Samvel Karapetyan, president of "Tashir" group of companies once again entered the list of the richest businessmen of Russia, compiled by the business magazine Forbes.

Joint-Stock Commercial Bank «FORA-BANK» (part of Tashir Group of Companies) and Ucom  signed a partnership agreement in the projects development field, representing the full spectrum of telecommunication services on the territory of Armenia, including its most remote regions. The agreement determines the implementation of an investment programme, which will enable the expansion of 4Play offers and 4G+ network in the country.

Tashir Group continues to diversify its portfolio and launch new projects in     retail and development. On April 15, the group opened a new project, coworking space Atmosfera in southwestern Moscow. Investments in the project amounted to $3 million.

Samvel Karapetyan, president of the Tashir Group, was included in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the first time in his career, joining the league of 500 wealthiest people on the planet.  

Tashir Group is in the final stages of building Leroy Merlin hypermarkets in Petrozavodsk with a total area of 17,000 m2 and in Arkhangelsk with a total area of 16,976 m2. These will be the first Leroy Merlin hypermarkets to be opened in both cities.