alfa group consortium ( russian : консорциум « альфа-групп » ) is one of russia 's largest privately owned investment groups , with interests in oil and gas , commercial and investment banking , asset management , insurance , retail trade , telecommunications , water utilities and special situation investments .

alfa group 's portfolio of companies includes alfa-bank , veon , x5 retail group , a1 group , alfa capital management , alfastrakhovanie group , rosvodokanal group , and morginsuisse holdings .

the group was founded in 1989 as alfa-eco by israeli-russian businessman mikhail fridman , the second wealthiest man in russia , in partnership with german khan , alexei kuzmichov , alexander kushev , and several other partners .

its headquarters are in moscow .

as a holding company , in the financial year ending december 2010 alfa group had total assets of us$ 59,900 million , total equity of us$ 21,790 million and profit for the financial year of us$ 2,810 million .

return on shareholders ' equity were recorded at 13.4 % .

in april 2012 , altimo sold its entire 25.1 % stake in megafon to a private investor and to megafon for us $ 5.2 bln .

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alfa group has entered into a partnership with vtb group in order to jointly invest in turkcell .
alfa started investing in vimpelcom in summer , 2001 . the power - broking between alfa group and
2003 , alfa group acquired rosvodokanal group with the strategic aim to develop a leader among russian private water utilities operators .
a1 group , former alfa - eco , wholly owned special situations investment company .
established that alfa group had reduced their ownership in competing mobile operations in ukraine .
ipr strategic business : «vimpelcom shareholders approve alfa group investment» , 2 august 2001 .
unicredit group (
ucg
) announces that a binding agreement to transfer ukrsotsbank ( “usb” ) into alfa group has been signed .
the 35 - page dossier composed by christopher steele has a page on “alpha group , ” a misspelling of “alfa group , ” which does indeed own alfa bank . [ see
' s russian oil and gas assets and the oil and gas assets of alfa group , access industries and renova group ( aar ) .
june 2001 , alfa - bank russia acquired 98 . 1 % of insurance group vesta .
alfa group * is a combination of independent businesses operating mainly in russia and the cis .
august 2000 , alfa group merged its sugar business , kubansakhar , with the sugar and grain businesses of the intec group creating united food company .
unicredit group (
ucg
) announces that a binding agreement to transfer ukrsotsbank (
usb
) into alfa group has been signed .
founded in 1989 , alfa group * (
alfa
) is one of the largest privately owned financial - investment conglomerates in russia .
' s largest mobile operator . alfa group controls 13 . 22 % stake in the company with
september 2001 , the entire insurance business of the group was united under a single trademark – alfastrakhovanie group .
in february 2002 , demanding us $ 1 . 5 bn in redemption from tnk and alfa group .
1999 , alfa group acquired a 25 % stake in sts network , a national television network in russia .
the latter half of 2002 , alfa group acquired an effective 20 . 1 % stake in kyivstar gsm .
pravda - «alfa group , access / renova and bp to create new company» , 11 . february 2003 .
2000 , alfa capital privatization fund was transformed into the mutual fund under management of alfa capital management .
2003 , alfa group acquired 25 . 1 % shares of megafon , the third largest mobile operator in russia .
alfa bank has a luxembourg - registered subsidiary alfa finance holdings . the company ' s document trail shows that
in 1990 he co - founded alfa - bank , which is now the largest private bank in russia . fridman currently sits as chairman of the supervisory board of alfa group consortium , and he is also on the boards of alfa - bank [ and abh holdings , which is the luxembourg based holding company of alfa - banking group .
alfa - bank ( russia ) , tnk , veon ltd . ( previously vimpelcom ) , perekrestok and rosvodokanal group were originally a1 projects that later became strategic businesses for alfa group as well as core companies for the wider russian economy
august 2003 , alfa group restructured its stake in sts network into a 25 % stake in ctc media , inc .
june 2007 , alfa group increased its voting stake in vimpelcom from 36 . 3 % to 44 . 0 % .
in october 2013 alfa group transferred its 13 . 2 % effective interest in turkcell to letterone holdings s . a .
in december 2013 alfa group transferred its stake in altimo holdings & investments ltd . to letterone holdings s . a .
telenor , with 29 . 9 % , and alfa group with 44 % , are the largest shareholders in vimpelcom .
june 2011 , alfa group sold its 25 . 2 % stake in ctc media , inc . to a strategic investor .
telia said it and alfa group’s telecoms investment arm would now collaborate on efforts to resolve legal disputes between them and cukurova .
in 2004 , alfa group ' s daughter company «storm» filed a number of lawsuits against telenor , to nullify a number of provisions in the kyivstar charter and shareholder agreement . alfa group especially wanted to nullify an arbitration case that telenor had lodged in
forbes magazine , bente bjørndal , «telenor to fight new alfa group lawsuit over ukraine ' s wellcom» , 24 may 2005 .
forbes magazine , bente bjørndal , «telenor to fight new alfa group lawsuit over ukraine ' s wellcom» , 24 may 2005 .
the claim was partly based on “various erroneous press reports” that said farimex’s director is affiliated with alfa group , altimo said .
