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Gazprombank (russian: Газпромбанк), or GPB (JSC), is a private-owned Russian bank, the third largest bank in the country by assets. Since November 2014, Yuri Shamalov's
Gazfond Gazfond is the pension fund of Gazprom. It was founded in 1994 by Gazprom, Gazprombank and several other organizations. Gazfond owned a 3.22-percent share of Gazprom as of September 5, 2005. The fund is managed by Leader Asset Management (Chai ...
is its largest shareholder. The bank’s principal business areas are corporate banking, retail banking, investment banking and depository services. Its banking activities also include securities trading, foreign exchange operations, precious metals operations, clearing operations and settlement services. The bank has a distribution network of 43 branches and over 260 banking outlets located throughout the Russian Federation. GPB also has ownership interests in three other Russian banks. In addition, Gazprombank is represented in the markets of Belarus and
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through ownership interests in two foreign banks: Belgazprombank (
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) and Gazprombank (Switzerland) Ltd. Gazprombank also has representative offices in
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History

In August 2005 for 37.22 billion rubles, Gazprombank purchased
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, the largest Russian media holding, which includes the former Media Most holdings of
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including the Sem Days publishing house,
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, both the
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channel and
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, and ''
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'' newspaper, from the bank's parent company
Gazprom PJSC Gazprom ( rus, Газпром, , ɡɐzˈprom) is a Russian majority state-owned multinational energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg. As of 2019, with sales over $120 billion, it was ranked as the larges ...
. After Gazprom-Media took over "Media Most" in 2000, Gazprom-Media received
Filipp Bobkov Filipp Denisovich Bobkov (russian: Фили́пп Дени́сович Бобко́в; 1 December 1925 – 17 June 2019) was a Soviet and Russian KGB functionary, who worked as the chief of the KGB subunit responsible for repressing dissent (Fift ...
's entire former
KGB The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
5th directorate (Political police) which was responsible for disinformation, control of dissidents, and executions including all of its employees, its database and the Filipp Bobkov founded security service that was accused of attempting an assassination in 1994 of Boris Berezovsky.Григорьев, Андрей (Grigoriev, Andrei) (28 March 2000)
Аполитичный Гусинский
Apolitical Gusinsky. (in Russian). ''«Компания»'' — деловой еженедельник (''Company'')
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from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
The entire archive of 5th KGB Main Directorate was taken to Media-Most. In 2012, OJSC
Gazprom PJSC Gazprom ( rus, Газпром, , ɡɐzˈprom) is a Russian majority state-owned multinational energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg. As of 2019, with sales over $120 billion, it was ranked as the larges ...
owned a 41.73% stake in Gazprombank and NPF Gazfond owned a 46.92% stake in Gazprom. Most of the stake in Yuri Shamalov's Gazfond is managed by Anatoly Gavrilenko's Lider Management which is part of the SOGAZ insurance group which, until March 2014, was controlled by the
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associated
Rossiya Bank The Rossiya Bank (Bank Rossiya (russian: Банк «Росси́я»), in Russian: Акционерный коммерческий банк Россия, АКБ Россия) is a Russian joint stock bank founded on June 27, 1990. The company's h ...
which has Yuri Kovalchuk as its largest shareholder. In March 2014 Rossiya bank sold its indirect control of Lider to Gasfond which has a 45% stake in Lider. As of November 2014, Gazfond is the largest shareholder of Gazprombank which controls Gazprom Media. The bank was nominated in 2014 for the annual Emerging Market Bond Awards, hosted by EuroWeek. In July 2014, the
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imposed sanctions on Gazprombank OAO that prohibit U.S. citizens from providing it with new financing. In response, Gazprombank contracted former U.S. Senator
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to lobby on its behalf against the sanctions. On February 24, 2022, US President Joe Biden announced sanctions against Gazprombank and other Russian financial institutions in response to Russia's
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of
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. In August 2022, the state capitalized Gazprombank by 50 billion rubles at the expense of the
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. The authorized capital of the bank increased to 246.85 billion rubles. Now the state owns a share of 36.44%.


Changes (deaths) in the leadership team (2022)

On January 29, 2022, Leonid Shulman, the head of the Gazprom-invest transport service, was found dead. On February 25, 2022, Alexander Tyulyakov, Deputy General Director of the Unified Settlement Center of Gazprom, was found dead in a noose. On March 2, 2022, Igor Volobuev, Vice President of Gazprombank, fled Russia to move to his native Ukraine, having been born in
Okhtyrka Okhtyrka ( uk, Охти́рка, ) is a city located in the Sumy Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance. The city has also served as the administrative center of the smaller Okhtyrka Ra ...
,
Sumy Sumy ( uk, Суми ) is a city of regional significance in Ukraine, and the capital of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel River in northeastern Ukraine with a population of according to the 2021 census, making it the 2 ...
. Since he arrived in Kiev he stated that his life was in danger, and that the death of Vladislav Avayev was not a murder suicide, but an assassination.Вице-президент Газпромбанка Игорь Волобуев уехал в Киев
/ref> He has also joined the Ukrainian territorial defense in an effort to 'wash off' his Russian past. On April 18, 2022, former Gazprombank vice-president Vladislav Avayev was found dead from gunshot wounds in his Moscow apartment, along with his wife and daughter, in an apparent murder-suicide. Volobuev considers the death of Vladislav Avayev an assassination.


References and notes


External links


Official site
{{authority control Banks of Russia Gazprom subsidiaries Companies based in Moscow Banks established in 1990 1990 establishments in Russia Government-owned companies of Russia Russian entities subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions Government-owned banks