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following a surprise merger with outdoor advertising firm Russ Group last summer
The merger sparked a bitter corporate and personal dispute involving Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and culminated in a deadly shootout at
reported.President Vladimir Putin approved the June 2024 merger between Wildberries and Russ Group, but the Kremlin declined to intervene in
the high-profile family feud between the co-founders of Wildberries.Wildberries and Russ Group claimed their merger would create a
financial, media and retail conglomerate capable of rivaling Western tech giants and supporting the Russian economy.However, some Russian
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