( note : richard burt is / was involved with bgr group . alfa has used bgr as a lobbying co 2003–2015 )
, and in 2009 the alfa group submitted to the rulings and took up normal shareholder activity in kyivstar . in russian vimpelcom , however , the alfa group geared up its legal battle with telenor by nominating more directors than alfa ' s capital share implied . in january 2007 , a court of appeal in
rule 1 . 9 certificate filed by alfa group , crown finance , ctf holdings , ltd . , alfa finance . ( sb ) ( entered : 11 / 08 / 2002 )
in august 2015 x5 retail group acquired 104 stores owned by the rosinka group of companies for further rebranding as pyaterochka and perekrestok stores .
in march 2013 alfa group sold its 25 % stake in tnk - bp to rosneft for us $ 13 . 86 bln .
the relationship between alfa and atomstroyexport included “loans” and other client “services , ” according to alfa reports from 2006 and 2007 .
september 1995 , the first perekrestok store was opened according to alfa group consortium ' s strategic decision to enter the food retail market .
memorandum regarding tnk - alfa group , commissioned by bp :
tyumen oblast , particularly khanty mansiisk autonomous okrug ( kmao ) , is known to be alfa ' s domain and ' property .
early 2004 , alfa group consolidated all telecom assets ( vimpelcom , golden telecom , inc . , kyivstar and megafon ) , which were previously held in different parts of the group , under a newly established holding company — alfa telecom ( renamed to altimo in 2005 ) which is the group ' s vehicle for making investment into telecom assets .
further muddying the case , telenor maintains that farimex is a front for the russian financial and industrial group alfa , which is a co - owner of vimpelcom . alfa is in a dispute with telenor over their joint investments . alfa denies any link to farimex .
march 2000 , alfa - bank russia acquired 76 % of kiev investment bank and merged it with alfa capital ukraine in october 2000 , thus establishing alfa ' s financial supermarket in the ukraine .
december 2002 , alfa group sold its entire interest in international commodities trading business , crown resources ag , in a management - led buyout .
] . the dossier alleges alfa group leaders provided putin with foreign policy advice about the us in exchange for legal and business favors . [
april 2001 , alfa - bank russia acquired 100 % of compass financial corporation ( usa ) and renamed it alfa capital markets inc .
september 2002 , alfa group completed the sale of united food company , selling ufc ' s sugar and grain businesses to a private strategic investor .
fl group never recovered from the losses and was delisted in the spring of 2008 and its name changed to stoðir . fl group never went into bankruptcy but its debt was written off . a group of earlier fl group managers ( smárason is not one of them ) now owns over 50 % of stoðir .
september 2000 , a new insurance unit was launched within alfa group with the establishment of the market oriented insurance company — alfa guaranty — whose aim was to provide a range of comprehensive financial services to its customers .
fridman’s alfa bank is the largest private bank in russia and has helped make its owner one of the richest men in the world . the london sunday times has called fridman’s company alfa group , which owns alfa bank , “one of the most controversial business empires on the planet . ”
mr . nazariyan is a member of advisory board of great circle fund ( usa ) and pamplona private equity fund ( uk ) . [ this was turned in 4 . 3 % alfa bank cancer research fund ] currently , mr . nazariyan holds various positions at alfa group consortium . between 1999 and 2002 he served as cfo of alfa bank holdings ltd . ( gibraltar ) — the ultimate holding company of alfa - banking group .
has repeatedly said that a swap of shares in vimpelcom and kyivstar between telenor and alfa group is an option , but hard to achieve in practice .
july 1997 , 40 % of tyumen oil company ( tnk ) shares were privatized in an investment tender . the tender was won by novy holdings a company jointly owned and controlled by alfa group and access industries / renova group .
rosvodokanal group , a leading private operator of water utilities in russia and cis .
letterone group , an investment vehicle specialising in energy , technology and private equity .
] . the fl group is an icelandic firm that had many ties to russian oligarchs close to putin ( see the fl group section for more ) . [
] . butina’s russian gun group paid some of the delegation’s travel expenses . [
may 2008 , x5 retail group n . v . successfully raised us $ 1 . 03 bln in equity capital in a fully - subscribed rights offering , with alfa group taking up its full pro - rata share of the offering .
july 2002 , alfa group made further investment into telecommunications by purchasing 16 . 2 % of kyivstar , one of the largest cellular communications providers in ukraine .
2007 , а1 and alfa capital partners together with partners acquired about 50 % of the independence group , one of the top five car dealers in russia .
“telenor continues to believe that farimex is an affiliate of , or controlled by , alfa group , and stands by all its allegations , ” he said .
