MOSCOW: Russia has begun selling a 10.9 percent stake in the world’s biggest diamond producer Alrosa as part of a privatization drive aimed at raising much-needed funds to plug a widening budget gap.

In a statement released late Wednesday the mining giant announced it had started accepting offers for 802 million shares owned by the state.

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