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53-570: Russian oil company Tatneft has an ongoing dispute with the government of Ukraine over control of Ukrtatnafta. 18% of the shares were transferred to two offshore companies allied with Tatneft, a transaction which was not recognized by Ukrainian authorities. According to the court decision, these share were handed over to Naftogaz and in October 2007, there was a management change, which is not recognized by Tatneft. In March, Tatneft filed international arbitration against Ukraine. In Autumn 2022, whilst under

106-572: A "great overlap" between the responsibilities and functions of the Central Committee , Secretariat and the Presidium of the Council of Ministers. However, Schapiro was not sure of the Presidium's membership or if the Presidium had any meetings. It is unknown whether the Presidium had any importance for ordinary policy-making during the 1950s and 1960s. Soviet works from that period make no mention of

159-511: A Central Committee plenum which forbade any single person to have the two most powerful jobs in the country: First Secretary (renamed General Secretary during 1966) and Premier of the Council of Ministers. Kosygin, the Premier of the Council of Ministers, was in charge of economic administration while Brezhnev, the General Secretary, cared for other domestic matters. During the later part of

212-645: A Presidium of the Council of Ministers. Professor T.H. Rigby believes that the duties and responsibilities of the Presidium were at the time largely assumed by the Current Affairs Commission of the Council of Ministers and from 1956 possibly by the State Economic Commission of the Council of Ministers with both Commissions directed by Mikhail Pervukhin . During his visit to the USSR, political scientist Robert C. Tucker asked Mansur Mirza-Akhmedov ,

265-525: A lower negative environmental impact than traditional gasoline. As of July 2013, Tatneft is evaluating ways to install solar panels at its filling stations in an effort to save resources. In January 2022 Federal Antimonopoly Service approved the purchase by Tatneft of six oilfield service companies of "Tagras" holding: "Tagras-Khimservis", "Mekhservis-MPO", "NKT-Servis", "KRS-Servis", "TMS-Logistika" and "Tatburneft", all based in Almetyevsk . Shareholders of

318-466: A ministry and a state committee could be obscure as for the case of the Committee for State Security (KGB). State committees were instrumental in keeping the vast Soviet economic system coherent and integrated. The Presidium of the Council of Ministers was established during March 1953 as a result of the reorganisation of a special bureau formed during 1944 for the purpose of supervising and coordinating

371-606: A network of regional and local sovnarkhoz supervised by the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy . Khrushchev's economic reform proved disastrous as it severed regional economic relations and was abandoned by the Soviet Government after Khrushchev's ousting in 1964. The year later twenty-eight industrial ministries, eleven All-union and seventeen Union ministries were reestablished. The second attempt at decentralising

424-605: A new large refining and petrochemicals complex in Nizhnekamsk , Tatarstan, which was called TANECO (the company implementing the project and later operating the refinery received the same name – JSC TANECO). The first stage of the new refinery complex was completed in 2010 and put into operation in 2011. In 2006 Tatneft launched the project of developing heavy oil natural bitumen (super-viscous or highly-viscous oil, HVO) reserves in Tatarstan. After exploring various options of carrying out

477-620: A new technology called SSG-VUKSZHS, which increases the depletion of oil reservoirs using a composition based on silica gel. The technology has been applied by Tatneft to enhance the recovery of oil, after winning the Grand Prix for best exhibit, engineering design or technical solution at the XX International Oil and Gas Exhibition 2013 held in Baku , Azerbaijan, in June. Council of Ministers of

530-451: A vast network of government committees, commissions, and other institutions that reported directly to the Council of People's Commissars . Throughout its existence, the Presidium of the Council of Ministers was a mysterious institution. First World observers knew little of the Presidium's activities and functions, or even the frequencies of its meetings. In Soviet textbooks and by officials it

583-474: Is a Russian vertically integrated oil and gas company with headquarters in the city of Almetyevsk , Republic of Tatarstan , Russian Federation . It is the fifth largest oil company in Russia and the eighth largest listed company in Russia by market capitalization (as of 31 December 2019). In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000 , Tatneft was ranked as the 539th-largest public company in the world. Tatneft holds most of

