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Imperial (bank)
Imperial bank () was a now-defunct private Russian bank, renowned in the 1990s for its advertising series "World History". History The joint-stock bank "Imperial" was registered in Moscow on December 28, 1990. Conceived during the time of Soviet Union, Imperial was intended to be the backbone bank of the now defunct Soviet Neftegazprom () which was a project by a group of Soviet technocratic executives to gain a monopoly on the export of Soviet oil and gas, but whose ideological line was subsequently continued, on a much smaller scale, by Gazprom. The General License of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation for conducting banking operations in rubles and foreign currencies was granted to the bank on January 29, 1993. In the mid-1990s, the bank engaged in active commercial activities. It played a significant role in the settlement of debts of the former USSR. During this period, its shareholders included Gazprom and the Vagit Alekperov associated firm Lukoil Oil Company. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Sergeevich Rodionov
Sergey Sergeevich Rodionov (; born 29 July 1961) is a Russian publisher and banker. He was the founder, co-owner and CEO of Rodionov Publishing House until 2004. He was also the deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia in 1991. Early life He was born on July 29, 1961, in Moscow. His father is Sergey Petrovich Rodionov who later was the Vice-President of JSCB "Imperial" and main owner and chairman of the board of directors Slavyansky Bank. This is based upon dossier () in the Filipp Bobkov associated security service of Most databaseAlternate archive/ref> From 1978 to 1983, he attended the Moscow Institute of Finance (now Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation) Kibalchicha str 1. Moscow. He pursued his studies in the Faculty of "International Economic Relations," earning a diploma with honors as an "Economist - Banking and foreign exchange operations". 1983–1986: Postgraduate at the same Institute at the department for International Monetary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Kostin
Andrey Leonidovich Kostin (; born September 21, 1956) is a Russian businessman who is chairman of the United Shipbuilding Corporation's Board of Directors since August 25, 2023. President and Chairman of the Board of VTB since June 10, 2002 Education and career In 1973, Kostin began studies at Moscow State University, graduating in 1979 with a degree in political economy. He subsequently worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union), USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From that year, until 1982 he was an employee of the USSR Consulate General in Sydney, Australia. From 1982 to 1985, he was Secretary of the European Department of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1985, he became an employee of the Embassy of Russia, London, USSR Embassy in Great Britain working on economic issues with the KGB spy Alexander Lebedev, where he remained until 1990. From then to 1992, he was First Secretary, Advisor to the European Department of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TNT (Russian TV Channel)
TNT () () is a Russian federal TV channel founded in 1997, and is considered one of the five most-popular TV channels in Russia. At the beginning of 2012, it reached more than 104 million people. Although its target audience is viewers 14 to 44 years old, its core demographic is ages 18 to 30. The channel focuses on entertainment, particularly comedy series. Since 2001 it has been a member of the Gazprom-Media, the flagship TV channel of Gazprom-Media Entertainment TV (founded in 2015). TNT's main source of income is advertisements. It has regional TV stations and regional partners, who receive advertising time on the channel. The channel delivers its signal via satellites in four orbits, which allow its 27 television stations to receive it in their corresponding time zones. The signal is received and redistributed by local stations broadcasting in most large cities and 5,900 smaller communities in the Russian Federation. TNT reserves the rights to all original shows and owns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazprom-Media
Gazprom-Media () is a Russian media holding company established in January 1998 as a subsidiary of Gazprom Media Holdings. It and its parent company are subsidiaries of Gazprom, a large Russian oil and gas company founded in 1989. The group owns more than 38 television channels and 10 radio stations. History In 2000, under pressure from Mikhail Lesin, Gazprom-Media acquired NTV, the only nationwide television channel independent of the government at the time, as well as other media assets of Vladimir Gusinsky's groupincluding the satellite operator NTV Plus, TNT, the radio station Echo of Moscow, and the publishing housewhich resulted in major controversy and considerable changes to the channel's editorial policy. After taking over Media Most in 2000, Gazprom-Media received assets and personnel from Filipp Bobkov's dissolved Fifth Chief Directorate of the KGB, including its thousands of employees, its database, and the security service founded by Bobkov that had been accuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Gusinsky
