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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-186290
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170530
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170530
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170530

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VEON Ltd.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001468091
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RADIO TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS [4812]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34694
		FILM NUMBER:		17875603

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CLAUDE DEBUSSYLAAN 88
		CITY:			AMSTERDAM
		STATE:			P7
		ZIP:			1082 MD
		BUSINESS PHONE:		31 20 797 7200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CLAUDE DEBUSSYLAAN 88
		CITY:			AMSTERDAM
		STATE:			P7
		ZIP:			1082 MD

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VimpelCom Ltd.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20091005

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	New Spring Co Ltd.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20090709
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">FORM&nbsp;6-K</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Report of
Foreign Private Issuer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;13a-16</FONT> or
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-16</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>For the month of May 2017 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Commission File Number <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-34694</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>VEON Ltd. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(formerly
VimpelCom Ltd.) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Rock Building, Claude Debussylaan 88, 1082 MD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;20-F</FONT> or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;40-F.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form&nbsp;40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</FONT></FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;6-K</FONT> in paper as permitted by Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1):&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;6-K</FONT> in paper as permitted by Regulation <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7):&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information set forth in this Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> is hereby incorporated by reference into the registration statements filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-3</FONT> (Registration Nos. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-213905</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-196223).</FONT> </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Amsterdam (30</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;May 2017) &#150; </B>VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (the
&#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), a subsidiary of VEON Ltd. (&#147;<B>VEON</B>&#148;), commenced a cash tender offer (the &#147;<B>Offer</B>&#148;) for any and all of the outstanding (i)&nbsp;U.S.$1,000,000,000 9.125% Loan Participation Notes due 2018
issued by, but with limited recourse to, VIP Finance Ireland Limited (the &#147;<B>2018 Notes</B>&#148;), (ii) U.S.$1,000,000,000 7.748% Loan Participation Notes due 2021 issued by, but with limited recourse to, VIP Finance Ireland Limited (the
&#147;<B>2021 Notes</B>&#148;) and (iii)&nbsp;U.S.$1,500,000,000 7.5043% Guaranteed Notes due 2022 issued by VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (the &#147;<B>2022 Notes</B>&#148; and together with the 2018 Notes and the 2021 Notes, the &#147;<B>Existing
Notes</B>&#148;) pursuant to an offer to purchase. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has separately announced today that it intends to offer new senior unsecured notes (the
&#147;<B>New Notes Offering</B>&#148;) to finance the Offer. The completion of the New Notes Offering is a condition to the purchase of the Existing Notes in the Offer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Disclaimer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The above is for informational purposes only
and does not constitute an invitation to participate in the Offer or a prospectus or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction, nor shall there be any sale of securities or
invitation to participate in the Offer in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, invitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under applicable securities laws. The Notes have not been and will not be
registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<B>Securities Act</B>&#148;). The Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. There will be no public offer of the Notes in the United States (for these purposes, &#147;<B>United States</B>&#148; means the United States of America, its
territories and possessions, any State of the United States, and the District of Columbia). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company considers portions of this announcement to be
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as &#147;may&#148;, &#147;will&#148;, &#147;plan&#148;, &#147;should&#148;, &#147;expect&#148;, &#147;anticipate&#148;, &#147;estimate&#148;,
&#147;continue&#148; or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which the Company cannot predict with accuracy and some of which the Company might not even anticipate. Although
the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions at the time made, the Company can give no assurance that such expectations will be achieved. Future events and actual
results, financial and otherwise, may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of risks and uncertainties. </P>
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