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 a long-time acquaintance of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and broadly described as one of his confidants.
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.
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.
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.