Interros has reduced its stake of common shares in Norilsk Nickel to 0.2% from 6.79%, Norilsk Nickel said in a press release. However, the Invest holding company has increased its stake in common shares to 6.59% from zero, the release says.

"This is an internal transaction at the Interros group and the stakes of Mr Vladimir Potanin and Mr Mikhail Prokhorov, Norilsk Nickel's main shareholders, remain unchanged," a Norilsk Nickel spokesman told