Russia’s cellphone operator monopoly stressed by threat of sanctions, hryvnia devaluation

May 7, 2014, 11:41 a.m. | Evan Ostryzniuk

Western sanctions have the potential to materially affect the Russian telecom business should current sanctions be expanded to whole sectors of the Russian economy.
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Russia’s 80 percent stake of Ukraine’s $3.8 billion cellphone operator market is facing a three-headed monster:  the threat of sanctions, Crimea’s unclear legal status, and the hryvnia currency’s sharp devaluation.

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