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636-404: Is claimed to involve the former management of Ukrnafta and Ukrtatnafta. The illegal schemes involved tax evasion and money laundering. Charges have been made against the senior management and former chief accountant in relation to non-payment of excise tax on sales of fuel, amounting to ₴605 million. Ukrtatnafta has subsequently paid the ₴605 million taxation. In May 2023 an additional accusation

689-550: Is constructing the Nizhnekamsk refinery and petrochemical complex, which it intends to commission in phases in 2009 and 2011–2012. The complex will include of refineries with the capacity of seven million tons per year, deep oil conversion plant of 3.5 million tons per year and petrochemical plant, which will produce linear alkyl benzene for production of washing materials and oil lubricants, paraxylene and terephthalic acid for production of polyester fibers (u1074), cellophane film and bottles, and polypropylene . The complex

742-602: Is expected to cost US$ 3–3.2 billion, of which $ 2 billion was invested in 2008, and $ 1–1.2 billion would be invested in 2009. Metal Mining Wire reports that in the first half of 2013, Tatneft has installed 630 gas filling stations across Russia. In Ukraine, the number of filling stations has reached 114, and Belarus has received a total of eight gas filling stations. Tatneft delivered 730,000 tons of petroleumand gas products to its filling stations. Tatneft also upgraded many of its stations to deliver diesel fuel and eco-friendly grade five gasoline , both of which have

795-684: The Brezhnev era the job of Premier of the Council of Ministers lost its rank as the second-most powerful in the USSR to the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet . Nikolai Podgorny 's dismissal as chief of state during 1977 had the effect of reducing Kosygin's role in day-to-day management of government activities as Brezhnev strengthened his control over the government apparatus. Kosygin resigned during 1980, to be succeeded by his First Deputy Chairman Nikolai Tikhonov . After five-years service, by

848-642: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs , and Andrei Grechko and Dmitriy Ustinov , the defence ministers . USSR state committees were different from the ministries in that a state committee was primarily responsible for several parts of government as opposed to the one specific topic for which a ministry was solely responsible. Therefore, many state committees had jurisdiction over certain common activities performed by ministries such as research and development, standardisation, planning, building construction, state security, publishing, archiving and so on. The distinction between

901-585: The Moscow Exchange (which was formed following the merger of MICEX and RTS in 2011) is the primary market for Tatneft's ordinary MCX :  TATN and preferred MCX :  TATNP shares, and the London Stock Exchange LSE :  ATAD for its ADRs. Tatneft's ADR program is registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission as Level 1. In 2005 Tatneft launched the project of building

954-577: The Premier of the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic , if the Presidium still functioned as an inner policy-making body. The answer he received was yes, and that the Presidium consisted of the Premier , two first deputy chairmen , four deputy chairmen , the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Agriculture . During the 1970s Soviet authorities officially defined

1007-542: The Romashkino (Romashkinskoye) unique super-giant field discovered in 1948. By 1956 Tatneft became the largest crude oil producer in the USSR. In 1971 Tatneft extracted the 1st billionth tonne of crude oil. The annual crude oil production by Tatneft reached 104 million tonnes in 1975. In 2019 Tatneft's annual production was 29,798 thousand tonnes or 212,252 thousand barrels. In 2022, the company's revenue amounted to 1.3 trillion rubles. In 1994, upon its privatization Tatneft

1060-471: The Central Committee at the 25th Party Congress . Nikita Khrushchev 's attempt during the late 1950s to decentralise decision-making by reforming the chain of command that was in use since the early times of the Council of People's Commissars to manage local industries and enterprises resulted in major reorganisation of the USSR ministries. A large number of ministries were eliminated and replaced by

1113-682: The Communist Party's Politburo . Article 132 of the 1977 Soviet Constitution and Article 17 of the 1978 USSR Law that regulated the activities of the Soviet Government state that the Premier, the First Deputy, Deputy Chairmen, and other members of the USSR Council of Ministers were members of the Presidium. Regardless, the actual names of its members (other than the Premier) were never disclosed to

