Sergey Alekseyevich Veremeenko (born 26 September 1955) is a Russian businessman and politician who, according to ''

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'' magazine, has a net worth of 1.4 billion

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. He has investments in steel, mining, banking and microchips. He has 25% of shares in Estar, a steel and metals group, and also owns luxury housing developments in Moscow’s suburbs and vast agricultural land in

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, Kaluga and

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. He also holds publishing interests in the newspapers

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and Pravda International. Sergey Veremeenko was born in

Ufa Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the ...

. In 2003 he ran for president of the

Bashkortostan Republic The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик� ...

. During these elections he ran against the head of the region,

Murtaza Rakhimov Murtaza Gubaydullovich Rakhimov (russian: Муртаза Губайдуллович Рахимов; ba, Мортаза Ғөбәйҙулла улы Рәхимов; born 7 February 1934) is a Russian politician of Bashkir ethnicity who served a ...

but Veremeenko eventually dropped out of the election race. The same year he ended his partnership with

Sergey Pugachev Sergei Viktorovich Pugachev, also spelled Sergey Pugachyov, (french: Sergueï Pougatchev, russian: Сергей Викторович Пугачёв; born 4 February 1963) is a Russian-born French business magnate. He is a doctor of technical s ...

, with whom he co-owned the International Industrial Bank. Veremeenko is married and has three children. His third wife, Sofya Skya (née Arzhakovskaya), holds the title of

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2006. They had a son Sergey, born in 2016.

Sanctions

He is one of the members of the

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the United States Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the

Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since February 2014. Following Ukraine's Rev ...

References

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