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Huuuge, the Polish social and mobile gambling company, revealed on Monday that it is seeking to list on the Warsaw stock exchange. The deal will be the latest in a long line of digitally focused companies to announce IPO plans.

InPost, the Polish provider of postal lockers, has launched an IPO on the Amsterdam stock exchange, seeking to build on the momentum of compatriot e-commerce companies in equity capital markets, as exemplified by Allegro's IPO last year.

Sovcombank, one of Russia’s largest private banks, is making strides in its push to reshape Russia’s financial services marketplace. Dmitry Gusev, its chief executive, talks to GlobalCapital about the bank and its plans for 2021, ahead of a possible IPO.

The Russian IPO market reopened in 2020 with a number of new listings, giving equity capital markets investors a chance to once again back new listings from EMEA’s most important emerging market. The most impressive of all these listings was Ozon, the Russian e-commerce company, which listed on the Nasdaq to acclaim from global tech funds. Sources are hoping more Russian tech unicorns will follow it to public markets in 2021.

Ozon, the Russian e-commerce company, completed its IPO on the Nasdaq on Tuesday having built a huge order book for the stock.

Russian equity capital market bankers are preparing to reactivate the country’s IPO scene with a number of deals lined up for next spring, though some may even be priced this year.

Canal+ Polska, the Polish satellite TV network, has pulled its IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, despite the strong momentum behind emerging market equities.

A $204m-equivalent trade in Turkcell, the Turkish mobile telephone operator, reopened Turkish equity capital markets on Monday evening, taking advantage of a boost in the country’s currency following the resignation of its finance minister and dismissal of its central bank governor over the weekiend.

Ozon, the Russian e-commerce company, has filed its initial paperwork for a US listing that could be squeezed in before the end of the year.

Samolet, the Russian real estate company, completed a Rb2.9bn ($36.6m) IPO in Moscow on Thursday, the first part of a two-stage process which the company hopes will culminate in a larger listing next year.

Russian airline Aeroflot completed its Rb80bn ($1.05bn) capital raise on Monday, aimed at repairing its balance sheet by repaying debt, with the Russian state increasing its stake in the carrier.

Sands Capital Management, the US investment manager, sold a 1.6% stake in Russian internet services company Mail.Ru on Monday despite a torrid evening for international stock markets.