Unimilk, Russia’s second-largest dairy company, plans to hold an initial public offering in 2009, according to its general director.

“The company’s management have been set the task of preparing the company for an IPO in 2009,” Andrei Beskhmelnitsky says. He gave no other details of the planned offering.
In 2007, revenues at Unimilk rose by around 40% to 30.5 billion roubles (