OREANDA-NEWS The share of transactions on the nationalization of private assets in Russia reached 42.2 percent of the value of all M&A in January-June.

- transactions. Frank Media writes about this with reference to the report of the AK&M agency.

It is noted that the total cost of such operations in the segment of state—owned facilities increased sharply during the reporting period, increasing 2.5 times year-on-year from 10 transactions worth $3.95 billion to 15 transactions worth $10.16 billion. The total volume of mergers and acquisitions amounted to $24.07 billion in the first half of 2026.

As follows from the materials, most of the assets nationalized this year turned out to be agricultural. Rusagro agricultural holding was among them, which accounted for almost a third (32.1 percent) of the entire M&A market in the first half of the year. "This is the largest nationalization in the entire history of observations," the review says.

In July, Rusagro's board of directors recommended paying dividends of 16.48 rubles per share at the expense of a portion of retained earnings of previous years in the amount of 15 billion rubles. It was indicated that we are talking about the first payments since 2021.