1989 , alfa - eco the first company of alfa group consortium was founded ( it was renamed to a1 in 2005 ) . the company was focused on investment and commodities trading and distribution in russia , the cis and southeast asia .
certificate of service of summons and complaint as to alfa group , crown finance , ctf holdings , ltd . , alfa finance , elliot spitz , tyumen oil company by registered mail on 3 / 20 / 02 . answer due on 4 / 9 / 02 for alfa group , for crown finance , for ctf holdings , ltd . , for alfa finance , for elliot spitz , for tyumen oil company . ( moc ) ( entered : 04 / 10 / 2002 )
february 2008 , vimpelcom group completed purchase of 100 % of golden telecom , inc .
nordic operator telenor and russian conglomerate altimo ( alfa group ) ended years of legal disputes on monday with a plan to combine their common assets in russia and ukraine .
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in november 2005 , vimpelcom acquired 100 % of urs , after having got approval from vimpelcoms annual assembly . thereby , the alfa group owns shares in both urs (
july 2000 , alfa - eco and alfa - bank russia acquired 50 % of trading house smirnov with one of the world ' s major vodka trademarks .
early 1998 , alfa group and access industries / renova group purchased a further 9 % of tnk shares from private shareholders and an additional 1 . 1 % at a specialized auction , thus consolidating a controlling stake ( 50 . 1 % ) in tnk .
2007 , vimpelcom group signed a joint venture agreement to develop mobile telecommunication services in vietnam .
mr avdeev is responsible for financing , risk management and controlling of l1 energy group companies .
2005 , a1 was established to carry on the business of alfa - eco .
our in - house facilities enable alfa to deliver a wide range of products .
2006 , alfa capital partners acquired a stake in russian fitness group which controls the largest fitness chain in russia and cis ( world class , fizkult , reebok and maxisport ) .
nordic operator teliasonera and russian conglomerate altimo ( formerly known as the alfa group ) were playing happy families this week , agreeing to combine their telecoms assets in turkey and russia .
andrey bogdanov , head of research at gazprombank , says the long lasting telenor alfa group dispute , over strategic direction and expansion plans for vimpelcom had been expected to continue further .
( tnk ) . the arbitration court of khanty - mansinsk proclaimed for chernegorneft a new chief executive officer , with a background from alfa group . the main owner of chernogorneft was
alfastrakhovanie group one of the largest insurance companies in russia with a diversified portfolio of insurance products .
] . another lawsuit alleges that the icelandic firm , fl group , participated as well . [
december 1999 , when the russian government ( represented by the federal property fund ) tendered the remaining 49 . 8 % of tnk for privatisation , alfa group and access industries / renova group jointly won the tender , bringing their total ownership in tnk to 99 . 9 % .
) and alfa group , led by billionaire mikhail fridman , which in october agreed to merge their russian and ukrainian holdings after a long struggle over ownership . [ id : nl5637811 ]
the struggle for control of tnk - bp sank to new depths last week . alfa group and bp were involved in a tricky legal dispute in the 1990s , so the oil giant knew what to expect when alfa and its partners created tnk - bp in 2003 .
2003 , alfa - eco sold its stake in volga project to a strategic investor .
alfa - endo is funded by alfa bank , a large russian bank with subsidiaries in the united states , britain and cyprus . the largest shareholder is mikhail fridman , a billionaire with interests in banking , energy and telecoms . an official at the bank said : “alfa bank , and broadly speaking alfa group , act as financial sponsors for the project and that’s it … we are not aware who else is participating in the project otherwise . ”
in spring 2007 , a group of investors led by jóhannesson became the largest shareholder in iceland’s third largest bank , glitnir . their glitnir holding was through fl group , consequently the bank’s largest shareholder .
one of russia’s longest corporate battles came to an end on monday , with norway’s telenor set to merge its stakes in vimpelcom and kyivstar with those of alfa group’s telecoms arm , altimo .
in october 2014 alfa - bank russia acquired over 88 % shares of pjsc “baltiyskiy bank” .
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both reports claim that alfa bank has laundered drug funds from russian and colombian drug cartels .
alfa’s 2007 statement denied that it was the “primary” source of financing for iran’s nuclear program and insisted that fox had “erroneously suggested that alfa - bank , and by extension its chairman , mikhail fridman , and the alfa group as a whole , plays a principal and central role in the development of iran’s nuclear power program and the sale of aircraft to the government of iran . ”
march 2001 , alfa group acquired for a 43 . 8 % stake of us - listed golden telecom inc , one of the leading integrated telecommunications and internet companies operating throughout russia and the cis .
telia has been sparring with unlisted turkish conglomerate cukurova since 2005 when the turkish group backed away from a deal to sell shares in turkcell to telia , opting instead to form a venture with alfa .
the russian authorities should help resolve the dispute between the alfa group , vimpelcom and norway ' s telenor , which holds 29 . 9 % in vimpelcom , the russian prime minister said on tuesday .
