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26.04.2020

Odintsovo City Court of the Moscow Region issued a verdict former vice president All-Russian Bank for Regional Development (RRDB) Dmitry Shapovalov and ex-employee of a credit institution Vadim Borunov. They were found guilty of particularly large-scale fraud - taking over the apartment of their colleague under the pretext of returning previously taken loans. The housing was re-registered for Borunov, the driver and bodyguard of the then head of the bank, Dmitry Titov.

The latter, by the way, was also convicted earlier - for issuing knowingly bad loans for 400 million rubles. According to the archive of the Ruspres agency, RRDB is a pocket bank of the Rosneft concern, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who had previously left the post of head of the IMF after being accused of raping a maid, took part in its creation.

Judge Aleksey Kushnirenko considered the criminal case on particularly large-scale fraud against ex-employees of the RRDB for almost a year. As a result, 45-year-old Dmitry Shapovalov and 58-year-old Vadim Borunov, who did not admit their guilt, were each sentenced to two years in a penal colony. They were taken into custody in the courtroom - before the verdict they were under house arrest. The presiding judge forwarded the civil suit of the victims for almost 15 million rubles to the civil court.

Bankers extortionists

In October 2006, Mr. Smirnov disappeared for three weeks. He himself then stated that the reason was the conflict with Dmitry Shapovalov: he allegedly ordered the director of the department to conclude an obviously illegal deal related to the withdrawal of funds abroad. Mr. Smirnov, according to him, hesitated, and then Mr. Shapovalov called him again and, in an ultimatum form, demanded to urgently repay the loans he had previously taken from the bank for a total of $ 300 thousand, drive his car to the RRDB office, hand over the keys to it, having issued a power of attorney to another person, as well as to leave a general civil and foreign passport. After that, Mr. Smirnov claimed, he, “fearing for his life”, went out of town to “think about the situation” and turned off all the phones.

The bank also stated that Nikolai Smirnov simply "went into a binge", and since he held a high position, Dmitry Shapovalov and the bank's security service took up the search for him. Be that as it may, according to the case file, a few days after the disappearance of Mr. Smirnov, they came to his house, reminded the mother and sister of the financier about outstanding loans and began to demand a return of money. At the same time, the visitors offered to compensate part of the debt by transferring the rights to a large apartment in a house under construction, in the Grunwald complex in the village of Zarechye located just outside the Moscow Ring Road. Real estate, the value of which under the contract was more than 15 million rubles, was registered in the name of Mr. Smirnov's mother. At the time of the visit of RRDB employees, the family paid the developers half the cost of the apartment.

As Mr. Smirnov's mother later explained, she knew about her son's loans and therefore agreed to sign documents on the assignment of rights to the apartment in favor of Vadim Borunov, the bodyguard driver of the bank's president. However, as it became known later, the assignment of housing did not affect the reimbursement of loans. Then the Smirnovs wrote a statement about fraud. The case was initiated, but it was repeatedly suspended, terminated and transferred from one department to another.

Dmitry Shapovalov himself claimed that he really talked with Smirnov's mother, but was only interested in the whereabouts of her son, with whom he had a conflict "due to fraud" by a subordinate with loans and "forgery of the RRDB seal." And Vadim Borunov said that in front of witnesses he gave Mrs. Smirnova a bag with more than 15 million rubles in five thousandth bills, which he borrowed from businessmen he knew. However, witnesses did not confirm the transfer of money.

Short closing time

The lawyer of one of the convicts, Dmitry Gavrilin, said that he and his colleagues consider the verdict unfair and unfounded, and promised to appeal it to the regional court. Meanwhile, the victims are only partially satisfied. Nikolai Smirnov's sister, Maria Smirnova, explained that she went to the hearings in the hope that the defendants would apologize and express a desire to somehow compensate for the moral and material damage caused. “I would not want anyone to be behind bars, and two years is enough for the technical perpetrators of the crime,” she said, adding that only one of the four episodes of the criminal case reached the court. Ms. Smirnova expressed her hope that the investigation would continue and that the defendant "would be the one who gave them instructions."