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1166-578: The Council of Ministers during March 1946. At the same time The People's Commissariats were transformed into Ministries . Joseph Stalin 's death began a power struggle within the Soviet government between the Government apparatus managed by Georgy Malenkov as Premier, and the Party apparatus managed by Nikita Khrushchev as General Secretary (a job which was named First Secretary from 1953 until 1966). Malenkov lost

1219-409: The Council of Ministers was the collective decision-making body of government. The Chairman of the Council of Ministers, his First Deputy Chairmen , Deputy Chairmen , ministers, State Committee chairmen, Soviet Republican Council of Ministers chairmen and other unspecified personnel were members of the Presidium . The Council of People's Commissars , the Soviet Government , was transformed into

1272-756: The Druzhba pipeline to the Czech Republic. Tatneft said that it re-routed volumes from the Czech Republic to Turkey due to better prices. Although officially the linkage between reduction of oil supplies and the radar agreement was not claimed, it was suspected. Assets of Tatneft in Ukraine were seized in May 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine . In 2013, TatNIPIneft, the Tatar Oil Research and Design Institute devised

1325-571: The Government of Ukraine over control in Ukrtatnafta , an owner of the Kremenchuk oil refinery . Ukrainian state-owned energy company Naftogaz Ukrainy owns 43.1% of shares in Ukrtatnafta, Tatneft owns 8.6% and Government of Tatarstan owns 28.8%. 18% of the shares were transferred to two offshore companies allied with Tatneft, transaction which was not recognized by Ukrainian authorities. According to

1378-436: The Presidium's responsibilities and membership. The 1977 Soviet Constitution referred to the Presidium as a "permanent" organ of the Council of Ministers, which was established to secure good economic leadership and assume other administrative responsibilities. The few documents published provide evidence that the Presidium emphasised economic planning and decision-making as well as making important decisions lesser than those of

1431-615: The Soviet Union The Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Совет министров СССР , romanized : Sovet Ministrov SSSR , IPA: [sɐˈvʲet mʲɪˈnʲistrəf ˌɛsˌɛsˌɛsˈɛr] ), sometimes abbreviated as Sovmin or referred to as the Soviet of Ministers , was the de jure government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), comprising

1484-439: The Soviet economy was in 1965, with Premier Alexei Kosygin initiating a new economic reform aimed at giving enterprises more economic freedom and incentives to be profitable. Certain major ministries had more influence over the national and international politics of the USSR, with their ministers being full members of Politburo. Among them were notables such as Leon Trotsky , Vyacheslav Molotov and Andrei Gromyko , heads of

1537-503: The Union. However, the most important decisions were made by joint declarations with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Soviet Union (CPSU), which was de facto more powerful than the Council of Ministers. During 1991 the Council of Ministers was dissolved, and replaced by the newly established " Cabinet of Ministers ", which itself disappeared only months later when the USSR

1590-506: The audit by Miller and Lents . It operated 77 oil fields, including the main field of the company – Romashkino , with total production capacity of 25 million tons of oil and a very high amount of natural gas annually. Other main oil fields are Novo-Yelokhov and Bavly. In addition to Russia, it conducts exploration and production operations also in Libya, Angola, Syria, Iran, Vietnam, Oman and Saudi Arabia. In 2008, Tatneft's crude oil production

1643-477: The company include the Republic of Tatarstan through its holding company Svyazinvestneftekhim , and Russian Oligarch Matvey Yozhikov through his holding company Guernsey No. 3 owning percentages of 34% and 51% respectively of Tatneft. According to Stanislav Belkovsky, Matvey Yozhikov is the overall beneficial owner of Tatneft and has a revenue share agreement with the government. Tatneft has an ongoing dispute with

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1696-562: The control of Ihor Kolomoiskyi , Ukrtatnafta refused to pay ₴3.2 billion in taxes. On November 6, 2022, the government headed by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy used martial law to seize control of the company. “Such steps, which are necessary for our country in conditions of war, are carried out in accordance with current laws and will help meet the urgent needs of our defense sector.” The government of Ukraine also took control of engine maker Motor Sich , energy company Ukrnafta , vehicle maker KrAZ and transformer maker Zaporozhtransformator at

