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Moscow, 25 April 2002 - The National Association of Stock Traders (NAUFOR) named Alfa-Bank the Best Credit Institution in its annual "Stock Market Elite" awards for Russian financial companies.
Moscow, 24 April 2002 — RussiaÕs Alfa-Bank said today that it had appointed Merrill Lynch International and UBS Warburg jointly to assist in exploring opportunities for issuing a new Eurobond.
Moscow, 17 April 2002 — Alfa-Bank, Russia's largest private bank, today announced record profits of US $85 million for 2001, up from US $77 million in 2000, and said the results reflected strong underlying growth.
London, 18 April 2002 — Russia must undergo further economic reform to complete its capitalist revolution, Peter Aven, the President of the country's leading private bank, Alfa-Bank, told a London conference today.
New York, 17 April 2002 — Mikhail Fridman, chairman of the board of Alfa-Bank, held a press conference today at the landmark Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to announce the Joseph Brodsky Memorial Design Competition to the American press. Thomas Krens, director of the Guggenheim Museum and a personal friend of Brodsky, was a special guest.
Moscow, 16 April 2002 — BP announced today that it had completed a transaction with Alfa Group and Access-Renova to expand its stake in the Russian oil and gas producer, Sidanco, from 10 to 25 per cent.
New York, 10 April 2002 — The U.S. Global Finance magazine said it had named Alfa-Bank Best Trade Finance Bank Russia in 2002.
Gstaad, Switzerland — Alfa-Bank hosted an exclusive investment conference in March at this Swiss Alpine resort bringing together prominent fund managers from the U.K. and Continental Europe and top Russian business leaders.