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WOOD Daily: AFLT RX; RO Politics; TL Macro; RU Telecoms; PPC GA; PL Media; EU Refining and Petrochemicals; Postcards from our Frontier Investor Days Conference

HEADLINES:
• Aeroflot: 2Q21 - strong domestic traffic, Pobeda growing fast, low volumes but high prices in POSITIVE
• Romania politics: USR Plus files motion of no confidence (on 3 September)
• Turkey macro: headline inflation accelerates, eroding the positive real policy rate
• Russian telecoms: Veon agrees to sell 15.4k mobile towers in Russia for USD 970m (RUB 70.5bn) POSITIVE
• Public Power Corporation: four binding offers for 49% of HEDNO NEUTRAL
• Polish media: WPL and CPS reportedly interested in buying Gremi Media NEUTRAL
• European refining and petrochemicals margins monthly: August 2021 NEUTRAL
• Postcards from our Frontier Investor Days Conference
• Georgia Capital: postcard from our Frontier Days conference
• Alro: postcard from our Frontier Days conference NEUTRAL
• Fondul Proprietatea: postcard from our Frontier Days conference
• Fondul Proprietatea: Bucharest Airports - postcard from our Frontier Days conference
• Fondul Proprietatea: Hidroelectrica - postcard from our Frontier Days conference
• Fondul Proprietatea: Salrom - postcard from our Frontier Days conference
• MedLife: postcard from our Frontier Days conference
• TeraPlast: postcard from our Frontier Days conference
• Astarta Holding: postcard from our Frontier Days conference
• Kernel: postcard from our Frontier Days conference
• Short News (EEG1T)
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Aeroflot Russian Airlines

PJSC Aeroflot Russian Airlines is an international air transport company which is engaged in operations in Russia. The principal activity of Co. is the provision of passenger and cargo air transportation services both domestically and internationally and other aviation services from its base at Moscow Sheremetevo Airport. Co. and its subsidiaries also includes activities comprising airline catering, the operation of a hotel and insurance services. Associated undertakings mainly comprise hotel and duty-free retail businesses. The principal business segments are airline operations, airline catering, hotel operations and other.

Alro Slatina

Astarta Holding

Astarta is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. specializes in sugar production, crop growing and cattle farming, ensuring wholesale distribution of sugar for industrial consumers and individuals. Co. produces sugar primarily using its own-grown sugar beet. Co.'s products include sugar and sugar by-products, such as granulated sugar, molasses, and sugar beet pulp; agricultural products comprising barley, wheat, rye, sunflower seed, soy bean, corn, peas, and varietal and regular cycle seeds of agricultural crops; and cattle farming produce, such as milk and meat, as well as canned goods, fodder, and gas.

Fondul Proprietatea S.A. GDR (Reg S)

Georgia Capital

Georgia Capital PLC. Georgia Capital PLC is a United Kingdom-based holding company. The Company is focused on investing in developing businesses in Georgia. Its portfolio companies include Georgian Global Utilities LLC (GGU), JSC m2 (m2), JSC Aldagi (Aldagi) and JSC Teliani Valley (Teliani). GGU carries on business in two areas: water utility and renewable energy generation. m2 is the Company's real estate business. m2 develops residential and commercial property in Georgia, outsourcing design while focusing on project and construction management, and sales. m2 also focuses on developing hotels with outsourced operations. Aldagi is a provider of property and casualty insurance products in Georgia. Aldagi primarily focuses on the Georgian motor vehicle, property, credit life, and liability insurance markets and also on other markets offering cargo and agricultural (Agro) insurance. Teliani is a wine and beer producer in Georgia and its sells its products across 15 countries.

Kernel Holding S.A.

Kernel Holding is a holding company. Co.'s is a diversified agribusiness engaged in the production and sale of bottled sunflower oil (sold under brand names Schedry Dar, Stozhar and Chumak Zolota), the production and subsequent export of bulk sunflower oil and meal, the wholesale trade of grain (mainly wheat, barley and corn), farming, and the provision of logistics and transshipment services n the ports of Ilyichevsk, Taman and Mykolaiv. The majority of Co.'s manufacturing facilities are primarily based in Ukraine and Russia. In addition, Co. is a private provider of inland silo services in Ukraine.

Med Life

Public Power Corporation S.A.

Public Power Corp. is a vertically intergrated electric utility engaged in electricity generation, transmission and distribution throughout Greece. At Dec 31 2014, Co. and its subsidiaries generated electricity in its own 62 power generating stations of Co. and from the additional stations which belong to its wholly owned subsidiary PPC Renewables S.A, facilitated the transmission of electricity through its own power lines of approximately 12,273 km and distributed electricity to consumers through its own distribution lines for Medium and Low voltage of 235,100 km which are managed by its wholly owned subsidiary Hellenic Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO S.A.) (Medium and Low voltage).

Teraplast

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