It should be noted that the immediate boss of Vadim Borunov, ex-president of the RRDB Dmitry Titov, was also previously convicted. Initially, he was accused of fraudulently embezzling more than 400 million rubles issued by the RRDB as obviously bad loans. In the summer of 2015, the former head of the bank (he resigned in 2010) was detained and placed in a pre-trial detention center (he was later placed under house arrest). Then the charge was reclassified as abuse of power, Mr. Titov fully admitted his guilt and, with the help of his acquaintances, paid off almost all the damage caused. As a result, in a special order, he received three years and was soon released on parole.

Bank people

As previously reported by the Ruspres agency, the Nordstar Tower, which previously belonged to the developer, became the property of the company three years ago. After Blazhko refused to renegotiate the terms of the lease of office space for the Rosneft subsidiary TNK-BP, Igor Sechin bought out Blazhko’s accumulated debts to Sberbank through front companies and began litigation, as a result of which a front offshore company became the owner of the tower RT&I, the beneficiaries of which were declared the owners of the "Region" Sergey Sudarikov and Andrey Zhuikov.

The Bank's Supervisory Board includes: Boris Kovalchuk, Avril Conroy, Yuri Kurilin, Rostislav Latysh, Dmitry Lebedev, Dina Malikova, Kirill Seleznev, Alexander Sokolov, Dmitry Torba, Ildar Fayzutdinov.

The board of the bank includes Dina Malikova (chairman, president of the bank), Vladimir Andrianov, Nina Zhuravleva, Dmitry Kashlakov, Sergey Naumov, Mikhail Rozin, Natalia Rostovtseva, Mikhail Rozin, Yulia Titova.

Boris Yuryevich Kovalchuk is the Chairman of the Board of JSC Inter RAO UES, the son of Yury Kovalchuk, a shareholder of Rossiya Bank.

Avril Marie Anne Conroy - Director of the Regional Sales Department of Rosneft, Kirill Seleznev - General Director of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz, Svyatoslav Slavinsky - Vice President for Economics and Finance of Rosneft, Dmitry Lebedev - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rossiya Bank, Alexey Rybnikov - head of the St. Petersburg International Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange.

Dmitry Andrianov — Department Director strategic analysis and developments of the State Corporation "Bank for the Development of Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)". Previously, he worked as an assistant for economic and foreign economic issues to Dmitry Medvedev.

Alexander Sokolov heads the financial department of Rosneft. According to the Ruspres agency, he is listed as the director of the Cypriot offshore, to which Igor Sechin's plane is registered.

Rosneft Chairman of the Board Igor Sechin made a number of appointments "to improve the efficiency of the company's management structure," the company's press service said.

A decision was made to spin off Rosneft's retail business into a separate entity RN-Regional Sales reporting to Avril Conroy, Vice President for Retail Business Development and Domestic Market. The company's filling station network includes 2,571 own and leased stations, including 194 filling stations in Ukraine, Belarus, Abkhazia and Kyrgyzstan (data as of the end of 2014).

The supply and procurement service of the company is being formed, which will be headed by Svetlana Rai. The Department of Procurement Organization and the Department of Material and Technical Resources are being restructured: three departments will be formed on their basis: procurement of goods, works and services; inventory management; planning, automation and supply efficiency. In addition, the function of economics and planning is being centralized - this area will be subordinated to Vice President for Economics and Finance Svyatoslav Slavinsky. Natalia Mincheva has been appointed to the position of Vice President for Legal Support of Business instead of Igor Maidannik. Service information technologies Rosneft will be headed by Valery Nikitin instead of Anton Strokovich.

"Accepted management decisions in personnel policy made in order to increase the requirements for the company's management to strengthen their responsibility, efficiency and professionalism," the report says.

“Given the scale of the company’s development, we are constantly striving to improve the management system in order to increase production efficiency, transparency and openness of the company’s activities, and maximize profitability for Rosneft shareholders,” Sechin commented on the reshuffle.

How much does a top manager cost

The salary of top managers depends on the salary of the president of Rosneft (ranges from 15 million to 20 million rubles): for the first vice president - from 30 to 50%, for vice presidents - from 20 to 40%, for the rest top managers - from 10 to 35%.

