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Megapolis Will Control 70% of Russian Cigarette Sales  

After the contract expires with the last regional distributor for JTI in May, Megapolis will become the sole distributor for that company. Combined with its contracts with other tobacco companies, that will give Megapolis control about 73 percent of the tobacco sales in Russia. The total Russian cigarette market is valued at $12.2 billion. Megapolis already has sales agreements with JTI in all regions of Russia except Nizhny Novgorod.

Megapolis is also the exclusive distributor of Philip Morris International, Gallaher Liggett-Ducat, Imperial Tobacco and Altadis. It is also a distributor of beer and snack foods. Its turnover in 2007 was $5.5 billion.

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