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gusinsky (, ; born 6 October 1952) is a Russian media tycoon. He founded the Media-Most holding company that included the NTV free-to-air channel, the newspaper ''Segodnya'', and a number of magazines. Early life and education Gusinsky was born into a Jewish family in Moscow on 6 October 1952. In 1969, Gusinsky enrolled in Gubkin Institute of Oil and Gas, however, he did not finish his education there. He joined the USSR Army in 1973 as a Junior Sergeant in the Chemical Intelligence Troops. In 1975, after being demobilized, Gusinsky enrolled in the State Institute for the Study of Theatrical Arts (Russian: ГИТИС English: GITIS). He graduated in 1979 with his graduating diploma work on the staging of "Tartuffe" by Molière, in the Tula State Dramatic Theater. Early career 1986 * Stage Director for the Ted Turner Goodwill Games in the Kremlin Palace. * Founded one of the first cooperatives following Perestroika - Cooperative "Metal" - which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NTV (Russia)
NTV (Cyrillic: НТВ) is a Russian free-to-air television channel that was launched as a subsidiary of Vladimir Gusinsky's company . Since 14 April 2001 Gazprom Media controls the network. NTV has no official meaning according to Igor Malashenko, the author of the name and co-founder of the company, but in the 1990s unofficial transcripts of the acronym include "New" (''Novoje''), "Independent" (''Nezavisimoje''), "Non-governmental" (''Negosudarstvennoje''), "Our" (''Nashe''). History Gusinsky era (1993-2001) Gusinsky founded NTV broadcasting in October 1993 on channel 4. It moved to channel 5 in January 1994. He attracted talented journalists and news anchors of the time such as Tatiana Mitkova, Leonid Parfyonov, Mikhail Osokin, Yevgeniy Kiselyov, Vladimir A. Kara-Murza, Victor Shenderovich, Pyotr Marchenko and others. The channel set high professional standards in Russian television, broadcasting live coverage and sharp analysis of current events. Starting before th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Bank Of Russia
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (), commonly known as the Bank of Russia (), also called the Central Bank of Russia (CBR), is the central bank of the Russia, Russian Federation. The bank was established on 13 July 1990. It traces its beginnings to the State Bank of the Russian Empire established in 1860. The bank is headquartered on Neglinnaya Street in Moscow. Its functions are described in the Constitution of Russia (Article 75), as well as in federal law. History Shortly after Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, declaring sovereignty in June 1990, the Russian SFSR decreed the creation of a central bank under the leadership of . Matiukhin commandeered Russian branches of the State Bank of the USSR and brought them under the control of the Bank of the RSFSR. A comprehensive central bank statute was passed in December 1990 and the bank adopted a charter in June 1991. A remnant of the State Bank continued to operate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the Saint Petersburg metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Saint Petersburg is the List of European cities by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in Europe, the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements, northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As the former capital of the Russian Empire, and a Ports of the Baltic Sea, historically strategic port, it is governed as a Federal cities of Russia, federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Boyko
Oleg Viktorovich Boyko (; born 28 September 1964) an international investor and resides in Switzerland, Chairman of Finstar Financial Group. Education Oleg Boyko was born in Moscow in 1964 and educated at the Moscow Aviation Institute beginning in 1981, where he specialised in radio electronics. Boyko subsequently gained a Master of Business Administration from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. He worked at the Lomonosov Moscow State University between 1982 and 1986. Career Career start Oleg Boyko has a diverse portfolio having successfully invested in multiple industries including financial services, banks, IT, retail, real estate, entertainment and steel. From a young age, Boyko was interested in the financial sector and he began his career in the IT and finance sectors whilst he was a student. He is credited for introducing the first stores with credit card readers into Moscow in the 1990s. In 1988, he began selling used U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
