- Italy: according to the Italian daily Corriera della sera, the Italian government is considering selling a 20% stake in the electricity group ENEL between now and February 2001. This operation would enable the Treasury to reduce its current 68.26% stake, following an initial privatization and the company's floating on the stock market in the autumn of 1999, to below 50%. See EI of 12 July 2000 and 3 November 1999. - Russia: privatization operations provided the federal budget with over...