TogliattiAzot ( Russian : ТольяттиАзот ) is a Russian chemical company and has recently been identified as being world's largest ammonia producer. It is headquartered in Tolyatti , Russia .
61-520: TogliattiAzot is one of the largest taxpayers in the Samara region. Construction on the first TogliattiAzot nitrogen plant commenced in 1974 due to William J. Casey securing a $ 180 million loan from Eximbank to the Soviet Union in support of Armand Hammer 's interests associated with fertilizer détente . The factory and plant were commissioned as part of a joint venture between Occidental Petroleum and
122-762: A MOU on gas processing with Sibneft in 2003. In 2004, Mazepin created his own company in the sector after leaving Sibur. Constructive Bureau, a company controlled by Mazepin, acquired a majority stake in Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemicals Plant in a public auction, outbidding Gazprom. Mazepin became chairman of the board of the plant in 2005. Constructive Bureau later also acquired stakes in Perm-based joint-stock companies Halogen and Minudobrenia, Berezniki Azot and Volgograd-based Khimprom (transferred to Renova in 2006). In 2007, all assets under Mazepin's control were combined to form Uralchem United Chemicals Company,
183-683: A $ 4.5 billion loan from VTB . A month before, Mikhail Prokhorov had also bought a 21.75% stake in the company from Suleiman Kerimov . Mazepin took operating control over the company at that time, winning a seat on Uralkali Board of Directors in March. Since 2014, he has also been the deputy chairman of the Board of Directors of Uralkali. As part of a business development strategy, Mazepin has sought to introduce both companies to African markets. Both Uralchem and Uralkali have been in talks with several African countries to increase production and build new plants on
244-545: A Canadian consortium led by Lawrence Stroll , Mazepin openly criticized the bidding process having allegedly never been contacted by the administrators over his bid. On 24 February 2022, Mazepin attended a general meeting of representatives of Russian business and President Vladimir Putin . On March 11, 2022, Dmitry Mazepin sold a controlling stake in Uralchem and stepped down as its chief executive officer. Mazepin and his son Haas F1 racing driver Nikita Mazepin were added to
305-468: A border territory. At the end of 2012, there are protected areas of the following categories in the Samara region: state nature reserve, national parks , biosphere reserves, protected areas of regional importance, botanical gardens , therapeutic areas. At the moment, a unique network of various protected natural areas has been formed in the Samara region. It is based on protected areas of federal significance:
366-418: A city of 720,000 inhabitants. Vladimir Makhlai was appointed TogliattiAzot's director general in 1985. Following TogliattiAzot's privatization in 1992, the company was managed by members of Makhlai family and their appointees. [1] Vladimir Makhlai bought 20% of the company during perestroika and gradually increased his shareholding to a controlling stake at the end of the 1990s. Sergei Makhlai took over
427-615: A consequence. Although Sergey and Vladimir Makhlai denied these accusations, they were in July 2019 sentenced in absentia to prison terms, along with their collaborators, Togliattiazot's former CEO Evgeny Korolev and their Swiss partners Andreas Zivy and Beat Ruprecht. The court also sentenced them to pay a compensation of 10 billion rubles to Uralchem and 77 billion rubles to Togliattiazot. A 2014 news story published in Russian daily Izvestia claimed that Mazepin planned to acquire Odesa Port Plant,
488-609: A major Ukrainian chemical asset. Mazepin has denied that he or Uralchem harbor any interest in the asset. Uralkali made a buyback offer for 14% of its stock in May 2015. Market observers speculated at the time that the buyback would make it easier for Mazepin to merge Uralkali and Uralchem, which would make Mazepin the largest shareholder. Mazepin and Uralkali made a bid for the Force India Formula One team following its fall into administration in July 2018. Having lost out to
549-496: A member of the Samara Regional Duma and chairman of the regional branch of A Just Russia , was appointed Deputy General Director for Interaction with Government Bodies of TogliattiAzot. Samara Oblast Samara Oblast ( Russian : Сама́рская о́бласть , romanized : Samarskaya oblast' , IPA: [sɐˈmarskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ] ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast ). Its administrative center
