Prosus to sell ロシアの 分類するd 商売/仕事 Avito to Kismet for $2.4B

AMSTERDAM, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Prosus, the Dutch-based 科学(工学)技術 投資家, said on Friday it has agreed to sell its ロシアの online marketplace Avito for 151 billion ルーブルs ($2.46 billion), to Kismet 資本/首都 Group.

Avito had been one of Prosus's most 価値のある 投資s, with an 概算の valuation of about $6 billion before Russia's 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国 in February led the company to 削減(する) 関係 and 捜し出す a sale of the 所有物/資産/財産.

The 買い手, ロシアの 投資 会社/堅い Kismet, was 設立するd by Ivan Tavrin, former CEO of telecoms company MegaFon.

Tavrin said in a 声明 that the 購入(する) was in line with Kismet's 戦略 of 投資するing "in high-tech market leaders with 重要な growth 可能性のある."

Kismet said it had 許可 for the 取引,協定 from Russia's 連邦の Antimonopoly Service (FAS) and a 政府 (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限 on controlling foreign 投資 in the country.

It said the 処理/取引 was 財政/金融d and settled by a banking 国際借款団/連合 led by Russia's 明言する/公表する-owned 農業の 部門 貸す人 Rosselkhozbank.

Several Western companies 選ぶing to 出口 the ロシアの market have taken 重要な 財政上の losses in doing so.

French food company Danone on Friday said that a 取引,協定 to cede 支配(する)/統制する of its 酪農場 food 商売/仕事 in Russia could lead to a 令状-off of up to 1 billion euros ($972.70 million), while Japanese carmaker Nissan this week offloaded its 資産s to the ロシアの 明言する/公表する, taking a loss of around $687 million.

Prosus and its parent, Naspers of South Africa, said the sale will の近くに this month.

"Our goal has been to manage the sale of the 商売/仕事 in a responsible and structured way," Naspers said in a 声明.

"We believe that this is best 達成するd through this 取引,協定."

Avito, Russia's largest online marketplace, has around 5,000 従業員s and 90 million 使用者s. ($1 = 61.2750 ルーブルs) ($1 = 1.0281 euros) (報告(する)/憶測ing by Toby 英貨の/純銀の, Editing by Louise Heavens)

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