Gennady Timchenko

One of the founders of Gunvor, one of the world’s largest independent commodity trading companies involved in the oil and energy markets. Engaged in activities in the energy sector that have been directly linked to Putin, who has investments in Gunvor and might have access to Gunvor funds. Owner and manager of the Volga Group, one of the largest investment groups in Russia

(Date of UN designation: 2022-02-28)

Function: Owner of the private investment group Volga Group

He is also the Chairman of the Russian-Chinese Business Council. In that capacity, he took part in the state visit of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to China in May 2024, during which the situation in Ukraine was discussed. He is therefore a leading businessperson operating in Russia and a businessperson involved in economic sectors providing a substantial source of revenue to the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine. He is also responsible for supporting actions or policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. He is also responsible for providing financial or material support, and benefitting from Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine. He is benefitting from his links with Russian decision-makers. He is founder and shareholder of the Volga Group, an investing group with a portfolio of investments in key-sectors of the Russian economy. The Volga Group contributes significantly to the Russian economy and its development. Furthermore, Bank Rossiya has stakes in the National Media Group, a media holding, controlling 28 media enterprises in Russia which are actively spreading propaganda and disinformation related to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Gennady Timchenko is a long-time acquaintance of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and broadly described as one of his confidants. He is also a shareholder of Bank Rossiya which is considered to be the bank of Putin and his associates. Since the illegal annexation of Crimea, Bank Rossiya has opened branches across Crimea and Sevastopol, thereby consolidating their integration into the Russian Federation. Gennady Timchenko is also the second largest shareholder in PAO Novatek, one of the largest gas producers in Russia.

He is a shareholder of Bank Rossiya

He is a shareholder of Bank Rossiya

Fédération de Russie, Vladimir Poutine, et il est, dans l’ensemble, présenté comme l’un de ses confidents. Il tire avantage de ses relations avec des décideurs russes. Il est le fondateur de Volga Group, un groupe d’investissement disposant d’un portefeuille d’investissements dans des secteurs essentiels de l’économie russe, dont il est par ailleurs actionnaire. Volga Group contribue de manière significative à l’économie russe et à son développement. Gennady Timchenko est aussi actionnaire de Bank Rossiya, qui est considérée comme étant la banque de Poutine et des personnes qui lui sont associées. Depuis l’annexion illégale de la Crimée, Bank Rossiya a ouvert des succursales en Crimée et à Sébastopol, consolidant ainsi leur intégration dans la Fédération de Russie. En outre, Bank Rossiya détient des participations dans le National Media Group, une société holding de médias, qui contrôle 28 entreprises de médias en Russie diffusant activement de la propagande et de la désinformation liées à la guerre d’agression menée par la Russie contre l’Ukraine. Gennady Timchenko est également le deuxième actionnaire principal de PAO Novatek, l’un des plus grands producteurs de gaz en Russie. Il est aussi président du conseil des dirigeants d’entreprise russo-chinois. En cette qualité, il a pris part à la visite d’État du président de la Fédération de Russie, Vladimir Poutine, en Chine en mai 2024, au cours de laquelle la situation en Ukraine a été discutée. Gennady Timchenko est donc un homme d’affaires influent exerçant des activités en Russie ainsi qu’un homme d’affaires actif dans des secteurs économiques constituant une source substantielle de revenus pour le gouvernement de la Fédération de Russie, qui est responsable de l’annexion de la Crimée et de la déstabilisation de l’Ukraine. Il est également responsable de soutenir des actions ou des politiques qui compromettent l’intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l’indépendance de l’Ukraine. Il est en outre responsable de fournir un soutien financier ou matériel aux décideurs russes responsables de l’annexion de la Crimée et de la déstabilisation de l’Ukraine, et tire avantage de ces décideurs.

Disqualified

Transport sanctions: ships owned, controlled, chartered or operated by the individual are prohibited from entering a port in the UK; may be given a movement or a port entry direction, can be detained, and will be refused permission to register on the UK Ship Register or have its existing registration terminated. An aircraft owned, chartered or operated by the individual is prohibited from overflying or landing in the UK, may be given a movement direction, can be detained or moved to a specified airport, and will be refused permission to register on the CAA Aircraft Register or have its existing registration terminated. Prohibition of technical assistance relating to aircraft and ships: a prohibition on the provision of technical assistance relating to aircraft or ships will prevent a person from directly or indirectly providing technical assistance to, or for the benefit of, the designated person, where that technical assistance relates to an aircraft or ship. The transport sanctions were imposed on 17/07/2023. The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Owner of OOO Volga Group

One of the most famous "Putin's friends". When Vladimir Putin became president, four of our country's five major oil companies sold their oil abroad not directly, but through the Swiss intermediary Gunvor controlled by Timchenko. Involved in corruption schemes of PJSC Gazprom and its subsidiaries. Participated in the formation of corrupt sources of income for Vladimir Putin and his closest associates. According to credible data from a public investigation, he controls companies that provide financial and organizational assistance to the Russian Ministry of Defence in recruiting contract soldiers to participate in hostilities in Ukraine.

(also Gennady TIMCHENKO )

(also Gennady TIMCHENKO )

(also Gennady TIMCHENKO )

Russian businessman and billionaire