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* BSE Sensex drops for fifth straight session

 MOSCOW, April 29 (Reuters) - Russian companies are launching
a fresh wave of London IPO attempts as the high oil price and
growing Russian economy lure private issuers back to equity
markets.

 Analysts had earlier predicted private issuers could raise
as much as $30 billion this year given the right market
conditions, up from around $5.5 billion last year, though a
series of recent flops has tempered expectations.

 The total raised in 2011 to date is now just over $2
billion.

 Below is a list of IPOs in the pipeline for 2011, including
the successful and postponed placements:

 DONE DEALS IN 2011

 ISSUER                PROCEEDS             TIMING

 ==========================================================

 *Nomos (NMOSq.L)     $718 mln             April

 Mid-size Russian bank became the biggest private issuer of
the year to date when it announced plans to raise at least $718
million in London and Moscow.

 The company priced the IPO at just above the middle of the
indicated range, despite pledging little more than a quarter of
the proceeds to development of the business. [ID:nLDE73H1YF]

 *Etalon (ETLNGq.L)  $575 mln              April

  Russian real estate developer Etalon Group priced a London
IPO at the bottom end of its price range to raise $575 million.

 Most of the proceeds came from the sale of new shares, while
the company's existing shareholders accepted $75 million --
about half the amount they wanted.     

 Etalon needs cash to fund expansion in Russia's recovering
real estate market. [ID:nLDE73E0CH]

 *Rusagro (AGRORq.L) $330 mln              April

 Russian sugar and pork producer Rusagro priced a London IPO
of new shares towards the lower end of its price range to raise
$330 million for business expansion, but the shares jumped 6
percent on debut.

 *Hydraulic (HMSGq.L)   c. $360 mln          Feb

 Russian pumps manufacturer HMS Hydraulic was forced to cut
the price and scale of original plans to raise up to $652
million from a London IPO, the only member of a quartet of
February candidates to get away. [ID:nLDE7170TR]

 LATEST WAVE

 ISSUER                      PROCEEDS           TIMING

 ========================================================

 *Russian Helicopters        $500 mln            May

 State-controlled Russian Helicopters has set an early price
range of $19-25 a share for a potentially ground-breaking London
IPO that could give investors a rare chance of exposure to
Russia's defence and arms sector.

 The company hopes the deal will raise $250 million from an
issue of new shares and about the same amount from existing
stock, partly to pay down debt. [ID:nLDE73P0IQ]

 *Yandex                     $1 bln              May

 Russia's most popular search engine Yandex is hoping to
become the country's biggest IPO of the year -- and first
outside London or Moscow -- when it lists on U.S. exchange
Nasdaq in May.

 The company plans to sell both new and existing shares and
will hope to emulate the initial success of last year's Mail.ru
(MAILRq.L) [ID:nL3E7FS4Z1].

 POSTPONED

 ISSUER                PROCEEDS             TIMING

 ==========================================================

 *Euroset              $1.52 bln

 Russia's biggest mobile phone retailer scrapped plans to
raise up to $1.52 billion in April, citing market volatility.

 The company, which has nearly 4,500 bright yellow fronted
stores in Russia and the CIS, had wanted the vast majority of
the proceeds to go to owner Alexander Mamut. [ID:nLDE73C0B4]

 *EuroSibEnergo        c. $1 bln

 Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska's power company
EuroSibEnergo said on Tuesday it saw no need to raise funds for
the remainder of 2011, pushing back its planned $1 billion Hong
Kong listing to later this year due to volatile markets.
[ID:nL3E7EM0VO]

 It had originally planned to start pre-marketing for its
proposed initial public offering on Feb. 21.

 *KOKS                 c.$520 mln

 Russian pig iron and coking coal producer KOKS was hoping to
raise more than $500 million for around 20 percent of its shares
to be split between its owners and the business itself. The
company pulled the IPO on Feb. 4 citing market conditions in the
wake of violence in Egypt. [ID:nLDE7110P9]

 *ChelPipe             up to $688 mln

 Russian steel pipe maker ChelPipe was seeking up to $688
million from new and existing shares in London and Moscow to pay
down debt and raise cash for its owner.

 It postponed the IPO on Feb 10, although sources say the
company is planning fresh meetings with investors to discuss
plans for a fresh attempt. [ID:nLDE71908R]

 *Nord Gold             $1 bln

 Russian gold miner Nord Gold had been looking to raise $1
billion in a London float of a 25 percent stake to repay debts
to its Russian mining parent Severstal (CHMF.MM), but postponed
plans after refusing to cut its price range. [ID:nLDE71A0BZ]

 *Vital Development     $22 mln

 Biochemical company had been planning a small float on
Moscow bourses but postponed plans until the second half due to
competition from bigger IPOs. [ID:nLDE73B05B]

 WIDER PIPELINE

 ISSUER                PROCEEDS             TIMING

 ==========================================================

 *PHOSAGRO             $500 mln              June

  Russian fertilizer producer Phosagro is planning to push
ahead with plans for a London stock market float in June, a
source close to the deal told Reuters on Friday, and aims to
raise at least $500 million. [ID:nWLA9223]

 *SUEK                 c.$1 bln            spring/summer

 Russia's largest steam coal producer SUEK is hoping to
revive long-held plans for an IPO ahead of the summer lull,
having improved its corporate governance standards and grown on
the back of higher demand, the Independent on Sunday reported.
[ID:nLDE7320BZ]

 *UTV Media            c.$250 mln           Q2/Q3 2011

 The media holding company is looking to raise $250 million
in London before the autumn, according to a source.
[ID:nLDE71E26K]

 *Centrobuv               TBC                  2011

 The Russian shoe retailer is planning a London float later
this year and has chosen Morgan Stanley and Renaissance Capital
as organisers, sources told Reuters. [ID:nLDE71A1D4]

 *Yug Rusi                 TBC                 2011

 Russia's biggest vegetable oil producer has picked ING and
Morgan Stanley to organise a London listing this year, two
financial market sources told Reuters. [ID:nLDE70K1L7]

 *Alrosa                $1.5-3.0 bln           2012

 Russian state-owned diamond miner could raise $1.5 billion
to $3 billion in a share sale next year, Chief Executive Fyodor
Andreyev told Reuters. [ID:nLDE72H1BK]

 *Metalloinvest           c. $1 bln            2011

 Alisher Usmanov, the co-owner of iron and steel firm
Metalloinvest, has said he is prepared to float up to 20 percent
of the company's shares this year if market conditions are
right. [ID:nLDE61G2B1]

 *Kamchatka Gold           TBC                 2011

 Tycoon Viktor Vekselberg is targeting Hong Kong for an IPO
of his Kamchatka Gold mining firm as its assets are dependent on
Chinese demand. Vekselberg in July postponed the float until at
least 2011, but insisted it would still go ahead.
[ID:nLDE61E1PX] [ID:nLDE66E0AB]

 *Transaero               $200 mln             2011

 Russia's second-biggest airline was planning a $200 million
IPO in the autumn of 2010, but a source said in October its
plans had been pushed back until 2011. [ID:nLDE64K1DD]
[ID:nLDE69C0TY]
 (Compiled by John Bowker and Maria Kiselyova)