This week, the transaction was made public. AVH Grupp sold its 50% stake in Õhtuleht Kirjastus to Ekspress Grupp. The owner of AVH Grupp is Heiti Hääl.
If the competition authority agrees, Ekspress Grupp will become the sole owner of Õhtuleht Kirjastus. The legal proceedings continue.
AVH Grupp's subsidiary Alexela AS went to court in August 2023. The lawsuit is against Delfi Meedia/EPL, which belongs to Ekspress Grupp.
AVH Grupp's manager Veiko Räim says that the purchase transaction and the lawsuit are not related.
The lawsuit began because of articles in Eesti Päevaleht. The articles stated that Alexela supplies gas from Russia. The article criticized companies doing business in Russia.
Alexela's contractual representative Kadri Michelson says that the article called for a boycott of Alexela. Michelson says that this call was false.
Michelson says that the idea of a boycott came from foreign media. Previously, Mondelez decided to sell Oreo cookies in Russia. Michelson says that these situations are not similar to Alexela's.