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Dasha Afanasieva

Dasha is a columnist in London writing about the consumer goods sector, as well as Russia and Turkey. She has been at Reuters since 2012 as deals reporter in London and Turkey correspondent, covering the 2016 coup and the war in Syria. Prior to that she produced business news on BBC radio and worked as an investment banking analyst. She holds a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford. Follow @dasha_reuters

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Dasha Afanasieva
Columnist, London
+44 (0)20 7542 0214
E-mail: dasha.afanasieva@thomsonreuters.com

Recent stories

Investors can give Imperial Brands a bit more time

Some shareholders are gagging for cash from more asset sales. They’re rightly angry about the tobacco firm’s share price collapse. But striking good deals for cancer sticks might be tricky. Beleaguered management would do better to focus on rolling out less harmful products.
20 August 2019
Russia’s En+ swaps one U.S. headache for another

The Rusal holding company escaped punitive Washington sanctions in the first half. But Donald Trump’s trade war pummelled aluminium prices, leading to a sharp drop in EBITDA. Investors face a long wait to get anywhere near their 2017 IPO price.
16 August 2019
Carlsberg can relax with a brew in second half

Unlike larger peers AB InBev and Heineken, the Danish brewer’s recently increased year-end targets look easy to reach. Still, the end of a cost-cutting programme may bring slower gains in profitability. After strong share price gains, the beer maker’s valuation has enough fizz.
15 August 2019
Google can battle some authoritarian states

13 August 2019
Henkel struggles with consumer sector trade-off

13 August 2019
Reckitt Benckiser will toil to hurdle lower bar

30 July 2019
Heineken outlook only stacks up after a few pints

29 July 2019
Nestlé’s recipe is good enough to keep Loeb sweet

26 July 2019
AB InBev makes Australia sale look like insurance

25 July 2019
Richemont’s jewels overcome slower watches

18 July 2019
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