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== Mergers and acquisitions ==
Between 1985 and 2018, almost 28,500 mergers or acquisitions have been announced in Russia. This cumulates to an overall value of around USD&nbsp;984 billion which translates to RUB&nbsp;5.456 billion. In terms of value, 2007 has been the most active year with USD&nbsp;158 billion, whereas the number of deals peaked in 2010 with 3,684 (964 compared to the value record year 2007). Since 2010 value and numbers have decreased constantly and another wave of M&A is expected.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://imaa-institute.org/m-and-a-statistics-countries/|title=M&A Statistics by Countries – Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA)|work=Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA)|access-date=27 February 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127222829/https://imaa-institute.org/m-and-a-statistics-countries/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The majority of deals in, into or out of Russia have taken place in the financial sector (29%), followed by banks (8.6%), oil and gas (7.8%), and Metals and Mining (7.2%).

Here is a list of the top deals with Russian companies participating ranked by deal value in million USD:
{| class="wikitable"
! Date Announced
! Acquiror Name
! Acquiror Mid Industry
! Acquiror Nation
! Target Name
! Target Mid Industry
! Target Nation
! Value of Transaction ($mil)
|-
|22 October 2012
|Rosneft Oil Co
|Oil & gas
|Russian Fed
|TNK-BP Ltd
|Oil & gas
|Russian Fed
|27854.12
|-
|24 July 2012
|Rosneft Oil Co
|Oil & gas
|Russian Fed
|TNK-BP Ltd
|Oil & gas
|Russian Fed
|26061.15
|-
|22 April 2003
|Yukosneftegaz
|Oil & gas
|Russian Fed
|Sibirskaia Neftianaia Co
|Oil & gas
|Russian Fed
|13615.23
|-
|28 September 2005
|Gazprom
|Oil & gas
|Russian Fed
|Sibneft
|Oil & gas
|Russian Fed
|13101.08
|-
|13 April 2005
|Shareholders
|Other financials
|Russian Fed
|Polyus
|Metals & mining
|Russian Fed
|12867.39
|-
|16 December 2010
|MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC
|Metals & mining
|Russian Fed
|MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC
|Metals & mining
|Russian Fed
|12800
|-
|27 July 2007
|Shareholders
|Other financials
|Russian Fed
|HydroOGK
|Power
|Russian Fed
|12381.83
|-
|10 December 2016
|QHG Shares Pte Ltd
|Other financials
|Singapore
|Rosneft Oil Co
|Oil & gas
|Russian Fed
|
|-
|30 June 2010
|KazakhGold Group Ltd
|Metals & mining
|Kazakhstan
|Polyus Zoloto
|Metals & mining
|Russian Fed
|10261.33
|-
|5 August 2008
|[[Vladimir Potanin]]
|Other financials
|Russian Fed
|MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC
|Metals & mining
|Russian Fed
|10021.11
|}
The majority of the top 10 deals are within the Russian oil and gas sector, followed by metals and mining.