VimpelCom
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VimpelCom
Telenor holds 26 percent of VimpelCom and 57 percent of Kyivstar. Telenor offered to sell Kyivstar to VimpelCom. Shares of VimpelCom, which became the first Russian company to list on the New York Stock Exchange, rose $2.49, or 6 percent, to $45.39. At issue is joint ownership by Telenor and Alfa in the largest cellphone company in Ukraine, Kyivstar, and the second largest in Russia, VimpelCom. Telenor holds 26 percent shares of VimpelCom and 57 percent shares of Kyivstar. Telenor offered to sell Kyivstar to VimpelCom.