Close friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Igor Rothenberg, as well as Gennady Timchenko, who were sanctioned by the British government on Tuesday, are close friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
As far as Rothenberg is concerned, relations with Putin are really a “family affair.”
Igor Rotenberg, 47, and Boris Rotenberg, who own the SGM Group, an infrastructure company, specializing in the construction of systems for the transportation of oil and gas.
Igor’s uncle Boris Rotenberg, 65, was very involved in martial arts between 1968 and 1978, especially judo. He trained alongside Vladimir Putin, and won many awards for the Soviet Union. In 1992, he became a professional judo coach in Helsinki.
In 2001, together with his brother Arkandi (main photo with the Russian president) They founded the SMP group, which operates in 40 Russian cities with more than 100 branches, more than half of them in the Moscow region.
Boris Rothenberg – wikipedia
Igor, who is also the majority shareholder of Gazprom Drilling and son of Arkandi, has been subject to US sanctions since 2018. In 2014, the 71-year-old Arkandi was ranked by Forbes magazine at 621rd place among the richest people in the world in 2014. It is considered the “right hand” of the Russian president, being his childhood friend and his business partner.
In November 2017, Forbes estimated Arkady Rotenberg’s fortune at $ 2.5 billion. In October 2018, Igor Rothenberg’s fortune was estimated at $ 1.1 billion.
THE Gennady Timchenko He is also one of the most powerful people in Russia and has been subject to US sanctions since 2014. Belgrade in 2016 had named Russian President Vladimir Putin’s billionaire friend as Serbia’s honorary consul in St. Petersburg. It has a stake in Russian companies, including gas company Novatek and petrochemical company Sibur Holding.
The assets of the oligarchs in Britain will be frozen after Putin’s decision to send troops to eastern Ukraine in violation of the Minsk agreements.
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