Artem Uss is the owner of Sibougol LCC, a key Siberian company which produces more than 2 million tonnes of coal per year, with a revenue of more than RUB 2 000 000 000 registered in 2020. Together with his family, he is also associated with the company “Krasnoyarsklesomaterialy”, one of the largest exporters of Siberian timber.
Artem Uss is also involved in the business activities of several other companies, including Nord-Deutsche Industrieanlagenbau, of which he is co-owner. He has provided the Russian Federation with military and dualuse technologies through his company Nord-Deutsche Industrieanlagenbau.
Therefore, Artem Uss is a leading businessperson operating in Russia and involved in an economic sector 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. Furthermore, Artem Uss is supporting materially and benefitting from the Government of the Russian Federation.
Sibougol LCC has received large government contracts thanks to Artem Uss’s father, Alexander Uss, during his mandate as governor of the Krasnoyarsk region. Furthermore, on 20 Apr 2023, Alexander Uss publicly thanked President Putin and the Government of the Russian Federation for their support in getting his son back to Russia.