Nikolay Tokarev
Nikolay Petrovich Tokarev | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 20, 1950 |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, Oligarch |
| Known for | President of Transneft |
Nikolay Petrovich Tokarev (; born 20 December 1950) is a prominent Russian entrepreneur and oligarch, currently holding the position of president at the Russian pipeline corporation Transneft.
Early life and KGB career
Tokarev completed his studies in 1973 at the Karaganda Polytechnic Institute, earning a degree focused on Electrification and Automation of Mining Operations.[1]
Beginning in 1978, he attended the Moscow Higher School of the KGB for a two-year period, where he was contemporaries with individuals like Sergei Naryshkin and Vladimir Putin. As a KGB officer, Tokarev was assigned to Dresden in East Germany, where he established professional connections with Putin and Sergey Chemezov under their superior Lazar Matveev.[2][3][4] Arriving in Dresden in 1983, two years prior to Putin’s arrival, Tokarev acted as both a senior colleague and mentor to him. Their relationship grew into a close professional association.[5][4]
From 1996 until 1999, Tokarev was employed by the state’s Presidential Property Management Department, during which time Putin held the role of deputy chief between 1996 and 1997.[6][7]
Career in the oil industry
Prior to assuming leadership at Zarubezhneft, Tokarev was engaged at Transneft from 1999 to 2000 within the foreign economic division and foreign projects sector.[3]
He has served as Transneft’s president since October 2007 and has been a member of its board since June 2009.[8] Between 2000 and 2007, Tokarev held the presidency of the Russian oil firm Zarubezhneft.[3][8]
Since October 2009, he has also occupied a position on the board of directors of Rosneft.[8]
According to a 2015 arrangement, Tokarev’s enterprises TNT () and Transneft-SERVIS () remit over 100 million rubles monthly for leasing non-residential spaces at Putin's palace located in Gelendzhik.[2]
Sanctions
In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union placed Tokarev on its sanctions list on 28 February 2022, leading to asset freezes.[9] The United States followed suit by imposing comparable sanctions on him and his close family members on 3 March.[10][11][12] On 10 March, the UK government enacted asset freezes against him along with a travel prohibition.[13] Additionally, New Zealand imposed sanctions related to the conflict on Tokarev.[14]
Personal
In 2004, Maya Bolotova, his daughter, was associated with Promsvyazbank-affiliated companies such as Promsvyazavto, Stroyvip, and Industry Import, which were managed by the Ananiev brothers, Alexey and Dmitry. During her leadership period from 2004 to 2007, Promsvyazbank's asset base expanded six times, establishing it as one of Russia’s top three systemically significant banks. Notably, in 2002, Stroyvip—sharing the same address as Promsvyazbank—acquired a stake in the former Pravda, now recognized as the major publishing entity "Press-1".
By January 2017, Bolotova had divested from PharmEco and was involved as a partner in the Gelendzhik Resort Complex – Meridian alongside Stanislav Chemezov (son of Sergey Chemezov), Vladimir Chernyshev (an advisor to Vladimir Yakunin), and Vladimir Maishev (co-owner of Independent Insurance Group). Her previous ownership included MIK Rusinvest LLC, linked to the family of Vladimir Artyakov (first deputy at Rostec under Sergey Chemezov) and Stanislav Chemezov, who held a 48.5% share. Both Bolotova and her spouse possess Cypriot citizenship.
From 2001 until 2004, Tokarev’s son-in-law Andrey Bolotov was connected with ITERA and has been managing major client portfolios at VTB Bank since 2005. Additionally, his sister Olga had ties with LUKOIL.
External links
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedRosneftBoard - ↑ "EU freezes assets of Russia's leading oligarchs and allies of Putin". The Financial Times. 28 February 2022.
- ↑ "U.S. Sanctions Usmanov, Prigozhin, Tokarev, Other Russian Elites". Bloomberg News. 3 March 2022.
- ↑ "Treasury Sanctions Russians Bankrolling Putin and Russia-Backed Influence Actors".
- ↑ "FACT SHEET: The United States Continues to Target Russian Oligarchs Enabling Putin's War of Choice".
- ↑ "UK freezes assets of seven Russian oligarchs including Roman Abramovich".
- ↑ "Russia Sanctions Regulations 2022".