1749-597: The council's relationships with subordinate organs were defined in the Soviet constitution by the Law on the Council of Ministers of the USSR . During 1946, the All-Union Council of People's Commissars became the Council of Ministers ( Russian : Совет Министров , tr.: Sovet Ministrov SSSR ), whilst People's Commissars and People's Commissariats became Ministers and Ministries. Ministers were important for ordinary decision-making, with 73 percent of them elected full-members of

1802-464: The court decision, these share were handed over to Naftogaz and in October 2007, there was a management change, which is not recognized by Tatneft. In March Tatneft filed international arbitration against Ukraine. On 9 July 2008, after signing an agreement between the United States and the Czech Republic to host a tracking radar for an antiballistic missile system, Tatneft reduced oil supplies through

1855-620: The date of the invasion, ₴600 million, designated to be paid by Ukrtatnafta to a supplier was paid, by using a false change of bank details on a clone contract, to a company owned by Mykhailo Kiperman, a former member of Ukrtatnafta's supervisory board and reportedly a business partner of Ihor Kolomoyskyi . Tatneft Rustam Minnikhanov (Chairman) Nail Maganov (CEO) Tatneft ( Russian : публичное акционерное общество «Татнефть» имени В.Д. Шашина or ПАО «Татнефть» им. В.Д. Шашина ; traded as: MCX :  TATN (ordinary shares), MCX :  TATNP (preferred shares), LSE :  ATAD (ADRs))

1908-523: The decrees and resolutions issued by the All-Union Council of Ministers. The All-Union Council also had the power to suspend all mandates and decrees issued by itself or organisations subordinate to it. The Council coordinated and directed the work of the union republics and union ministries, state committees and other organs subordinate to it. The competence of the Council of Ministers and its Presidium with respect to their procedures and activities and

1961-704: The development of petrochemicals segment. In 2019 Tatneft acquired from Neste Oil Corporation the Russian fuel retail business consisting of 75 fuel stations in North-West Russia and a terminal in Saint Petersburg. In November 2019 Tatneft completed the acquisition of certain assets, including the production of various types of synthetic rubber used for the manufacturing of high-performance tires, located in Togliatti , Samara Region, Russia, from SIBUR . Bank Zenit

2014-539: The exploration and production licenses and produces substantially all its crude oil in Tatarstan. Out of approximately 581.5 thousand barrels of oil produced daily 35.5% (206.7 thousand barrels per day) is refined at Tatneft's TANECO refinery (as of 31 December 2019). Tatneft is also involved in treatment and refining of associated petroleum gas, petrochemicals', mainly tires, production and marketing, manufacturing of equipment, engineering, procurement, and construction services for oil, gas and petrochemical projects and, from

2067-555: The fourth quarter of 2016 upon obtaining control over Bank ZENIT , in banking activities. Tatneft was created by the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR in April 1950 as a production association under the Ministry of Oil Industry of the USSR by uniting several drilling and derrick maintenance crews operating in Tatarstan. Upon its establishment Tatneft commenced the production from various crude oil fields in Tatarstan, most notably

2120-456: The main executive and administrative agency of the USSR from 1946 until 1991. During 1946 the Council of People's Commissars was reorganized as the Council of Ministers. Accordingly, the People's Commissariats were renamed as Ministries . The council issued declarations and instructions based on and in accordance with applicable laws, which had obligatory jurisdictional power in all republics of

2173-639: The period between convocations of the Supreme Soviet, the Council of Ministers was accountable to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and regularly reported to the Supreme Soviet on its work, as well as being tasked with resolving all state administrative duties in the jurisdiction of the USSR which were not the responsibility of the Supreme Soviet or the Presidium. Within its limits, the Council of Ministers had responsibility for: The Council of Ministers could also issue decrees and resolutions and later verify their execution. All organisations were obliged to obey

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2226-491: The power struggle, and during 1955 he was demoted from his office as Chairman of the Council of Ministers. He was succeeded in his job by Nikolai Bulganin , who was dismissed and replaced by Khrushchev because of his assistance to the Anti-Party Group , which had tried to oust Khrushchev during 1957. After Khrushchev's dismissal from power, the collective leadership organized by Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin had