confirmed this ruling on 7 march 2008 , and repeated the demand to enter into negotiations with alfa group over at transfer of the shares , but with no practical results . on 7 august 2009 the
may 2009 , vimpelcom group launched operations in cambodia under
beeline
brand via its subsidiary sotelco ltd .
in july 2016 shareholders of rosvodokanal group ( rvk ) increased share capital of rvk by rur 1 bln .
rosvodokanal group one of the leading regional companies in water - supply and waste water disposal operating in russia .
preferred to take funding from fl group over icelandic competitors because the firm was “closer to putin . ” [
rosneft has acquired 100 % of the company currently joint - owned by bp and the aar consortium ( alfa group , access industries and renova ) . russian president vladimir putin congratulated the two sides on the completion of the deal during a meeting with bp group chief executive robert dudley and rosneft president igor sechin .
teliasonera , the nordic region’s biggest telecom operator , said on thursday it had agreed with russian oil - to - telecoms group alfa to combine their holdings in mobile operators megafon in russia and in turkcell .
alfa group holds 25 . 1 percent of the shares in megafon , the third - largest mobile operator in russia , through its telecoms arm altimo , as well as 4 . 99 percent of turkcell .
the fsb report , too , claimed that the alfa group’s top executives , oligarchs mikhail fridman and pyotr aven , “allegedly participated in the transit of drugs from southeast asia through russia and into europe . ”
march 2001 , alfa - bank russia acquired 100 % of amsterdam trade bank n . v .
in may 2015 alfa asset management ( europe ) s . a . was founded in luxembourg .
reuters - «telenor confident as alfa bows to u . s . court» , 18 march 2009 .
together with college buddies and fellow billionaires german khan and alexei kuzmichev , ukraine native mikhal fridman shares control of alfa group , the biggest financial and industrial investment group in russia . the trio have been partners since 1989 , when they started commodities trader alfa - eco . two years later they launched alfa - bank , now the biggest private bank in russia . the group bought tyumen oil from the state in the late 1990s and merged it with bp’s russian assets to form tnk - bp . they sold their stakes in the oil giant in 2013 ; khan got $ 3 . 3 billion in cash from the deal . alfa group also has stakes in cellular company vimpelcom and owns russia’s second - biggest retailer , x5 . through letteroneholdings , which holds alfa’s foreign assets , it bought dea , a german oil and gas company , for $ 5 . 7 billion in march 2015 and invested $ 200 million in uber in february 2016 .
ids borjomi international group leading mineral water producer in russia , ukraine , georgia and the cis and baltic countries .
alfastrakhovanie group , one of the largest russian insurers with a diversified portfolio of comprehensive business and retail insurance products .
after moving the bayrock group to trump tower , arif developed a relationship with billionaire businessman donald trump . trump provided a licensing deal for the trump soho hotel in a joint venture between the bayrock group and the sapir organisation .
kommersant reports that the move may help resolve the long - running dispute between alfa group and the turkish holding company çukurova over the ownership of turkcell , which with over 60 million subscribers is turkey’s leading mobile operator .
birnbaum also cited a denial the company gave to fox news in 2007 when fox reported that fridman was “a key figure in russia’s dangerous policy of selling nuclear technology to the islamic republic of iran” and that alfa bank “serves as the primary financial agent for the nuclear power project . ” ( the fox news article did not note the connection between alfa bank and bgr group , focusing mostly on alfa’s telecommunications ambitions . )
prior to joining l1 technology , mr . gusev served as managing director at altimo ( 2013–2014 ) . in 2011–2012 , mr . gusev was chief executive officer of lse - listed x5 retail group n . v . , and from 2006 to 2010 , mr . gusev was director of business development and m & a of x5 retail group n . v . from 2001 to 2005 , { x5 belongs to alfa group ] mr . gusev served as director of portfolio management and control of alfa group with overall responsibility for investment planning . prior to joining alfa group , mr . gusev served in various positions at bain & company and deloitte consulting . in 2000 mr . gusev received his mba from the wharton business school of the university of pennsylvania ( usa ) . mr . gusev graduated with honors from the lomonosov moscow state university , faculty of applied mathematics & computer science .
alfa bank has spent some $ 3 million on bgr’s services since retaining the firm in 2002 . in the fourth quarter of 2011 , it paid the lobby group $ 140 , 000 , according to the group’s most recent filing . bgr’s total lobbying revenue topped $ 15 million last year , according to the center for responsive politics .
in august 2015 alfa - capital management company llc acquired eight mutual investment funds owned by interfin capital .
there are a number of current disputes regarding alfa ' s ownership of various stakes in telecoms companies .
alfa bank has a luxembourg - registered subsidiary alfa finance holdings . the company’s document trail shows that shapburg limited was a shareholder of alfa finance holdings . shapburg limited is an anonymous luxembourg - registered company which has been suspected of controlling important icelandic companies . the finding was reported in 2005 . [ 32 ]
, who helped draft trump’s first foreign policy speech , recently sat on alfa bank’s advisory board . [
according to the kriss - ejekam story , fl group willingly and knowingly took part in a scam . when i approached a person close to fl group , he maintained the investment had not been a scam but just one of many loss - making investments , not even a major investment , compared to what fl group was doing at the time .
russia’s altimo , the telecommunications arm of conglomerate alfa group said wednesday that norway’s telenor asa has dropped a lawsuit filed against it and its affiliate eco telecom in the u . s . federal district court in new york .
july 2009 , vimpelcom group launched operations in vietnam under
beeline
brand via gtel - mobile joint stock company .
