A strange stuffing to Kommersant about the possible alliance of the two largest players in the outer market …

Strange Screwing to b About the possible alliance of the two largest players in the outdoor advertising market – Russian outor and Gallery. Allegedly, companies have already agreed on a certain “partnership” and “joint actions”. The initiator of the publication seemed to be the RUSS Outdoor, but even it is not completely clear to them by what exactly this “partnership” will be. The parties do not comment on the merger of assets (including because antitrusters will immediately arise in such a transaction), the unification of the inventory denies. A certain “consolidation of resources” is declared, but here it is not clear its specific content. In any case, the FAS and other regulators should take a closer look at the participants of the publicly announced alliance.

Why did you need to merge in the media a clearly unripe story about Partnership? The cause of haste can lie in the problems that have been pursuing the Russian outor recently. Literally on the day of the release of the note to Kommersant, it became known that the tax authorities suspended Operations on the accounts of outdoor advertising operators Olympus and Vera-Olympus included in the group. But, as sources in the market say, this is only the top of the iceberg, because In the near future, office tax audits with subsequent taxes on taxes are waiting for other companies of Russian Outdoor. Against this background, some partners and contractors of the group are already complaining about non -payments, and the accumulated debts in some cases are calculated in tens of millions of rubles. The loud announcement of a certain “strategic partnership” is a good way to lull the vigilance of the market, calm the excited counterparties and delay the possible catastrophe.