This year the Sport Connect Forum, organized by Interros Group and the Russian International Olympic Committee, gathered more than three hundred attendees from the sports industry. The main themes were Global Market Changes and Best Local Projects.

The Master of Sport Administration course, run by the Russian International Olympic University (RIOU), has been placed the second best European course in the 2017 by SportBusiness International Postgraduate Sports Course Rankings.

Members of the Supervisory Council are appointed for a five-year term. The Council is responsible for the design and implementation of the university’s development strategy, and general oversight over its activities.

Holding constituents Rambler Media and Afisha will be united within the framework of a single structure. The company will be built on the base of Rambler. The General Director of the joined company will be Nikolay Molibog, who previously held the post of General Director at Afisha. Dmitry Stepanov and Yekaterina Kruglova, until recently deputy general directors at Afisha, will take on the positions of Products Director and Managing Director, respectively.

ProfMedia Finance closed the books for the debut ruble bond issue on July 20. The issue is guaranteed by the parent company ProfMedia Limited. Nominal value of the issued bonds is RUB 3bln, maturity is 5 years (put option in 3 years). Semiannual coupon was set at 10.5% pa till put. Standard&Poors assigned a preliminary rating B+ to this issue. The issue was arranged by ZAO Raiffeisenbank and ZAO KB Citibank.