Grigory Berezkin (9 August 1966) is a Russian businessman, owner and chairman of the Board of Directors of ESN Group. Also, he is owner of RBK Group.[1][2]
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Biography
editGrigory Berezkin was born on August 9, 1966 in Moscow.[3]
In 1988, he graduated from the Chemistry Department of Moscow University[3] with a degree in Petrochemistry. In 1991, he completed his postgraduate studies there,[4] and in 1993, he defended his dissertation.
From 1991 to 1994, he worked at Moscow State University as a junior research fellow.[5]
In 1992, together with Alexander Mamut and Vladimir Gruzdev, he founded the company “Slavyanka” on the basis of store No. 2 of the Oktyabrsky ORPO, which became the basis of the future supermarket chain “Sedmoi Kontinent”.[6]
In 1993, after he began trading oil, he met Roman Abramovich, who was engaged in the supply of oil products from the Komi Republic.[3]
Under the patronage of Roman Abramovich,[3] in 1994 he became deputy general director of Komineft and simultaneously its general representative in Moscow.[3][4] At the same time, he managed the Mesko company[3][4] - a joint venture of Komineft and RAO International Economic Cooperation, which was also one of the key shareholders of Komineft. In the same year, the KomiTEK holding was created on the basis of Komineft, the Ukhta Oil Refinery and Kominefteprodukt.
In 1995, he ran as an independent candidate for deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.[4]
In 1996-1997, Berezkin headed Komi TEK-Moscow (KTM, the sales structure of KomiTEK), which exported Noyabrskneftegaz oil on behalf of Sibneft.
In 1997, he consolidated the levers of control of KomiTEK in his hands and became Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company[.[3] In the same year, he acquired Euroseverneft (38%) and SB-Trust (29%), providing guarantees from the National Reserve Bank (NRB).
In 1997-1999, he worked as Chairman of the Board of Directors of ZAO AKB Ukhtabank.[4]
He bought a 65% stake in this leading Russian media group in 2017.[7]
Berezkin was sanctioned by European Union in April 2022. However, the EU did not renew sanctions against him after they expired in September 2023, and Berezkin was removed from the sanctions list. The grounds of sanctions did not stand in the European court of justice. They were based on an article written by AI bot “Carmen”.[8][9][10]
References
edit- ^ "Along the sanctioned persons - Berezkin Grigory Viktorovich". Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "On shaky grounds the secret, sliphsod evidence the EU uses to sanction russian oligarchs". politico.eu.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Григорий Березкин занимает 83 место в рейтинге 100 богатейших бизнесменов России | Forbes.ru". 2010-09-20. Archived from the original on 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ a b c d e "Ъ-Справочник". 2010-09-14. Archived from the original on 2010-09-14. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "Березкин Григорий » Персоны » Бизнес-справочник » RB.ru". 2010-01-16. Archived from the original on 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "Ъ-Справочник". 2010-09-14. Archived from the original on 2010-09-14. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ "Russian oligarch Berezkin buys independent media group RBC". Intellinews.com. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "On shaky grounds the secret, sliphsod evidence the EU uses to sanction russian oligarchs". politico.eu.
- ^ "EU to cease sanctions against three Russian businessmen this week -sources". Reuters. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ red, ORF at/Agenturen (2023-09-14). "EU nimmt Albertina-Sponsor Berjoskin von Sanktionsliste". news.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-14.