EBRD ups investment in Russia's Danone operationsGeneral manufacturing2 Aug 04
$125 million EBRD loan to stimulate Russian banking sectorLending to banks3 Jun 04
EBRD Board delegation visits KaliningradCorporate information18 May 04
$12 million investment in leading Russian mineral waterNatural resources12 May 04
$200 million syndicated loan for Russia's IMB BankLending to banks11 May 04
EBRD/ING loan for Russian iron pellet producerNatural resources6 Apr 04
$15 million deal to boost leasing in Russian Far East and SiberiaGeneral manufacturing29 Mar 04
Golden Telecom announces filing of registration statementTelecoms and Media25 Mar 04
EUR57.5 million EBRD loan to Pilkington plant in RussiaGeneral manufacturing19 Mar 04
EBRD and RZB loan for Russian multi-screen cinemasTelecoms and Media17 Feb 04
Finance for consolidation of Russian banking sectorLending to banks19 Jan 04
Turkish firm to start making TV sets in RussiaGeneral manufacturing15 Jan 04
Statement on talks with Russia's VneshtorgbankEquity in banks19 Dec 03
$75 mln for EBRD's biggest ever energy-efficiency dealEnergy efficiency18 Dec 03
$50 mln to fund export of Russian cargo planesTransport17 Dec 03
EBRD lends $25 million to help Russian small businesSmall business16 Dec 03
EBRD lends roubles to protect Barents SeaEnvironment9 Dec 03
International finance for St Petersburg sludge incineratorEnvironment5 Dec 03
Largest-yet financing to Russian outdoor advertising firmTelecoms and Media4 Dec 03
Streamlined resources for US firms to do business in EurasiaTrade18 Sep 03
Russian oil products pipeline gets $75 million loanNatural resources28 Aug 03
EBRD loan helps fund acquisition of regional Russian brewerGeneral manufacturing6 Aug 03
Bonduelle, world's top processed-vegetable producer, expands in RussiaGeneral manufacturing29 Jul 03
New office in Kaliningrad to advise small businessesCorporate information7 Jul 03
EBRD backs reform of Russian road sectorTransport4 Jul 03
France donates €40 million to cleanup of Soviet nuclear fleetNuclear Safety30 Jun 03
EBRD President attends St Petersburg Economic ForumCorporate information17 Jun 03
Canada pledges EUR20 million to Barents Sea cleanupNuclear Safety 
Environment
4 Jun 03
EBRD sells its 2.6 per cent stake in Russia's VimpelComTelecoms and Media24 Apr 03
Russian oil deal benefits environment and governanceNatural resources7 Apr 03
This press release was issued by RAO UESPower and Energy3 Apr 03
EBRD names new director for RussiaCorporate information20 Feb 03
EBRD loan helps agriculture in Russia and UkraineAgribusiness18 Feb 03
EBRD lends $90 million for new steel project in RussiaGeneral manufacturing11 Feb 03
EBRD, IFC lend $50 million to No. 1 Russian glass producerGeneral manufacturing4 Feb 03
EBRD funds maritime safety in Russian sector of Baltic SeaTransport23 Jan 03
EBRD loan to improve water in Russia's YaroslavlEnvironment16 Jan 03
EBRD lends $20 million to Russia's biggest cosmetics groupGeneral manufacturing24 Dec 02
USD50 million to FSU's biggest steel pipe manufacturerGeneral manufacturing23 Dec 02
USD259 mln for St Pete Flood Barrier and Moscow TV towerMunicipal and environmental infrastructure20 Dec 02
EBRD lends to independent Russian oil producer GeoilbentEnergy efficiency16 Dec 02
€12.5 million loan helps Finland's Huhtamäki Oyj expand in RussiaLending to banks26 Nov 02
EBRD unveils Russia strategy for 2003-04Strategies and Policies13 Nov 02
EBRD backs Russia's first giant shopping centreProperty11 Nov 02
EBRD and Rabobank strengthen cooperationAgribusiness10 Oct 02
EBRD loan to Russia's No. 1 zinc smelter to boost environmentNatural resources 
General manufacturing
9 Oct 02
EBRD lends USD10 million to Russia's consumer finance pioneerLending to banks3 Oct 02
EBRD lends USD229 million for key Russian road projectsTransport 
Municipal and environmental infrastructure
19 Sep 02
EBRD to help Russian packaging supplier increase outputGeneral manufacturing31 Jul 02
EBRD closes EUR82 million syndicated loan to Russia's VenaSyndications7 Jul 02
EBRD, HypoVereinsBank in major Russian oil investmentEnvironment 
Natural resources
1 Jul 02
EBRD and Japan promote Sakhalin environmental programmeEnvironment24 Jun 02
EBRD signs ground-breaking deal with Siberian municipalityMunicipal and environmental infrastructure24 Jun 02
Russian home-buyers to get help from EBRD and IFCLending to banks15 May 02
EBRD Helps International Confectionery Group Expand in RussiaGeneral manufacturing15 May 02
EBRD backs leasing for mid-sized Russian mining, construction firmsEnergy efficiency23 Apr 02
EBRD backs leasing for small Russian businessesNon-bank financial institutions28 Feb 02
EBRD takes stake in Russia's largest refrigerator plantGeneral manufacturing27 Feb 02
EBRD makes first rouble-denominated loanMunicipal and environmental infrastructure20 Nov 01
EBRD boosts small-business lending programme in RussiaSmall business31 Oct 01
EBRD helping Russia create code for corporate behaviourCorporate information18 Oct 01
EUR100 million loan launches overhaul of Russia power sectorPower and Energy11 Oct 01
EBRD, Rabobank increase cooperation in Russian agricultureAgribusiness10 Sep 01
EBRD, KMB and Groupe Danone to help Russian dairy farmsAgribusiness3 Sep 01