"ALROSA invited us to take part in the auction, and we were able to buy a big and rather attractive lot," - Morozov said. It was important for ALROSA from the political perspective to demonstrate that there is an infrastructure in Vladivostok for diamond trading and it is no worse than in Antwerp, Tel Aviv or Moscow, he explains. "Rough diamonds will be cut and polished, and some of them will be sold in one of the stores of Moscow Jewelry Plant, which is owned by Leviev," – according to a source close to the businessman's structures.
ALROSA plans to organize diamond auctions in Vladivostok regularly on the Eurasian Diamond Centre's trading floor. The Centre allows to accelerate the timing of transactions by facilitating customs and visa requirements, the company said.