2279-541: The project in cooperation with its global peers, Tatneft decided to do so on its own. As of 31 May 2020 Tatneft is producing over 65 thousand barrels of highly-viscous oil per day from 1042 horizontal wells. Tatneft was sanctioned by the United States in 2014. Since September 2018 Tatneft is implementing the Strategy until 2030, which encompasses amongst other things the growth of crude oil production, expansion of Tatneft's refining capability, its service stations network, and

2332-466: The rules established by Leonid Brezhnev , Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko , Tikhonov was compelled to retire by Mikhail Gorbachev on 27 September 1985. Tikhonov was succeeded by Nikolai Ryzhkov . Ryzhkov was a half-hearted reformer, and was skeptical about de-nationalisation and the monetary reform of 1989; however, he did endorse the creation of a "regulated market" economy. During 1991 Ryzhkov

2385-486: The same time. Ihor Kolomoiskyi and Gennadiy Bogolyubov owned 60% of the shares in Ukrtatnafta. These shares will be transferred to a special depository account managed by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine . On 1 February 2023 the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine announced that it had exposed an alleged $ 1 billion embezzlement scheme affecting Ukrtatnafta and Ukrnafta . The misappropriated ₴40 billion

2438-529: The state committees and the Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Republics . The Premier of the Council of Ministers could also recommend people who he found suitable for membership of the Council of Ministers to the Supreme Soviet . The Council of Ministers ended its functions on each first-convocation of a newly elected Supreme Soviet. Responsible and accountable to the Supreme Soviet and during

2491-556: Was 189 million barrels and was expected to shrink by 1.5% to 186 million barrels in 2009. As of 1 July 2010, Tatneft had 626  filling stations , of which 490 are located on the territory of the Russian Federation and 136 are located in Ukraine. In September 2007, Tatneft formed a strategic partnership with Royal Dutch Shell to develop heavy crude oil (bitumen) production in Tatarstan. It considers similar partnership with Chevron . Through its subsidiary TANEKO, Tatneft

2544-506: Was described as an internal organ of the government. Churchward noted in his 1975 book that it was impossible to determine the importance of the Presidium in comparison with other organs of the Council of Ministers. British historian Leonard Schapiro , writes in his book The Government and Politics of the Soviet Union , that the Presidium worked somewhat as an "Inner Cabinet" for policy-making. Historians Hough and Fainsod believed there to be

2597-456: Was disbanded . There were seven Chairmen of the Council of Ministers between 1946 and early 1991, who were in effect the Premier of the USSR . After Nikita Khrushchev 's dismissal from the jobs of First Secretary of the Communist Party and Premier, to be replaced by Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin respectively, a Central Committee plenum forbade any person to hold the positions of First Secretary and Premier concurrently. The Presidium of

2650-488: Was made against the former acting first deputy Chairman of the Board of Ukrtatnafta (2019-2022), Ruslan Lyapko, relating to the removal of 72,000 tons of crude oil from customs sheds to a refinery where it was processed and sold for around ₴2 billion without the actions being reflected in accounting and tax records. Ruslan Lyapko is currently in custody. In June, details of a further alleged fraud were revealed. On 24 February 2022,

2703-700: Was reorganized into an open joint stock company. In October 1995 Tatneft shares started to be quoted on the Russian Trading System (RTS) and became one of the first constituents of the RTS Index RTSI. In December 2016 Tatneft listed its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on the London Stock Exchange LSE :  ATAD Tatneft also had its ADRs listed on the New York Stock Exchange (stock symbol TNT) between March 1998 and September 2006. In August 1999, Tatneft shares were listed on MICEX . Currently

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2756-590: Was sanctioned by the UK in March 2023, with sanctions increased in December 2023 to include a prohibition on correspondent banking relationships. The main activities of Tatneft are: Tatneft is the first Russian oil company, which developed a contract with Syria to extract oil. The contract became effective in March 2005. In 2007, Tatneft had total proved reserves of approximately 6.140 billion barrels of crude oil according to

2809-461: Was succeeded as Premier by Valentin Pavlov . The Council of Ministers was dissolved and replaced with the newly established Cabinet of Ministers . The Council of Ministers was the manager of the government's executive part. Formed at a joint meeting of the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities , it consisted of a Premier , several First Deputies , Deputies , ministers , Chairmen of

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