United Capital Partners Group of Companies has acquired a 7% stake in OJSC "Saint-Petersburg Exchange".

Uralmash (Uralmash machine-building corporation) and UCP have agreed to create a holding company engaged in the manufacture of drilling equipment.
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As a result of treasury stock redemption UCP Private Equity Fund I has increased its stake in OJSC "Fashion Continent" from 27.75% to 29.63%.

Integra and UCP have closed the transaction on the sale of a heavy rig manufacturing business in Yekaterinburg.
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LLC United Capital Partners Advisory moves into its new office at Paveletskaya Square 2, bld 2, Paveletskaya Plaza.

Victoria Lazareva, a Co-Managing Partner of UCP private equity, has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors of Monocrystal and chair of its Audit Committee.

UCP has acquired a minority stake in OJSC "Monocrystal", one of the world’s largest manufacturers of synthetic sapphire for hi-tech applications in electronics and metallization pastes for solar cells.
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Victoria Lazareva has been elected an Independent Director of JSC The Seventh Continent.

UCP and Integra have announced that they have signed an agreement in principle to sell 100% of Integra’s Ekaterinburg-based drilling equipment manufacturing business to UCP.
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Pavel Nazarov has been appointed a Director of UCP Advisory. Previously, Pavel was a Director at New Russia Growth Private Equity Advisors where he was responsible for the consumer, retail and IT sectors.

UCP Oil & Gas Private Equity Fund has sold to Novatek its remaining 49% shares in LLC Oiltechproducktinvest, Tailixneftegaz and Petra Invest-M which owns the oil field exploration licenses for Yuzhno-Zapolyarnoye, Sredne-Chaselskoye, Severo-Russkoye, Anomalnoye, Severo-Yamsoveyskoye and Zapadno-Tazovskoye license areas.

Yuri Kachuro has joined the UCP team of Partners as the Managing Director responsible for private equity and legal support. Prior to joining UCP, Yuri was a Partner with Clifford Chance CIS Ltd.

Anton Kabachinsky has been appointed a Director of the Structured Finance department at UCP Advisory. Prior to joining UCP, Anton held the position of Vice President of Deutsche Bank Trading operations in Russia.

UCP Oil & Gas Private Equity Fund has sold to Novatek 26% of shares in LLC Oiltechproducktinvest, Tailixneftegaz and Petra Invest-M which own oil field exploration licenses for Yuzhno-Zapolyarnoye, Sredne-Chaselskoye, Severo-Russkoye, Anomalnoye, Severo-Yamsoveyskoye and Zapadno-Tazovskoye license areas.