Japanese Mitsui Co Ltd Bought 14,9% Of Russian QIWI Ltd

Popular in Russia system of instant payments QIWI gained a new shareholder - a Japanese group of companies Mitsui & Co. Ltd. The Japanese company bought 14,9% QIWI Ltd. (formerly OE Investments Ltd.) in accordance with the agreements dated December 20, 2010. This information follows from the documents released today by the company.  


The Japanese company Mitsui & Co. Ltd  noted that QIWI is the leader of its market in Russia: about 80% of mobile subscribers use the terminals of this system to pay for services, and the total market share of Qiwi in Russia reaches 45%. 


In view of the last transaction control shareholding of QIWI (63,7%) remains in the hands of the management of the company itself. The second largest shareholder is Mail.ru Group with 21.4% share. 

Gazprom - Mitsui & Co. Ltd.: Prospects for Cooperation

The working meeting of deputy chairman of Gazprom Alexander Ananenkov the executive director of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Mitsui Hidaka and member of the board of the company Noriaki Sakamoto held at the central office of Gazprom.

The parties discussed prospects of cooperation in the energy sector. In particular, much attention was paid to the implementation of the project to supply LNG and CNG in the Asia-Pacific and Japan, the transition to the stage of feasibility study on the Vladivostok project.
In the sphere of interests of both parties are the possibilities of cooperation in the field of gas processing and gas chemicals in the Far East of Russia within the framework of the Eastern Gas Program, the press service of Gazprom reported. They also discussed the implementation of high-tech projects in the field of ecology and utilization of associated gas.

By the materials of the press-service of OAO Gazprom http://gazprom.ru/press/news/