Vladimir Yevtushenkov said that a regular negotiations process is going on which, it looks like, may spread into the beginning of next year.

“You cannot enter the same river twice. Most likely the conditions will not be the same, but how it will be in reality it is hard to say,” he told reporters.

He added that currently intensive contacts are held by two sides at governmental, inter-governmental commission and foreign ministries levels.

In July the wholly-owned subsidiary of MTS, Uzdunrobita, had its license withdrawn initially for 10 days and then permanently due to repeated and systematic major violations, with the way their cellular network was designed and noncompliance with the instructions of the controlling body.