х5 retail group leading multi - format food retailer in russia . x5 retail group’s shares are listed on the london stock exchange ( lse ) and moscow exchange ( moex ) in the form of global depositary receipts under the ticker “five” .
fridman has no such problems . his offshore holding company , luxembourg - based letterone group , is flush with resources .
diligence strongly denies wrongdoing . and if there was criminal activity , there is no reason to think alfa sanctioned it . besides , alfa says diligence never worked for it . however , diligence was employed by bgr , a firm of washington lobbyists . and bgr has worked for alfa ' s telecoms wing altimo .
in december 2015 abh ukraine limited , holding company which owns 100 % stake in alfa - bank ( ukraine ) , increased share capital of alfa - bank ( ukraine ) by uah 3 . 1 bln .
in january 2017 abh ukraine limited , holding company which owns 100 % stake in alfa - bank ( ukraine ) , increased authorised capital of alfa - bank ( ukraine ) by uah 4 . 7 bln .
newspaper reports suggest fas wants russian shareholders to have at least the same weight in vimpelcom as major foreign co - investors and alfa has called on the norwegian group to sell it a part of its stake to maintain parity .
] . two of alfa bank’s servers were communicating with a trump organization server during the election . ( see
2007 , a1 sold artel starateley amur , top - five gold and second largest platinum producer in russia to alliance group .
· bp was advised in this transaction by merrill lynch international , morgan stanley & co . limited and united financial group .
abb agrees to sell the remainder of its building systems business to the systems business wisag group based in frankfurt , germany .
around 2006 , bayrock , the trump org . , and ’fl group’ started working on the soho development in nyc . [
fl group was iceland’s largest private investment firm until it failed in 2008 ( taking the icelandic economy with it ) . [
abb agrees to acquire sweden - based alfa laval’s automation unit . alfa laval automation is one of europe’s five largest suppliers of process control systems and automation equipment . the unit employs 1 , 200 people in 14 countries .
stockholm , nov 12 ( reuters ) - teliasonera tlsn . st and alfa group said on thursday they would combine their eurasian mobile assets , a move that could help them resolve a bitter dispute over ownership of top turkish operator turkcell (
mikhail fridman mikhail maratovich fridman , born 21 april 1964 is a russian entrepreneur , business executive , and philanthropist . with russian and israeli citizenship , in 1988 he co - founded alfa - group , a large multi - national conglomerate .
filings with the securities and exchange commission this weekend show that russian conglomerate alfa group has raised its holding in russia’s second largest cellco , vimpelcom , to almost 40 per cent . alfa performed the move via gibraltar - based eco telecom , a wholly owned subsidiary of the russian firm . the move is expected to give altimo greater hold [ … ]
2007 , alfa capital partners completed fundraising for its first three funds bringing committed capital to us $ 701 mln .
in july 2015 alfa - bank ( belarus ) received us $ 30 mln and euro 4 mln syndicated loan .
in october 2015 alfa - bank ( russia ) increased its stake in pjsc “baltiyskiy bank” up to 100 % .
in february 2017 alfa - bank ( russia ) successfully closed rur 10 bln eurobond issue maturing in 5 years .
alfa capital management , an asset management company , which serves russian as well as international institutional and private clients .
) turkcell . alfa’s telecoms arm altimo sold 62 . 2 % of its stake to nadash international holding and russian - owned henri services ltd in a deal worth usd90 million bringing its total stake in turkcell down to 4 . 99 % . the court order is part of an ongoing dispute between alfa and the norwegian telenor group over their ukrainian investments . both alfa and telenor hold major stakes in ukraine’s leading wireless operator , kyivstar , which competes with turkcell - owned
the court hearing itself has been delayed until the end of september after the mysterious litigant , farimex said that it needed time to study claims made in a us court that it has links with the alfa group - which it has denied .
' s largest privately owned investment groups , with interests in oil and gas , commercial and investment banking , asset management , insurance , retail trade , telecommunications , water utilities and special situation investments . alfa group ' s portfolio of companies includes
october 2008 , vimpelcom group completed purchase of 49 . 9 % of euroset , russia ' s largest mobile handset retail chain .