Top managers are eligible to participate in option programs(not approved yet). The goal of the program is to ensure “the interests of top managers and shareholders of Rosneft are aligned by linking the remuneration of top managers to the growth in the value of Rosneft shares in the long term,” says the standards on payments and compensation to top managers of Rosneft.

According to the results of 2014, the remuneration of 13 members of the board amounted to 2.8 billion rubles, the company reported. At the end of 2013, the total number of employees of Rosneft and its subsidiaries amounted to 221,900 people.

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In the All-Russian Regional Development Bank, after the chairman of the board, the vice president went to court

The Odintsovo City Court of the Moscow Region has sentenced Dmitry Shapovalov, former vice president of the All-Russian Regional Development Bank (RRDB), and Vadim Borunov, ex-employee of a credit institution. They were found guilty of particularly large-scale fraud - taking over the apartment of their colleague under the pretext of returning previously taken loans. The housing was re-registered for Borunov, the driver and bodyguard of the then head of the bank, Dmitry Titov. The latter, by the way, was also convicted earlier - for issuing knowingly bad loans for 400 million rubles. According to the archive of the Ruspres agency, RRDB is a pocket bank of the Rosneft concern, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who had previously left the post of head of the IMF after being accused of raping a maid, took part in its creation.

As the court established, ex-employees of the RRDB committed fraud back in 2006. At that time, Dmitry Shapovalov was on the board of the bank and was its vice president, and Vadim Borunov, a former intelligence officer, worked as a bodyguard driver for the management of a credit institution, including its president Dmitry Titov. At the same time, Nikolai Smirnov held the position of director of the bank's international business department. In October 2006, Mr. Smirnov disappeared for three weeks. He himself then stated that the reason was the conflict with Dmitry Shapovalov: he allegedly ordered the director of the department to conclude an obviously illegal deal related to the withdrawal of funds abroad. Mr. Smirnov, according to him, hesitated, and then Mr. Shapovalov called him again and, in an ultimatum form, demanded to urgently repay the loans he had previously taken from the bank for a total of $ 300 thousand, drive his car to the RRDB office, hand over the keys to it, having issued a power of attorney to another person, as well as to leave a general civil and foreign passport. After that, Mr. Smirnov claimed, he, “fearing for his life”, went out of town to “think about the situation” and turned off all the phones.

The lawyer of one of the convicts, Dmitry Gavrilin, told Kommersant that he and his colleagues consider the verdict unfair and unreasonable, and promised to appeal it to the regional court. Meanwhile, the victims are only partially satisfied. Nikolai Smirnov's sister, Maria Smirnova, explained that she went to the hearings in the hope that the defendants would apologize and express a desire to somehow compensate for the moral and material damage caused. “I would not want anyone to be behind bars, and two years is enough for the technical perpetrators of the crime,” she said, adding that only one of the four episodes of the criminal case reached the court. Ms. Smirnova expressed her hope that the investigation would continue and that the defendant "would be the one who gave them instructions."

At the moment, the main shareholders of RRDB are Rosneft Oil Company PJSC (9.17%) and the Group's subsidiaries - Orenburgneft PJSC (24.32%), Samotlorneftegaz JSC (24.32%), LLC RN -Uvatneftegaz" (22.29%), JSC "RN-Nyaganneftegaz" (18.24%). The ultimate beneficiaries of the bank are also two individuals - Sergey Sudarikov (1.50%) and Andrey Zhuikov (0.16%), both of whom are also related to Rosneft and its head Igor Sechin, as well as to a group of companies "Region". As previously reported by the Ruspres agency, the Nordstar Tower, which previously belonged to the developer Maxim Blazhko, became the property of the company three years ago. After Blazhko refused to renegotiate the terms of the lease of office space for the Rosneft subsidiary TNK-BP, Igor Sechin bought out Blazhko’s accumulated debts to Sberbank through front companies and began litigation, as a result of which a front offshore company became the owner of the tower RT&I, the beneficiaries of which were declared the owners of the "Region" Sergey Sudarikov and Andrey Zhuikov.

Boris Yuryevich Kovalchuk is the Chairman of the Board of JSC Inter RAO UES, the son of Yury Kovalchuk, a shareholder of Rossiya Bank.

