…RUSSIA - OOO "Operator Svyazi" acquired a ##.##% stake, or ###.### mil ordinary shares, in OAO "Komstar-Obyedinennye TeleSistemy", a Moscow-based provider of telecommunication services, from OAO AFK Sistema, in a privately negotiated transaction.…

…RUSSIA - OAO Mobile Telesystems (MTS), a ##.#%- owned unit of OAO AFK Sistema (Sistema), acquired a ##.##% interest, or ###.## mil ordinary shares, in OAO Komstar - Obyedinennye TeleSistemy (Komstar), a Moscow-based provider of telecommunication services, from…

…CYPRUS - OAO Komstar- Obyedinennye TeleSistemy of Russia, a unit of OAO AFK Sistema was rumored to be planning to acquire the entire share capital of Teleset Networks PCL, a Nicosia-based provider of telecommunications services.…

…RUSSIA - OAO "Mobile Telesystems" (MTS), a ##.#%- owned unit of OAO "AFK Sistema" (Sistema), planned to launch a tender offer to raise its interest to ##.##% from ##.##%, by acquiring a ##% stake, or ###.## mil…

…RUSSIA - OAO Comstar United TeleSystems, a unit of OAO AFK Sistema, planned to raise its interest to an undisclosed majority from ##% stake plus one share in Russian state-owned OAO Investitsionnaya Kompaniya Svyazi {OAO Svyazinvest}, a Moscow-based provider…

…RUSSIA - OAO Comstar United TeleSystems, a ##%-owned unit of OAO AFK Sistema (AS), acquired the entire share capital of OAO ESTA, a Severodvinsk-based owner and operator of cable TV networks, from Sistema Mass Media, a unit of AS.…

…US - OAO Comstar United TeleSystems, a ##%-owned unit of OAO AFK Sistema, acquired all the outstanding common stock of JIR Broadcast Inc, an owner and operator of radio and TV stations.…

…RUSSIA - OAO Comstar United TeleSystems, a unit of OAO AFK Sistema, acquired the remaining ##.##% stake, which it did not already own, in ZAO KOMSTAR-Direkt, a Moscow-based Internet service provider {ISP}.…

…RUSSIA - MGTS Finance SA, a wholly-owned unit of Moscow City Telephone Co, exercised its option to acquire an ##.##% stake, or ##.### mil ordinary shares in OAO Comstar United Telesystems, a ##%-owned unit of OAO AFK…

…RUSSIA - OAO Comstar United TeleSystems, a unit of OAO AFK Sistema, acquired the entire share capital of OOO Strategy, a provider of fixed-line telecommunications services, for #.### bil Russian rubles ($##.### mil US) in cash.…

…RUSSIAN - Comstar United TeleSystems JSC acquired the entire share capital of Interlink Group, a Ryazan-based provider of telecommunication services, for ### mil Russian rubles ($#.## mil US) in cash.…

…RUSSIA - Comstar United TeleSystems JSC, a majority-owned unit of AFK Sistema JSFC, planned to acquire Crossnet, a Moscow-based internet services provider.…

…RUSSIA - Comstar United TeleSystems JSC, a unit of AFK Sistema JSFC, acquired the entire share capital of Digital Telephone Networks South {DTN}, a provider of digital telecommunications services, for #.# bil Russian rubles ($###.### mil US) in cash.…

…RUSSIA - Comstar United TeleSystems acquired ZAO Regional Technical Centre {RTC}, a Nizhnevartovsk-based provider of telecommunications services, for ###.### mil Russian rubles ($## mil US) in cash.…

…RUSSIA - Comstar United TeleSystems, a majority-owned unit of AFK Sistema JSFC, acquired the entire share capital of OOO Sochitelecomservice, a Sochi-based provider of telecommunications services, for ##.### mil Russian rubles ($#.## mil US).…

…RUSSIA - Comstar United TeleSystems, a unit of AFK Sistema JSFC, planned to acquire a ##% interest in OJSC Multiregional Transit Telecom, a Moscow-based provider of telecommunications services, from Gamma Capital, a unit of Gamma Group.…

…UKRAINE - Comstar United TeleSystems of Russia, a unit of AFK Sistema JSFC acquired the remaining ##% stake, which it did not already own, in Comstar-Ukraine, a provider of telecommunications services, from Neotel, for #.### mil Ukrainian hryven (##…

…RUSSIA - Comstar United Telesystems, a unit of AFK Sistema JSFC, acquired the entire share capital of Golden Line, a Moscow-based provider of telecommunications services, from Comstar Direct, for ###.### mil Russian rubles ($##.# mil US) in cash.…

…RUSSIA - #### Centerville Cooperatief UA was granted an option to acquire an ##.##% stake, or ##.### mil ordinary shares, in Comstar United Telesystems, a Moscow-based provider of telecommunication services, from MGTS Finance SA, for ###.### Russian…

…GREECE - Comstar United Telesystems of Russia, a unit of AFK Sistema JSFC, withdrew its agreement to acquire a ##% interest in Hellas On Line SA, a Massouri-based provider of internet services, from InTracom Holdings SA, for ##.# mil…