610-542: A public joint-stock company and Mazepin became the chairman of the Board of Director of Uralchem. In June 2008, Mazepin acquired a 75.01% stake in Voskresensk Mineral Fertilizers , increasing this stake to 100% in 2011. In the same year, he combined the production facilities of Kirov-Chepetsk Plant and Perm Halogen into Halopolymer , a public joint-stock company. He resigned from the Board of Directors of Halopolymer in 2015. The main production assets of
671-429: A western trader is a standard practice adopted for commercial convenience. The shareholder conflict instigated by Uralchem has been deemed a corporate raiding attack against TogliattiAzot. It is not the first legal case against the company: according to TogliattiAzot's lawyer "Such a claim has already occurred, it wound up on criminal charges, which were then dropped due to lack of corpus delicti". In December 2021 after
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#1732844214094732-571: Is a Belarusian- Russian oligarch businessman. He is the former owner and former CEO of Uralchem . As of March 2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine , Dmitry Mazepin has been sanctioned by the European Union and the United Kingdom . Mazepin has been on the Forbes magazine list of Russia's 200 wealthiest businesspeople. In 2021, his wealth was estimated at $ 800 million. Dmitry Mazepin
793-598: Is buying cars for large low-income families in the Kirov region. Through Uralchem, Mazepin is involved in several charitable activities, including social programs for children and veterans , regional development initiatives, education and science programs, activities for promoting culture and sports. Dmitry Mazepin is on the board of the All Russian Swimming Federation [ ru ] . Mazepin holds several business related international memberships. He
854-810: Is member of the Bureau of the RSPP Board (The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, RSPP) and Chairman of the Commission on Mineral Fertilizers Production and Trading of RSPP. He is also Chairman of the Russia-Zimbabwe Business Council (The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation) as well as Chairman of the Russia-Belarus Business Council. Mazepin was accused of conflicts of interest during his stint at
915-677: Is on the border with the Republic of Tatarstan (54°41's. w. and 51°23' v. d.). The westernmost point lies on the border with the Ulyanovsk region (53°22' s. w. and 47°55' v. d.), and the extreme eastern one is on the border with the Orenburg region (54°20's. w. and 52°35' v. d.). Due to the proximity of the West Kazakhstan region of Kazakhstan , part of the Bolshechnigovsky district has the status of
976-405: Is starting deliveries to Mozambique. In March 2022, Dmitry Mazepin reduced his stake in Uralchem to 48%, which is below the controlling stake, and left the post of CEO of the company. Forbes listed Mazepin as one of the most charitable Russian billionaires in 2013. According to Forbes and Ria Novosti , Mazepin spent $ 700,000 on charitable causes in 2012, most of it on a project that
1037-407: Is the city of Samara . From 1935 to 1991, it was known as Kuybyshev Oblast . As of the 2021 Census , the population of the oblast was 3,172,925. The oblast borders Tatarstan in the north, Orenburg Oblast in the east, Kazakhstan ( West Kazakhstan Province ) in the south, Saratov Oblast in the southwest and Ulyanovsk Oblast in the west. It is located in 3 natural landscape zones:
1098-537: Is the largest city in Russia which does not serve as the administrative center of a federal subject. Population : 3,172,925 ( 2021 Census ) ; 3,215,532 ( 2010 Census ) ; 3,239,737 ( 2002 Census ) ; 3,265,586 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . Vital statistics for 2022: Total fertility rate (2022): 1.33 children per woman Life expectancy (2021): Total — 69.33 years (male — 64.62, female — 73.86) Ethnic groups : According to
1159-781: The Communist Party of the Russian Federation , 2 from A Just Russia - For Truth , 1 from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia , 1 from New People . Gennady Kotelnikov (United Russia) was elected chairman of the Duma. Andrey Kislov (United Russia) was elected as the representative of the Samara provincial Duma in the Federation Council until 2026. Since September 2017, the position of Governor of Samara Oblast has been held by Dmitry Azarov . On 25 September 2017, he
1220-624: The Russian Government Property Fund , as he was also on the board of several enterprises at the time, including Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard and Kuzbassugol Coal Company, which he allegedly privileged in corporate disputes with competitors. As a result, nothing was proved and the accusations remained in the public field. In the mid-2000s, Dmitry Mazepin became embroiled in a conflict around Gazprom assets. The assets were divested by Nikolay Gornovsky, CEO of Gazprom subsidiary Mezhregiongaz , in late 2002, without permission or knowledge of
