UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of October 2014

Commission File Number 1-34694

VimpelCom Ltd.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

The Rock Building, Claude Debussylaan 88, 1082 MD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

(Address of principal executive offices)

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	VIMPELCOM LTD.
	(Registrant)
Date: October 20, 2014
	By:	/s/ Scott Dresser
	Name:	Scott Dresser
	Title:	Group General Counsel

VimpelCom’s subsidiary sells its operations in Burundi and Central African Republic

Amsterdam (October 20, 2014) – “VimpelCom Ltd.” (“VimpelCom”, “Company” or “Group”) (NASDAQ: VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications services headquartered in Amsterdam, today announced that its 51.9% owned subsidiary Global Telecom Holding S.A.E. (“GTH”) has sold its entire 100% stake in Telecel Globe Limited (“TG”), which owns 100% of each of U-COM in Burundi and Telecel CAR in Central African Republic, for USD 65 million, subject to certain post-closing adjustments. TG was acquired by Econet Wireless Global Limited, a diversified telecommunications group with operations in several countries mainly in Africa.

Andrew Davies, Chief Financial Officer of VimpelCom, commented: “We have previously outlined our Value Agenda within which our operations are reviewed to assess their future value to the Group. The decision to sell our operations in CAR and Burundi is a result of this process.”

As disclosed earlier, GTH previously agreed to sell TG to another purchaser in Q1 2013. That purchaser failed to close the deal and forfeited a deposit it had paid to GTH in accordance with the terms of a purchase agreement that is no longer in force.

About VimpelCom

VimpelCom, an international telecoms company operating in 14 countries and headquartered in Amsterdam, is one of the world’s largest integrated telecommunications services operators providing voice and data services through a range of traditional and broadband mobile and fixed technologies in Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Algeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe. VimpelCom’s operations around the globe cover territory with a total population of approximately 739 million people. VimpelCom provides services under the “Beeline”, “Kyivstar”, “WIND”, “Infostrada” “Mobilink”, “banglalink”, “Telecel”, and “Djezzy” brands. As of June 30, 2014, VimpelCom had 220 million mobile customers on a combined basis. VimpelCom is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol (VIP). For more information visit: http://www.vimpelcom.com

Contact information

Investor Relations   VimpelCom Ltd. Gerbrand Nijman /Remco Vergeer ir@vimpelcom.com Tel: +31 20 79 77 200 (Amsterdam) Media and Public Relations   VimpelCom Ltd. Bobby Leach / Artem Minaev pr@vimpelcom.com Tel: +31 20 79 77 200 (Amsterdam)

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