Mining took the first place in the rating of M&A industries for October 2025 (market share — 49.4%) with two transactions totaling $2.4 billion, which is 13.6 times higher than the total of the same month in 2024. The largest of them was the nationalization of 67.85% in Yuzhuralzoloto Group of Companies, the damage to the state was estimated by the court at $1991.8 million. This is the biggest deal of the month. This is stated in the bulletin "Market of Mergers and Acquisitions" of the AK&M News Agency (issue No. 332).
Agriculture came in second place with 4 transactions worth $514.2 million, whereas in October 2024, AK&M recorded no transactions in the industry. The market share of M&A in agriculture was 10.6%. The largest transaction of the period was the nationalization of JSC Fishing Collective Farm Vostok-1, the court estimated the damage to the state at $467.1 million. The transaction turned out to be the second largest in the reporting period.
According to the results of the reporting month, the fuel and energy Complex was in third place (market share — 8.9%) with one transaction worth $434.8 million, while by the end of October 2024, AK&M had no transactions in the industry. The only transaction in the industry was the sale by Gazprom Neft of a 50% stake in the former joint venture Salym Petroleum Development LLC to the structures of businessman Gennady Timchenko.
The fourth place in October was taken by construction and development with 9 transactions totaling $424.8 million, which is 6.8 times lower than the total for the same period in 2024. The industry's market share in terms of volume was 8.7%, and in terms of the number of transactions — 27.3%. The largest transaction of the reporting period was Sberbank's purchase of 37,000 square meters in the Arbat 1 business center in central Moscow for an estimated $117.3 million.
Services came in fifth place (market share — 8.4%) with 6 transactions worth $409.5 million, 3.5 times higher than the total in October 2024. The largest deal of the month was the purchase of the Fun&Sun travel agency, which the combined Wildberries-Rus company acquired from Severstal-affiliated structures for an estimated $192.5 million.
Read more about the results of the M&A market in issue No. 332 of the monthly bulletin "Market of Mergers and Acquisitions" of the AK&M News Agency. Subscribers of the newsletter have been provided with a complete database of M&A transactions with Russian assets for free since 2012. You can subscribe to the newsletter at the agency's office by sending an application to ma@akm.ru and through the Ural Press subscription agency (subscription index — 011670).
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