As Nokia said they did not intend to renew the contract with one of its two official Russian distributors – the company "Telelogistika. Representatives of Telelogistiki "Vedomosti reported that the Finnish side explained this decision by some" changes in the distribution market, "without specifying what kind of changes. Abuses by Russia as a partner was not. Analyst at Mobile Research Group Eldar Murtazin agrees: he believes that the decision of the Finnish company is not motivated by economic reasons.

Although officially a contract with Telelogistikoy "expires on June 30, delivering the goods Nokia has already ceased, and the notice of the possible penalty ignored. In Russia the company estimated the damage at 122.23 million rubles.

"Telelogistika" was one of the two official Nokia distributor in Russia, and as such it is delivered on Russia's market is about 25% of all products Nokia (data for 2009). Second distributor of the Finnish manufacturer is WMP Group.

This situation can benefit from Samsung, which has almost caught up with Nokia on the volume of Russian sales. Sieg also WMP Group, which has ckopilos large number of unsold goods Nokia.

via Gazette