Eldorado to open five stores in far east Russia

Russian electronics retailer Eldorado plans to invest RUB150 million (USD4.8 million) to open five more stores in far east Russia by the end of 2010. The stores, with an average area of 2,400 square metres, will be located in Blagoveshchensk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Birobidzhan, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. At present, Eldorado has nine stores in the far east of the country.