1281-604: The Saint Petersburg Institute for Economics and Management in 2008 with a first-tier university degree in Organization Management. He earned his PhD from the same school in 2012 after defending a thesis on developing a methodical approach to managing the stock market potential of an oil producing company. Mazepin was the CEO of Infistrakh, an insurance company, from 1992 to 1993. For two years afterwards he held
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#17328442140941342-631: The Samara Governorate as a guberniya in the area in 1851. It was administered from the city of Samara . During the Revolution of 1905 , a rebellion took place in November that year at the village of Novaya Tsarevshchina (now Volzhsky) and spread to the village of Stary Buyan, leading to the formation of the short-lived separatist state, the Stary Buyan Republic , within the governorate. There
1403-553: The forest zone (coniferous and broad-leaved forests), the basis of which is pine-oak forests, pine forests and broad-leaved forests with the participation of oak and maple. Spruce occasionally joins them. Areas of the southern taiga are found on the coast of the region. The forest-steppe zone occupies the central regions of the region and is represented by a combination of areas of broad-leaved forests, most often oak and meadow steppes. Red deer , roe deer , elk , and sometimes bears are found in these forests. The south of
1464-567: The 10 year corporate conflict, Federal Antimonopoly Service approved the purchase of 83,731% of shares of TogliattiAzot by JSC "Khimaktivinvest", controlled by Dmitry Mazepin , Uralchem owner. Thus, "Khimaktivinvest" is able to control 93,723% of TogliattiAzot. Hereafter in January 2022 Oleg Egerev, trustee of Sergey Makhlai, announced the sale of 38,7% of shares for 31 billion roubles within S.Makhlai`s bankruptcy case. Since July 2019 movables and immovables of TogliattiAzot are arrested by decision of
1525-412: The 1980s, two urea processing plants were constructed with a combined production capacity of 480,000 tons per year. In 2012 TogliattiAzot announced the start of major modernization project. The eight-year modernization plan includes a “major renovation” of existing facilities and upgraded manufacturing. The plan also includes the upgrade of 7 existing ammonia plants, air compressors, and the replacement of
1586-509: The 2010 Census, the ethnic makeup of the oblast was: According to a 2012 survey 35% of the population of Samara Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church , 7% are unaffiliated generic Christians , 1% are Orthodox Christian believers who do not belong to any church or are members of non-Russian Orthodox churches , 3% are Muslims , and 1% of the population are adherents of Rodnovery (Slavic folk religion). In addition, 30% of
1647-526: The Chairman of the Board position from his father, Vladimir Makhlai in 2011 and remains in that position as in September 2015. In the corporate structure put in place by TogliattiAzot's shareholders, the role of TogliattiAzot's CEO is assigned to its management company, TogliattiAzot Corporation, which is under the same control as the company itself. TogliattiAzot Corporation's CEO is Vyacheslav Suslov. He replaced
1708-565: The Congress of People's Deputies of Russia approved the decision of the presidium of the parliament to rename the region, amending Art. 71 of the Constitution of the RSFSR of 1978, which entered into force on May 16, 1992. On 1 August 1997 Samara Oblast signed a power-sharing agreement with the federal government, granting it autonomy. This agreement would be abolished on 22 February 2002. Tolyatti
1769-499: The Court of Komsomolsky district in the case of fraud against Vladimir Makhlai, Sergey Makhlai, Evgeny Korolev and their Swiss partners Andreas Zivy and Beat Ruprecht. The world's longest ammonia pipeline runs from TogliattiAzot's plant in Russia to Odesa in Ukraine. The 'Tolyatti – Odesa' pipeline, through which TogliattiAzot exports ammonia, was finished in 1981. In 2015 the company received
1830-721: The European Union sanctions list following the Russian invasion of Ukraine . On March 15, 2022 the United Kingdom has followed the EU's lead and added Dmitry and Nikita Mazepin to the UK official sanctions list. In March 2024, the General Court of the European Union lifted sanctions against Nikita Mazepin, the court ruling stated that the "association" criterion used in the EU sanctions regime requires
