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AST (Russian: АСТ) is one of the largest book publishing companies in Russia headed by Oleg Bartenev (Олег Бартенев). It owns a bookstores chain Bukva (Russian: Буква lit. A Letter).Among AST partners are publishing companies Astrel Zebra E Molodaya Gvardiya CenterCom bookstores Moscow and Biblio Globus and online shops such as Ozon.ru. It also owns comic book and manga publisher Comics Factory.