, the fl group was nearly impossible to regulate because of its complex dependent financial relationship with the three largest icelandic banks . [
alfa group * companies are known for their multi - year tradition of charitable activities and support to society and communities in which alfa * operates . while alfa * aims to achieve leadership in all its businesses , the commercial strategy of each of its businesses will always be closely aligned with a strong sense of corporate social responsibility . alfa * is also proud of it ' s cooperation with the russian international affairs council ( riac ) , a non - profit membership organization whose activities are aimed at strengthening peace , friendship and solidarity between nations , preventing international conflicts and promoting crisis settlement .
oslo / moscow , aug 16 ( reuters ) - russian billionaire mikhail fridman’s alfa group and norway’s telenor brought some respite to their fight for control of vimpelcom by taking near - equal stakes in deals which have buoyed shares in the mobile operator .
moscow , may 19 ( ria novosti ) - the russian authorities should help resolve the dispute between the alfa group , vimpelcom and norway ' s telenor , which holds 29 . 9 % in vimpelcom , the russian prime minister said on tuesday .
june 2008 , x5 retail group n . v . purchased 100 % of karusel , a large chain of hypermarkets operating in russia giving x5 retail group n . v . immediate and significant presence in the fast - developing hypermarket segment of st . petersburg and moscow .
, ruled that cukurova had violate the shareholder ' s agreement by selling their shares on to the alfa group . the court demanded cukurova to see to it that the shares be transferred back and re - sold to teliasonera . a court of appeal in
when first approached about this story , jeffrey birnbaum , the top spokesman for bgr group , and a former wall street journal reporter who specialized in in - depth coverage of lobbying , dismissed any effort to link bgr , alfa and iran as misguided .
may 2001 , alfa - eco acquired 25 % + 1 voting shares of vimpel - communications and vimpelcom - r .
the dispute between telenor and alfa has typified the challenges many overseas investors face in russia’s oligarch - dominated business world .
urltoken alex knaster on board of alfa bank 1980–2004 put his money that he made running the pamplona fund and created a 4 . 30 % share of alfa bank called - the mark foundation for cancer research which is registered in the us
by february of 1998 , however , following meetings at alfa’s offices in moscow , paly agreed to divest his stake in tyumen oil to alfa . one month later , alfa bought an additional 1 . 17 percent of tyumen oil as part of the long - delayed second auction , raising its total stake in the oil company to a 51 percent controlling position .
part of fl group’s eye - watering losses was the bayrock adventure . fl group set up a company in iceland , fl bayrock holdco , financed by the icelandic mother company . already in 2008 the fl group bayrock was a loss - making enterprise , its three fl bayrock us companies were written off with losses amounting to isk17 . 6bn , now €157m . when the icelandic fl bayrock finally failed in january 2014 stoðir ( earlier fl group ) was more or less the only creditor , its claims amounting to isk13bn ; no assets were found .
bruce marks , an american lawyer acting for norex , said he was
shocked
that the bp chief executive lord browne had announced plans on tuesday to team up 50 - 50 with alfa and its tnk oil group in the ground - breaking deal .
telenor opposed the transaction that diluted its stake in vimpelcom because it saddled vimpelcom with billions of dollars of debt and distracted it from the russian market where it ceded the no . 2 spot to megafon , then also co - owned by alfa - group .
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in may 2016 a1 announced receiving control over 50 % stake in apg polyplastic , which owns 96 . 5 % stake in polyplastic group .
bp had filed its own legal dispute in new york against alfa and others at the end of the 1990s over allegations that the russians had seized assets belonging to sidanco , in which the uk energy group had a 10 % and later a 25 % holding .
. teliasonera and cukurova agreed on a binding shareholders ' agreement in 2005 , depriving cukurova from the right to sell turkcell shares without the prior consent of teliasonera , and with the latter company ' s right of first priority to buy eventual shares from cukurova . however , cukurova sold their shares to alfa group that same year . through this us $ 3 . 5 bn purchase , alfa group exercised control of turkcell ' s board of directors already from first quarter , 2006 . in january 2007 , a court of appeal in
in october 2015 alfa - bank ( russia ) has successfully placed rouble bond issue in the amount of rur 10 bln .
. telenor and alfa disagree over the latter ' s ownership in three of kyivstar ' s competitors in the ukrainian market .
, but was rejected . alfa reacted to their legal loss by boycotting all normal shareholder activity in kyivstar , for four years from 2004 , effectively blocking the business of annual assemblies , and avoiding the consolidation and ratification of kyivstar ' s annual accounts . no dividends were paid after 2003 . in february 2006 , telenor took the issue to a u . s federal court in new york . on 16 december 2008 , alfa group resumed normal shareholder activities , joined in the election of a new board of directors , and agreed to pay accumulated dividends . on 11 march 2009 , the federal district court in new york ruled for the second time that alfa companies altimo , storm , alpren and hardlake had revealed contempt for the court by not depositing their kyivstar shares in the united states . alfa group was convicted to daily penalties of us $ 100 , 000 from 12 march , and a further 100 , 000 daily if not either alfa ' s shares in kyivstar be sold , or ownership in competing business be reduced to a maximum 5 % . neon 28 april 2009 , the new york court ruled that alfa group had submitted to the legal rulings . judge
abb begins operations on jan . 5 , 1988 . in the first year , some 15 acquisitions are made , among them the environmental control group fläkt ab of sweden , the contracting group sadelmi / cogepi , italy , and railway manufacturer scandia - randers a / s of denmark .