1891-565: The Gazprom management. Part of these assets ended up in Mazepin's possession some time after that. In 2006, Gazprom was able to recover the assets, including an 18% equity stake in Azot Chemicals Company. Starting from 2007, Mazepin has been regularly accused of attempting to use "raider methods" to take over Togliattiazot (TOAZ), a public company where he has been consistently persecuting
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1952-794: The I. I. Sprygin Zhiguli State Nature Reserve (23,157 thousand hectares) and the Samarskaya Luka National Park (127,186 thousand hectares). General forest cover of the region: The Sergievsky Mineral Waters resort area operates on the basis of the Sernovodsk mineral spring. Dmitry Mazepin Dmitry Arkadievich Mazepin ( Belarusian : Дзмітрый Мазепін ; Russian : Дмитрий Аркадьевич Мазепин ; born April 18, 1968, in Minsk , Byelorussian SSR , Soviet Union )
2013-551: The Internal and External Capital Markets"). Samara Oblast (or Samara Region) has several special investment sites which are built to implement new plants, industries, factories, create new jobs and increase investments in the Samara Region. In order to help Russian and foreign investors to select a site for project implementation, to provide consulting services free of charge Ministry for Economic Development, Investments and Trade of
2074-818: The Middle Volga Krai were renamed Kuybyshev and Kuybyshev Krai, respectively, in honor of the Bolshevik leader Valerian Kuybyshev . On December 5, 1936, Kuybyshev Krai was transformed into Kuybyshev Oblast upon the adoption of the 1936 Soviet Constitution . On January 25, 1991 by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, the Kuibyshev Oblast was renamed the Samara Oblast. On April 21, 1992,
2135-524: The Samara Region organized a Non-Profit Unitary Organization – Fund "Investment Promotion Agency of the Samara Region". The Agency cooperates with investors on the "one-stop-shop" principle, as well as: During the Soviet period, the high authority in the oblast was shared between three persons: The first secretary of the Samara CPSU Committee (who in reality had the biggest authority), the chairman of
2196-571: The Soviet Government. The 1970s saw the construction of the Togliatti–Odesa ammonia pipeline which stretches for 2,471 km to the Port of Odesa . In August 1983, the company produced the first shipment of liquid carbon nitrogen. In 1985 the first urea- formaldehyde resin production unit was commissioned. Four of the seven current ammonia plants at Tolyatti were constructed by Chemico. During
2257-457: The annual international environmental congress 'ELPIT' on several years including 2015. In 2004-2009 the management of TogliattiAzot provided support to the deputy of the 4th Tolyatti City Duma, Oleg Antoshin, who, after his parliamentary activities, worked as the head of the economic security service of TogliattiAzot. In 2016 the chairwoman of the TogliattiAzot trade union, Olga Sevostyanova,
2318-564: The approvals needed for the construction and launch of a deep sea ammonia and urea transshipment complex in the Port of Taman , Krasnodar Region. The completion date for the first terminal is scheduled for 2017, and operational commissioning for the second terminal is scheduled for 2020. In 2014 TogliattiAzot started an initiative to support families raising disabled children in Tolyatti. 100 financial grants were made available. TogliattiAzot has sponsored
2379-853: The company include the Azot branch in Berezniki, the Perm Mineral Fertilizers branch in Perm, the Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Plant branch in Kirovo-Chepetsk, and Voskresensk Mineral Fertilizers in the Moscow region. in December 2013, Mazepin acquired a 20% stake in the world's largest potash producer, Uralkali , in a deal that was estimated to be worth $ 2.9 billion. The acquisition was financed with
2440-545: The company leadership has accused the Makhlai family of large-scale fraud involving selling its product, primarily ammonia and urea, to a foreign distributor at below market prices. According to Russian investigations, the scheme allegedly took place between 2008 and 2011 and involved Swiss-based Nitrochem Distribution AG, which bought the product at low prices before selling it on at market value. Investigators estimated that Uralchem had sustained up to $ 500 million worth of damage as
2501-526: The company's long standing CEO Eugeny Korolev in January 2015. Since the late-1990s TogliattiAzot has been selling its produce in the international markets primarily through Nitrochem Distribution, a Swiss trading company owned by Ameropa Holding AG , a Swiss trader. The partnership between Nitrochem and TogliattiAzot has existed since the mid-1990s and has undergone numerous audits by regulatory and law enforcement agencies. The independent industry experts who conducted these audits have confirmed that – based on
