KIEV, Feb. 7 - The new shareholders of Inter Media Group Limited, uniting Inter TV Channel and up to 10 other channels, will be the companies owned by Dmytro Firtash and Serhiy Liovochkin, head of the Presidential Administration, Firstash’s Group DF reported on Thursday.

"I started to discuss the idea of purchasing Inter with Serhiy Liovochkin in 2006. At that time we discussed a deal for the first time with the owner of the channel. Talks consisting of several stages lasted for this entire period of time, and I am pleased that we achieved agreement on the closure of the transaction," the press service of Firtash said.

The major shareholder of Inter Media Group Limited will be the company of Firtash, reads the document.