MegaFon has applied to sell Tsifrograda.

Russian mobile operator MegaFon filed with the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) application for the purchase of up to 100 percent of the shares of retail network Tsifrograd, "writes the newspaper" Vedomosti ". What is the proportion and under what conditions the operator intends to buy, yet unknown.
About that "Megaphone" purports to sell Tsifrograda ", became known in early January 2009. Earlier, President Dmitry Village commercial network gave "Sonic Duo", Moscow's daughter "megaphone" one share "Tsifrograda.
Since the trading network is a joint stock company, the receipt of a share in the property guarantees "MegaFon" preferential right of purchase shares in "Tsifrograde. To do this, just that the other shareholders of the company decided to abandon their shareholdings.
After obtaining the ownership of one share "Tsifrograda" MegaFon "has begun negotiations with the owners of the trade network of buying 49 percent of its shares. This was a transaction in the amount of $ 10 million.
"Tsifrograd" is the third largest trading network in the cellular retail market after the "Euroset" and "connected". It operates 1450 stores in several cities in Russia. In September 2008 it became known that investgruppa "Russian funds" bought 75 percent shares in Tsifrograda and start preparing for the sale of the package by a third-party investors.
Earlier in the purchase of 100 percent, "Tsifrograda" claimed the company "connected". Estimated amount of the transaction amounted to 100 million dollars, but later "connected" from the deal to buy rival refused.