Norilsk Nickel has paid 122.78 billion rubles ($1.86 billion) of dividends for the first half of 2018.
Rusal (owning 27.8%) is still receiving dividends, even though it has been hit by US sanctions.
In November 5 Rusal reported that it had already received $402 million from Nornickel.
According to Nornickel, these are dividends for 2017, paid in July-August.
H1 2018 dividends for Rusal should be about 34 billion rubles ($520 million). (Ukrainian metal)