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CommersantÚ reports: Vladimir Kalitin, President of ALROSA, signed an Order for the major staff reduction amongst the management and within divisions of the company nation-wide. ALROSA itself refers to these changes as a "pre-sale" measures. It is no longer a secret that the central Federal authorities intend to put down for sale shares of Russia's largest diamond mining company.

Following the changes of the management of ALROSA this spring, (mentioned earlier by Commersant Ú in its publications), the main redundant target now is an intermediate management. Analysis of the current staff list showed that for the last five years the number of the managing personnel grown by 26 %, especially in regard to the Moscow office where this figure reaches 53 %. Back on 26th of April 2002, was issued an Order ¹ 202 "On reduction of the personnel of the company by 350 units".

On August 16th, President of ALROSA Vladimir Kalitin signed an ¹ 357 "On optimisation of the management structure of AK ALROSA, instructing "to reduce the management personnel by 63,5 units". By this order the president of the company also introduced some improvements in the structure of the company.