Dmitry Andrianov is the director of the strategic analysis and development department of the State Corporation Bank for the Development of Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank). Previously, he worked as an assistant for economic and foreign economic issues to Dmitry Medvedev.

Alexander Sokolov heads the financial department of Rosneft. According to the Ruspres agency, he is listed as the director of the Cypriot offshore, to which Igor Sechin's plane is registered.

JSC Tambovnefteprodukt held a reporting and election conference of the primary trade union organization (PPO). Evgeny Cherepanov, Chairman of the IGO Rosneft, took part in its work

Regional news

Meeting with Vice President of Rosneft A. Conroy

On November 17, a meeting was held at the office of the Rosneft Interregional Trade Union Organization between the chairmen of regional trade union organizations of Rosneft retail business enterprises and Avril Conroy, Vice President for Retail Business and Domestic Market Development.

The meeting was also attended by deputies CEOs sales enterprises, employees of the Regional Sales Department and the Personnel Department of Rosneft. The need for this meeting was due to possible changes related to the spin-off of Rosneft's retail business into a separate legal entity, RN-Regional Sales.

Our Company is the leader in Russian oil refining and pursues an effective marketing policy, owning a developed infrastructure for the sale of petroleum products on the domestic market - and this is more than 2.5 thousand filling stations across the country. In the third quarter of 2015 alone, Rosneft increased its sales of gasoline to the domestic market by more than 3% compared to the second quarter of 2015. And in this regard, the continuous development of the sector of domestic retail sales is one of our most important strategic objectives, - said Ms. Conroy, anticipating the meeting. - It is extremely important at this stage of our work to have an optimally structured communication process, the process of information support of all changes, which allows us to communicate with our employees in a dialogue mode.

Trade union leaders of sales enterprises (Voronezhnefteprodukt, Kaluganefteprodukt, Rosneft-Kubannefteprodukt, Orelnefteprodukt, RN-Arkhangelsknefteprodukt, RN-Moscow, Ryazannefteprodukt, Tambovnefteprodukt, Samaranefteprodukt and Saratovnefteprodukt ”) and their HR leaders asked questions regarding the operation of the provisions collective agreement, unified strategies in the development of corporate normative documents, the specifics of the operation of filling complexes, the principles of formation wages, the work of corporate training centers: these issues were the focus of the meeting.

Today's meeting showed how important the communicative component of our work is. All those who gathered at this meeting were able to ask their questions and get an answer, as they say, "first hand". And this is very important: after all, the more effectively we conduct a dialogue, the better the overall result will be,” summed up, concluding the meeting, the chairman of the IPO Rosneft Evgeny Cherepanov. - I would like to wish all retailers effective and successful development, on which the stable work of the Company's workforce and the well-being of its employees largely depend.

You are in a unique position. On the one hand, you are a foreigner, a representative of the Western world, with whom Russia is now in trouble. On the other hand, you are a top manager Russian company with state participation. How do you feel in this dual role?

Avril Conroy: I am Irish and in many ways remain a member of the Irish diaspora. And also the president of the Irish Business Club in Russia. That is, everything is correct, although I have been living in Russia for a long time, I am still Irish. And I have my own opinion about this amazing country. Negative pressure towards Russia in the West has always been noticeable. It is all the more important for everyone who works here to keep a positive attitude. I have always been and remain very positive about Russia. Russia is very important for Ireland - this is export, tourism, education, and much more. But Ireland is a tiny country. In general, I think so: Russia is different, but each country is different in its own way. Everywhere has its own cultural and behavioral characteristics. And, in my opinion, this is normal. Yes, the last two years have been difficult, but I am an optimist.

And yet this is your first experience in a company where the main shareholder is the state?

A.K.: The first. Although, of course, from my experience in Ireland, I understood that in state company work is built differently, not in the same way as in the private. But working differently doesn't mean anything bad, just different.

And what, in fact, is different in the case of Rosneft?

A.K.: You know, maybe it's me and I'm simplifying everything for myself. But I don't think much about it. I have professional tasks ahead of me, and I have to do my job well. For example, now my task is to increase economic efficiency business. And to be honest, I just strive to do my job well. This is what they pay me for.

How do you work with Igor Sechin?

