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Canonical ID: Q4459474 · Entity type: Person (reference)
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Person:notes | Nikolay Tokarev is CEO of Transneft, major Russian oil and gas company. He is Vladimir Putin’s long-time acquaintance and close associate. He served together with Putin in the KGB in 1980s. Nikolay Tokarev is one of the Russian state oligarchs who assumed control over large state assets in the 2000s as President Putin consolidated power, and who operate in close partnership with the Russian state. Nikolay Tokarev has been in charge of Transneft, one of Russia’s most important government-controlled companies, which transports a considerable amount of Russian oil through a well-developed oil pipelines network. Nikolay Tokarev’s Transneft is one of the main sponsors of the palace complex near Gelendzhik which is widely considered to be personally used by President Putin. He benefits from his proximity to the Russian authorities. Close relatives and acquaintances of Nikolay Tokarev have enriched themselves thanks to contracts signed with the state-owned companies. Therefore, Nikolay Tokarev actively supported materially or financially and benefited from Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine. Additionally, Nikolay Tokarev is a leading businessperson operating in Russia and a businessperson 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. | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-50762 | ||||