the move - underlining the dangers of dealing with russia - came as environmental campaigners condemned bp ' s $ 6 . 75bn ( £4 . 2bn ) deal with russia ' s alfa group for potentially compromising bp ' s
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alfa’s stake increase was also made possible by sawiris’ decision to exit . alfa said on wednesday it bought a 14 . 8 percent voting stake from weather for $ 3 . 6 billion , raising its holding to 40 . 5 percent from 25 percent .
the fsb report also claims that top officials of the alfa group “cooperated” with a number of russian crime organizations , notably the notorious solntsevo mob family in moscow . the russian - american specialist on business practices in russia , who has a wide array of contacts inside russia’s law enforcement and intelligence communities , agreed that alfa bank , as well as others , are used by the solntsevo crime family .
reached by telephone , alexander tolchinskiy , an officer of alfa bank in moscow , described as “nonsense” the reports that alfa or its bosses had been involved in the trafficking of drugs or the laundering of drug profits . another alfa official said that the reports were planted by representatives of a competing company , whom he would not identify , which wanted to take over the commodities trade .
2007 , a1 sold a 10 % stake in rosvodokanal group , a leader in water supply and disposal systems in russia , to deutsche bank .
] . as of 2 / 17 / 17 , flynn’s former aide was leading scl group’s efforts to win contracts with the us government . [
then , last june , telenor filed a lawsuit against alfa group , accusing it of insider trading in relation to the purchase of vimpelcom shares . in march this year , altimo filed a $ 1bn lawsuit against telenor for delaying vempelcom ' s entry to the ukranian market .
bp and the alfa group and access - renova ( aar ) said today that they have agreed in principle to combine their interests in russia to create the country ' s third biggest oil and gas business , in which they will each have a 50 per cent stake .
in august 2017 expert ra rating agency assigned alfa - bank ( russia ) «ruaa» national - scale credit rating with stable outlook .
alfa asset management ( europe ) s . a . luxembourg - based asset management company for private and corporate clients in europe .
“alfa has had a relationship only with atomstroyexport , not the others , ” the ceo replied via birnbaum . “with rosatom , it was all words , nothing happened . bank laws prohibit alfa from answering the question about how much money it’s made available . ”
the year after , bp and alfa group merged all their oil and gas interests into a 50 / 50 joint venture , in spite of bp ' s legal and financial losses in the yugraneft disputes since 1999 . the new venture controlled both sidanko og tnk from 11 february 2003 . the merger implied that norex ' stake of 97 % in yugraneft come under control of alfa group and bp . norex , thereby , saw their possessions dwindle and transferred partly to bp , and appealed for copies of bp documents before a us court . in 2004 the
smárason was first on the board until he became a ceo in october 2005 . the duo oversaw the take - over of flugleiðir , sold off assets and turned the company into an investment company , fl group ; inter alia fl group was for a short while the largest shareholder in easyjet .
1992 , alfa group founded crown trade and finance group , later known as crown resources ag , based in zug , switzerland , with branches in london and gibraltar and representative offices in moscow , baghdad , havana , caracas and singapore , which was focused on trading of physical commodities with the territories of the caribbean basin and latin america , the middle and far east , africa , and russia as well as other cis countries .
the leading food retailer in russia . x5 retail group shares are listed on london stock exchange ( lse ) in the form of global depositary receipts .
shareholders of abb elect hubertus von grünberg to the board of directors at the group’s annual general meeting in zurich today . the board names him chairman .
preliminary pre - trial statment by norex petroleum , acess industries , renova , inc . , leonard blavatnik , victor vekselberg , alfa group , crown finance , ctf holdings , ltd . , alfa finance , crown luxembourg , elliot spitz , tyumen oil company , simon kukes , joseph bakaleynik , lt enterprises , sandwell enterprises , eastmount properties , astons corporate . ( moc ) ( entered : 07 / 02 / 2002 )
, alternet ) , via its russian technologies venture fund . telenor said the tribunal ruling specifically directed alfa to sell shareholdings in turkcell and
the post says it told rosen that fridman’s alfa bank helped fund atomstroyexport , the company that completed the nuclear power plant at bushehr .