A.K.: I consider him an extremely professional person. And although I do not communicate with Igor Ivanovich every day, I constantly feel his support in working moments. He works very hard. And this is how the entire top management works here.

What is special about working with him?

A.K.: From personal experience I can say that he prefers to have facts, rely on verified information. It is not necessary to tell him stories, but to explain the situation as it is. I understand and share this style of work.

Do you speak Russian or English with him?

A.K.: In Russian. I speak Russian with all my Rosneft colleagues.

You speak Russian very well. How did you learn the language?

A.K.: When I came to Russia many years ago, I was terribly naive and had absolutely no idea that people here do not speak English. Russian is not an easy language, but Irish is also not easy, a Celtic group, with its own complex grammar.

I learned Russian in an unusual way. At that time, I worked in a store and once suggested to our security guard: “You will teach me one word in Russian a day, and I will teach you one word in English.” We did just that. There was a kind of competition between us - who will be able to learn more words. Two years later, I decided to get a job new job and I was invited for an interview. The representative of the company, he was originally from Cyprus, but spoke brilliant Russian, said that knowledge of Russian is a prerequisite for admission. I hired a tutor and spent three weeks intensively studying every morning. At the very first lesson, she told the teacher: “I will never learn to growl “R” in Russian” (now, 21 years later, I still cannot pronounce this sound correctly). But I love to sing and I love poetry. And she began to teach me Russian songs and poems. Then I was able to start using my vocabulary. Three weeks later, I went to the interview again, and this time my Russian was quite good.

Did I hear you correctly, you have been in Russia for 21 years? Why did you come here?

A.K.: I have worked in retail all my life. Immediately after graduation, I studied in this specialty, then went to work in a store. Ten years later, I thought that there must be something more to life than what I had then. One day my colleague went to an interview, he wanted to get a job abroad. Ireland is a small country. For me, "working abroad" meant about the same as "working in London." When he returned from this interview, he came up to me and said: “You are more professional than me, you have much more experience. They need you…” I decided, “Well. You can also try". I got a call from a small Irish company that was one of the first after the collapse Soviet Union came to Russia and began to organize business. They were looking for someone with retail experience. But when I came to the interview, I did not understand at all that we were talking about working in Russia. Although during our conversation it was mentioned several times that we would have to work “abroad”. At some point, they asked me directly: “Do you understand that this is work in Moscow?” Without thinking twice, I replied that I was ready to move. It was about a work contract that was only a year long. Then I had to go back to Ireland and continue my work there.

But you didn't come back?

A.K.: To be honest, the first year in Russia was very difficult. Most likely because I did not know the language. But as soon as I was able to speak a little Russian, a lot of attractive things opened up to me. There is a phenomenal culture, literature and everything else. I love Russian architecture. I love Moscow. 21 years ago the city was completely different, but even now there are many beautiful, old buildings. In general, I was captured by the feeling that I was in big city. After all, I come from a small village, where there are only 18,000 inhabitants, everyone knows each other. A lot has happened since my arrival. But I'm still here. Russia has been extremely kind to me. You could say I grew up here. Here I met my husband, my sons were born here, they are now 10 and 12 years old. More precisely, my sons were not born in Russia, but they have lived in Russia all their lives - from the age of two months.

Is your husband Russian?

A.K.: No, he is from Cyprus. But we met in Russia.

You briefly studied at the Gubkin Institute of Oil and Gas. What?

A.K.: Well, let's be honest: when I came to BP in 1998 as director of trade organization for the BP filling station network, I had only a distant idea of how corporate world. Yes, I was involved with the biggest family business in Ireland, but never worked for a major corporation.

It was customary in my family to study. I was born in the mid 1960s. There were five children in our family. By the time I was 11, I had already lost both of my parents. I have lived with three sisters and a brother on my own ever since. Everything in their lives was organized by themselves and constantly had to learn something. Formally, our uncle was a guardian, but in practice, with the exception of my brother, we lived independently, separately. And it seems to me that each of us had an inner desire to become successful. I am currently in training for executives.

You have an ambitious project behind you - BP was the first international petrol station brand to appear in Moscow. In the 1990s, Western-style premium gas stations were a revolution. Did you understand it?

