RUSSIA: Lenta shareholders buy out Svoboda
By: Petah Marian | 10 August 2011
Over a year of animosity between the owners of Russian grocery retailer Lenta is set to end, with three of the shareholders buying out the fourth investor.
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Over a year of animosity between the owners of Russian grocery retailer Lenta is set to end, with three of the shareholders buying out the fourth investor.

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