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2562-482: The continent. In December 2018, Mazepin met with Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss new business deals as relations between Russia and Kenya are improving. Mazepin met with Zimbabwe 's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zambia ’s President Edgar Lungu , in 2018. Zimbabwe and Zambia are planned to become important hubs for fertilizer production as global demand is set to rise. Mazepin also met with Angola ’s president João Lourenço in March 2019 to discuss
2623-512: The day to day matters of the province. The Oblast administration supports the activities of the Governor who is the highest official and acts as guarantor of the observance of the oblast Charter in accordance with the Constitution of Russia . Governors: The current 7th convocation was elected in September 2021 until 2026. All 50 deputies were elected from parties: 36 from United Russia , 10 from
2684-613: The deputy branch manager position at Belarusbank , before holding several executive positions at Falkon Bank in 1995. His first major corporate assignment came in 1997 as well, with his appointment to the vice-president position of TNK, the Tymen Oil Company. The company had just acquired Nizhnevartovskneftegaz as a subsidiary and Mazepin was made its executive director in charge of making the firm profitable again. According to an interview in 2009, Mazepin ultimately succeeded in making Nizhnevartovskneftegaz loss-free. After that, Mazepin
2745-530: The details and circumstances of TogliattiAzot's activities and products, most of which are exported through the Tolyatti–Odesa pipeline – the company's export prices do comply with market rates. Judicial investigations have found no affiliation has been found between TogliattiAzot's management or major shareholders and Nitrochem Distribution AG: TogliattiAzot has stated that all its export activities fully comply with Russian legislation, and that its partnership with
2806-417: The executives. TOAZ CEO Sergey Makhlai accused Mazepin of making personal threats against himself. According to Makhlai, Mazepin threatened him with instigating a criminal investigation against him unless he agreed to Mazepin's terms for selling TOAZ to Mazepin. As of 2022, the accusations against Mazepin have not been proven. Since Uralchem became a minority shareholder of TOAZ with a 7.5% stake in 2008,
2867-606: The existence of a connection that goes beyond simple family relations, which was not the case after Nikita Mazepin stopped participating in Formula 1 racing. Mazepin is a recipient of a Honorary Certificate from the Russian Government, and received the military's Medal "For Courage" (Russia) and Medal "For Service in Battle". Mazepin is divorced, and he is a father of two children - Nikita Mazepin and Anastasia Mazepina. Nikita
2928-412: The middle reaches of the Volga , on both sides of it. This is the fifth largest region of the Volga region — it occupies an area of 53.6 thousand km2, which is 0.31% of the territory of Russia. The region stretches from north to south for 335 km, and from west to east for 315 km. The southernmost point of the region lies on the border with Kazakhstan (51°47' s. w. and 50°47' v. d.), the northernmost point
2989-412: The oblast Soviet (legislative power), and the Chairman of the oblast Executive Committee (executive power). After the abolition of Article 6 of the Constitution of the USSR in March 1990, the CPSU lost its monopoly on power. The head of the Oblast administration, and eventually the governor was appointed/elected alongside elected regional parliament . The Charter of Samara Oblast is the fundamental law of
3050-510: The oblast. The Legislative Assembly of Samara Oblast is the province's standing legislative (representative) body. The Legislative Assembly exercises its authority by passing laws, resolutions, and other legal acts and by supervising the implementation and observance of the laws and other legal acts passed by it. The highest executive body is the Oblast Government, which includes territorial executive bodies such as district administrations, committees, and commissions that facilitate development and run
3111-419: The population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 13% is atheist , and a further 10% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question. In 1997, Samara Oblast became one of the few federal subjects to receive the approval of the President of Russia to implement external bonded loans (Presidential decree No. 1212, dated 12.10.1997 "On Creating Conditions to Conduct Loans Operations on