A.K.: This is truly a unique achievement for Russian market. It is today that drivers are not surprised by the opportunity to drink a cup of coffee at a gas station, but in 1996, when we opened the first filling station under the BP brand, it was, I am not afraid of the word, a revolution. If we talk about my work without complicating it, ultimately it is all about standards. Yes, sometimes we get too obsessed with standards. For example, I am a real maniac when it comes to toilets at gas stations. When the question arises, what is the most a big problem in the gas station infrastructure, there is only one answer: toilets.

You have a very unusual position for a foreigner in Rosneft. You travel around Russia all the time.

A.K.: Oh yes, Russia is a huge country, it is far from being only Moscow. That is why I started learning Russian. I need to be in constant contact with people. God gave me emotional intelligence I can feel people. Regardless of the region, the basic needs of customers are the same. People must be treated with respect, providing the right quality services at the right prices.

Did you aspire to oil and gas or is it more of an accident?

A.K.: No, I didn't go there. BP hired me specifically as a retailer, and not for my knowledge in the field of oil and gas. I've been in retail since I was 16. She went all the way - from a cashier, assistant manager, manager, was engaged in purchases for stores, worked in various directions. I remember during an interview at BP I honestly admitted: “I can help you understand what the Russian consumer is waiting for, but I don’t understand anything about the oil industry.” Although, of course, since then I have learned a lot.

The attitude towards the deal between TNK-BP and Rosneft was ambiguous. A significant part of TNK-BP's managers left the company. You stayed. Why?

A.K.: The regrets associated with this deal are easy to understand if you're part of the team that built the company. This is fine. In their place, I would certainly feel that "this is my company." But as for me, let's be honest. I left TNK-BP in 2010 to work at Walmart Russia. Ask me why I went to work at Walmart? Because I'm a retailer and because of the size of the company. Although TNK-BP was big company, having merged with Rosneft, it turned into a huge one, and this attracted me. Yes, of course, at the time of the transaction, people felt that changes were coming. But I believe that changes are for the better. I could have left too. I could go to my husband's homeland, to Cyprus, to lie quietly on the beach. Why didn't I do it? I have never left the feeling that we have not yet achieved really sufficient results, me and my team can do more. I must admit, without the people who worked with me then (by the way, many still work now), without this team I would hardly have been successful.

Do you notice the differences between TNK-BP and Rosneft?

A.K.: I would say that Rosneft is a very formalized company. There is nothing wrong. It's just part of a different corporate culture. I often have to write official letters. But it's just a different way of working.

And when you communicate with officials in the regions, do you feel a special relationship with yourself as an employee of Rosneft?

A.K.: Understand correctly: I am a woman and a foreigner, and wherever I work, the attitude towards me will always be somewhat different, special. And it doesn’t matter who exactly you have to deal with at work. Sometimes, as an employee of a state-owned company, you behave a little differently. But in principle, business culture is the same all over the world. Ask me if I'm proud to work for Rosneft? And I will answer that I am definitely proud of it. And you know, during one of the first business trips to the regions, I was struck by the sense of pride experienced by people who work for Rosneft. For me it was completely unexpected.

Rosneft recently announced the spin-off of its retail business into a separate legal entity. And you've been promoted to vice president. Why was this transformation necessary?

A.K.: The first two years after the deal with TNK-BP, everyone was busy with the integration of assets and processes, including the retail business. Undoubtedly, retail is very different, say, from production. Although it does not generate as much profit. But this rule is the same for all countries of the world. Retailing must be separate from the rest of the business. All operating expenses should be on the surface. This is true for all types of business, but it is especially important in the case of retail: profitability is low, and therefore it is necessary to be very strict about operational work. And, as an independent legal entity, we will be able to focus on being more efficient by providing best service clients throughout Russia. Our task is to remain number one in Russia. The separation of the retail business into a separate business is primarily due to this. For me personally, this is an opportunity to make faster those decisions that will ensure efficient work companies. The situation in retail is constantly changing, and we need to adequately respond to these changes.

And why was it decided to keep both brands: both Rosneft and BP?

A.K.: Rosneft is a more mass and democratic brand, while BP is more premium.