Russia's Vimpelcom solves Algeria dispute with $2.6 bln deal
April 18, 2014 at 05:20 AM EDT
MOSCOW, April 18 (Reuters) - Russian telecoms operator Vimpelcom said on Friday it had resolved an ongoing shareholder battle in Algeria with the sale of a 51 percent stake in Orascom Telecom Algeria to the Algerian National Investment Fund for $2.6 billion.