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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and

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. He also holds publishing interests in the newspapers Pravda.ru and Pravda International. Sergey Veremeenko was born in Ufa. In 2003 he ran for president of the Bashkortostan Republic. During these elections he ran against the head of the region,

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but Veremeenko eventually dropped out of the election race. The same year he ended his partnership with Sergey Pugachev, with whom he co-owned the

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. Since 2006, Veremeenko is married to Sofya Skya (née Arzhakovskaya), an

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and model, who holds the title Mrs. World 2006. Previously, he was married twice. He has five children from three marriages.

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

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. He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the

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