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#17328442140943172-460: The possible construction of a urea plant in the country that would have a capacity of 1 million tonnes per year. During the Russia-Africa International Forum held in October 2019, Mazepin met with Emmerson Mnangagwa and Mozambique ’s President Filipe Jacinto Newsy. This was to reaffirm Uralchem's interest in investing in mineral fertilizer production in Zimbabwe, seeing that it is already supplying fertilizers to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya and Angola, and
3233-425: The reaction tubes and heat exchangers. The main ammonia plant in Tolyatti was constructed as a joint project of the Soviet Government and Armand Hammer . TogliattiAzot started operations in 1979. Following the severe financial difficulties experienced during the past 10 years by the city's other major employer, AvtoVAZ , TogliattiAzot has been responsible for providing many services and social programs to Tolyatti,
3294-518: The region is occupied by steppes consisting of typchak and sagebrush . The Samara region contains a remarkable succession of archaeological cultures from 7000 BC to 4000 BC. These sites have revealed Europe's earliest pottery ( Elshanka culture ), the world's oldest horse burial and signs of horse worship (the Syezzheye cemetery of Samara culture ) and the earliest kurgans associated with Proto-Indo-Europeans (e.g., Krivoluchye assigned to Khvalynsk culture ). The Russian Empire established
3355-411: Was appointed acting governor by President Putin after the early resignation of Nikolay Merkushkin , and on 9 September 2018, he was elected by the United Russia party in early elections . Farit Mukhametshin has been appointed representative in the Federation Council of the Government of the Samara Region until 2023. The region is located in the southeastern part of the European territory of Russia, in
3416-475: Was arrested for illegally removing assets belonging to Gazprom from the company. Mazepin was tasked to return these assets under Gazprom's operational control, as well as stabilize the at the time deeply indebted business. The company underwent extensive technical audits to restart idle capacity and several issues relating to worker welfare, including pay arrears and housing conditions, were resolved. Mazepin also sought to diversify Sibur's revenue sources, signing
3477-488: Was born on April 18, 1968, in Minsk , graduating from the Suvorov Military Academy in Minsk in 1985. He then served as a military interpreter in Afghanistan between 1986 and 1988. He graduated from the MGIMO University 's Department of Economics in 1992 before going to work in the financial sector of Russia and Belarus and ultimately taking executive positions at major Russian private and government-owned companies Nizhnevartovskneftegaz and Sibur . He graduated from
3538-424: Was contrary to the spirit of the decree. During the Russian Civil War , the region was heavily affected by the Russian famine of 1921–1922 . Under Soviet rule most of the governorate's territory was transformed into the Middle Volga Oblast, which was established on May 14, 1928, and a year later on October 20, 1929, it was again transformed into Middle Volga Krai. On January 27, 1935, Samara and
3599-401: Was elected to the 6th Samara Regional Duma on the United Russia list. In 2018 during the elections to the 7th Tolyatti City Duma , Deputy General Director of TogliattiAzot Viktor Kazachkov, General Director of Transammiak Andrey Ivanov, and Chairman of the Council of Young Professionals Yevgenia Sukhodeyeva were elected as deputies from United Russia. In November 2019 Mikhail Maryakhin,
3660-529: Was little local opposition to the new state, and after the failure of local police to end the rebellion, it was successfully suppressed by a punitive expedition of Cossacks and gendarmes led by the vice-governor of the governorate in Samara. After the decree of Tsar Nicholas II on religious tolerance the Old Believers were forced to pay taxes in favour to the Orthodox Church that they believed to be heretical. The then Ministry of Interior forbade Samara's public officials to prosecute in this practice, which
3721-435: Was the Deputy President of the Board of Flora Moscow Bank between 1998 and 1999, was the CEO of coal producer Kuzbassugol, and was then named First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federal Property Fund in 2002 [ ru ] . Mazepin was the president of Sibur, a subsidiary of major gas producer Gazprom , in 2002 and held the position until 2003. He was invited to take up the position to replace Jacob Goldovsky , who
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