After the release of the managing Director of Arbat Capital Alexey Golubovich from the transaction on purchase of “sheets” it continues the General Director ID “Version” Konstantin Zyatkov. He pledged to Fund the publication and resumed its due diligence, according to sources “Kommersant”. According to one of them, the parties hope to close the deal within a few weeks.The publisher “Sheets” Gleb Prozorov announced today the paper’s staff that, despite the exit of managing Director of Arbat Capital Alexey Golubovich, it continues with the participation of the General Director of the publishing house “Version of” Constantine Zyatkov, and a future buyer willing to take on financing issues. This was told “Kommersant” two sources in the “Gazette”. “We have received all assurances that the inevitable lack of working capital will be offset by the buying party to the extent necessary”,— quotes the source of “Kommersant” letter from the publisher. He added that due diligence of the newspaper, launched on 23 March resumed and till the end of April Mr. Zatkova needs to be submitted documents for business valuation.That because of conflict of the editorial in “Vedomosti” Alexei Golubovich came out of the deal, announced on 29 April the Financial Times (one of the founders of the “Statements”). Alexey Golubovich said “Kommersant”: “I am in what kind of deal was not included, there is no document that I signed, can’t comment”.One of the issues on which the parties to the transaction did not come to an agreement— financing of Newspapers in connection with the decline of the advertising market, which will be required in may, told “Kommersant” its employees. Mr. Golubovich “thought buy business cards that say “sheet”, and here is a coronavirus, in the last edition puts you ultimatums,” says one of the interlocutors “Kommersant”, commenting on the conflict the employees of the newspaper acting editor-in-chief Andrew Sarofim, who headed the publication in mid-March.Andrey Shmarov told “Kommersant” that the job offer made to him by Constantine Zyatkov on the initiative of Alexei Golubovich, with which they are familiar. However, neither selling nor buying party is not willing to take responsibility for the appearance in the editorial of Mr. Shmarova and resolving editorial conflict: constant editor-in-chief shall appoint the Board of Directors, which is the period of the transaction dissolved.On April 23, after receiving the letter of Mr. Golubovich about a possible exit from the transaction, Mr Kudryavtsev told Kommersant: “I make a deal with Saticoy, and he decides who his partners are. We do everything necessary for its completion”. Constantine Zyatkov added that at that time did not consider the possibility to purchase the edition without a partner, on April 29 he also did not answer the call.Friend Demyan Kudryavtsev notes that the parties expect to close the transaction in the nearest��of isie weeks. How a potential buyer attracts funding after the release of Alexei Golubovich, Kommersant’s sources did not specify. Another source says that the Mr. Golubovich has the right to join the transaction in any remaining time or redeem shares of late Mr. Zyatkov.Anna Afanasyeva
