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Segezha, the Russian paper and pulp company, has filed initial paperwork for an IPO on the Moscow stock exchange. The company is hopeful of becoming the first listed Russian company in its sector, but IPO market turbulence and sanctions fears hang over the offering.

Fix Price, the Russian discount retailer, became a public company at the beginning of March in a $1.9bn IPO on the London Stock Exchange. Its CFO Anton Makhnev sat down with GlobalCapital to discuss the deal.

GV Gold, the Russian gold miner, has postponed its listing on the Moscow Stock Exchange as a difficult IPO market and falling prices in the precious metal force the company to rethink its plans.

Segezha Group, the Russian paper and pulp company, is exploring a number of capital markets options to help finance growth. These include a green bond and a potential IPO, Rovshan Aliyev, vice-president of finance, tells GlobalCapital.

As emerging market IPOs continue to draw investors into countries many have never invested before, Turkey remains an obvious absentee. The country could be an EM equity giant but political decisions by its government continue to hinder Turkish businesses.

Russian hypermarket and grocery store chain Lenta is considering a share sale to boost the freefloat of its stock and raise capital to finance acquisitions.

CTP Logistics, a commercial property developer based in the Czech Republic, began bookbuilding for its IPO on the Amsterdam stock exchange on Wednesday.

A Z4.59bn ($1.2bn) block in Allegro, the Polish e-commerce company, met with strong demand from equity investors on Tuesday night, with investors eager to buy more of the stock which was listed to acclaim in Europe last year.

GV Gold, the Russian gold miner, has launched an IPO on the Moscow stock exchange with sources close to the deal saying that 2021 is an opportune time for the miner to go public.

A $240m equivalent sale of shares in M.video the Russian electronics retailer, was warmly welcomed by investors this week and has more than doubled the freefloat of the company.

The Russian IPO market has a strong pipeline of listings being prepared for execution over the rest of the year. However, getting deals done could grow much harder with the threat of fresh sanctions against the country from a new US president threatening to derail the market.

Mikhail Gutseriyev, the largest shareholder in M.video-Eldorado Group (M.video), the Russian e-commerce and electronics company, is seeking to sell 24.2m shares on the Moscow exchange in a secondary public offering. The firm says that the move should help improve the liquidity of the stock.