Yury Kovalchuk
Largest Shareholder of Bank Rossiya, Media Magnate (National Media Group)
In short
- Who
- Position: Largest Shareholder of Bank Rossiya, Media Magnate (National Media Group)
- Last event
- January 1, 2022 — EU Sanctions
- Verifiability
- 8 sources
Case summary
' Born in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), he is the owner and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank Rossiya. Kovalchuk controls numerous television channels and media companies. He established networks of offshore companies for the enrichment of Putin and his inner circle. The Panama Papers revealed that Kovalchuk transferred at least $1 billion to offshore structures.
He is one of Putin's closest friends and a member of the 'Ozero cooperative,' which owns dachas on Komsomolskoye Lake near St. Petersburg. Kovalchuk has been under US sanctions since 2014 (part of the first wave following the annexation of Crimea), as well as sanctions from the EU, UK, Canada, and Australia.
Chief ideologue and architect of the war concept within Putin's inner circle, maintaining control over Channel One, REN TV, STS, and Izvestia newspaper.
Failures and victims
Chief ideologue and architect of the war concept within Putin's inner circle, maintaining control over Channel One, REN TV, STS, and Izvestia newspaper.
Property
Госрезиденция президента РФ на Валдае (~80 строений, четырёхэтажный особняк 3500 м², спа-комплекс, церковь) — по расследованию ФБК (2021) землю сдаёт в аренду государству фирма «Прайм», связанная с Юрием Ковальчуком.
Компания «Южный проект», принадлежащая банку «Россия», в 2017 году выиграла конкурс на приватизацию завода игристых вин «Новый свет», по данным Forbes.
По данным Forbes, на конец 2021 года Юрий Ковальчук и его супруга являлись совладельцами страховой компании «Согаз».
Connections and network graph
Corruption network
Timeline of events
- 1 января 2022 г.AppointmentEU Sanctions
The EU imposed sanctions after the invasion of Ukraine.
- 1 января 2016 г.AppointmentPanama Papers
Panama Papers revealed the transfer of at least $1 billion to offshore accounts.
- 20 марта 2014 г.AppointmentUS Sanctions (Crimea)
Hit by the first wave of US sanctions after the annexation of Crimea as 'Putin's personal banker'.
- 1990-еAppointmentBank 'Rossiya'
Became owner and chairman of the board of directors of Bank 'Rossiya'.
- 1990-еAppointmentOzero Cooperative
Member of the dacha cooperative on Komsomolskoye Lake along with Putin.
- 25 июля 1951 г.AppointmentBirth
Born in Leningrad, USSR.
Sources
- 01Yury Kovalchuk — WikipediaWikipedia · 1 января 2024 г.
- 02Iouri Kovaltchouk — WikimondeWikimonde · 1 января 2024 г.
- 03Il miliardario russo che vende al pubblico la guerraLa Stampa · 4 декабря 2022 г.
- 04forbes.ruforbes.ru
- 05forbes.ruforbes.ru
- 06forbes.ruforbes.ru
- 07brobank.rubrobank.ru
- 08topnews.rutopnews.ru
Verification in OSINT registries
Direct verification of the subject in independent sanctions databases and official registries:
Price of a life
Confirmed wealth: $0 million — this money could have bought:
Оценки на основе средних цен и публичных смет РФ. Цифры приблизительные — приведены, чтобы дать масштаб состояния, а не точную бухгалтерию.
Family
Сын — Борис Юрьевич Ковальчук: По данным Forbes, является председателем Счетной палаты, бывшим председателем правления ПАО «Интер РАО».
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