Boris Rotenberg is a Russian billionaire businessman, and brother of Arkady Rotenberg, Russian billionaire businessman, shareholder of the state-owned company Gazprom Drilling and co-owner of the SGM (Stroygazmontazh) group. The Rotenbergs are closely associated with President Vladimir Putin. Boris Rotenberg is a member of the Board of Directors of SMP Bank and one of the major shareholders of Gazprom Drillings which has received large state contracts thanks to his close ties with President Putin. Therefore, Boris Rotenberg is benefitting from Russian decision-makers and the Government of the Russian Federation, both responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine.
Furthermore, he is a natural person associated with Arkady Rotenberg and President Putin, both listed under restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.