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Europe

* Fitch Ratings affirmed Bulgaria-based First Investment Bank AD's B/B long- and short-term issuer default ratings and subsequently withdrew them. The agency also affirmed and withdrew the bank's "b" viability rating, 5 support rating and No Floor support rating floor.

* Fitch assigned Uzbekistan-based Aksiyadorlik tijorat banki BB-/B long- and short-term foreign- and local-currency issuer default ratings, with stable outlooks on the long-term ratings. The agency also assigned the Uzbek bank a "b" viability rating, a 3 support rating, and a BB- support rating floor.

* Moody's placed Luxembourg-based Gilex Holding S.à.r.l.'s long-term ratings on review for downgrade.

* ACRA upgraded Russia-based JSC Bank SOYUZ's credit rating to BBB-(RU), and changed the outlook to stable.

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