, contesting the declination of telenor ' s three vimpelcom board members to approve the urs acquisition . eco telecom especially contested telenor ' s vetoing power in the vimpelcom shareholder agreement . after the trial , alfa group declined during four years to take part in the board of managers meetings in ukrainian
in december 2012 a1 sold its 34 . 83 % stake in systematica group of companies , one of the leading providers of it - services in russia .
in july 2015 x5 retail group acquired 100 stores owned by soseddushka retail chain in orenburg and the orenburg region for further rebranding as pyaterochka and perekrestok stores .
unicredit announced the intention of selling ukrsotsbank in the strategic plan of the group for the period up to 2018 , which was presented in november last year .
born may 1953 , a kazakh real estate developer and investor . he is the founder of the bayrock group . arif is believed to live in turkey .
views the farimex vs . telenor case as even more serious to russia ' s credibility than earlier legal battles . and judge gerard e . lynch , presiding in the new york appeal cases lodged by telenor over kyivstar , has criticized alfa group ' s utilisation of remote courts in western siberia .
. - «alfa held in contempt for second time by us court ; telenor ' s vimpelcom shares arrested in russia» , 12 march 2009 .
december 2005 , alfa group acquired an indirect , effective 13 . 2 % interest in nyse - listed turkcell iletisim hizmetleri , as , ( the leading wireless telecommunications service provider in turkey ) through the purchase of a 49 % interest in cukurova telecom holdings which effectively owned an indirect interest in turkcell .
september 2009 , vimpelcom group signed an agreement for the acquisition of a 78 % stake in millicom lao co . ltd , a mobile telecom operator in laos .
in september 2015 x5 retail group signed a rur 24 bln long - term unsecured loan facility agreement with vtb bank with tranches maturing in up to 3 years .
november 2008 , alfa - bank russia purchased a controlling stake in severnaya kazna , a distressed regional bank operating in the urals region of russia .
in response to breaches by alfa of the provisions of the vimpelcom shareholders agreement that relate to the nomination of candidates for election to the board of directors of vimpelcom , telenor has today commenced an arbitration proceeding against alfa’s affiliates , eco telecom limited , eco holdings limited and ctf holdings limited .
in june 2013 alfa group’s shareholders established letterone holdings s . a . , a new luxembourg based investment vehicle which was seeded with us $ 15 . 36 bln . the vehicle will invest initially into oil & gas and telecommunications opportunities but has an unrestricted mandate allowing investment across virtually all geographies and industry segments .
2008 , а1 acquired a large stake in systematica group of companies which is a leading provider of it solutions and among top 10 system integrators in the russian market .
“just because alfa bank had a line of credit with an entity that did business with iran does not make alfa a financier of iran’s nuclear program , ” birnbaum told huffpost via email . “the last time alfa had any contact with any part of this was way back in 2008 . ” he said the bank chose to back away from what he dubbed “even the bank shot connections” after the united nations security council voted to sanction iran .
its stable of brands includes abarth , alfa romeo , chrysler , dodge , fiat , fiat professional , jeep , lancia , ram , maserati and mopar , the parts and service brand . the group’s businesses also include comau ( production systems ) , magneti marelli ( components ) and teksid ( iron and castings ) .
an arbitration court in the us has ruled in favour of norwegian telco telenor over russia’s alfa group in a dispute over control of kyivstar , ukraine’s largest cellco by subscribers , but alfa said the verdict would have no impact because it could not be enforced in ukraine . the new york court ordered the russian conglomerate’s subsidiary storm to sell its 43 . 5 % stake in kyivstar , which is 56 . 5 % - controlled by telenor , or divest its holdings in competing ukrainian wireless operators , within 120 days . the two groups are also fighting for control of russian cellco vimpelcom , which is 44 % - owned by alfa’s telecoms arm altimo , with 30 % held by telenor . the norwegian group objected to vimpelcom’s purchase of a rival ukrainian cellco , ukrainian radio systems , in 2005 , which has since been rebranded under vimpelcom’s beeline trademark . golden telecom , which offers fixed and mobile services in both russia and the ukraine , is another regional player partly belonging to the pair ( alfa 30 % , telenor 20 % ) , whilst alfa also has an indirect interest in another ukrainian
july 1997 , alfa - bank russia successfully placed the us $ 175 mln . eurobond issue which was the first eurobond placement by russian private bank .
that document and the fsb report claim that alfa bank , one of russia’s largest and most profitable , as well as alfa eko , a trading company , had been deeply involved in the early 1990s in laundering of russian and colombian drug money and in trafficking drugs from the far east to europe .
norway ' s telenor and russia ' s alfa group , the two main shareholders in russia ' s second - largest mobile operator vimpelcom , have been embroiled in a long - running and bitter dispute over vimpelcom ' s move into the ukrainian market , with several lawsuits filed by each party in the past few years .
swedish telecoms group teliasonera and russia’s alfa group have agreed to combine their holdings in mutual interests turkcell and megafon , the financial times reports . the holdings will be combined in a new company , listed on the new york stock exchange , with the two sides sharing similar ownership and equal influence over the entity . ‘i am very pleased that we have reached an agreement with altimo [ the telecoms arm of alfa ] to combine our efforts in resolving the legal disputes , which have been going on far too long , ’ said lars nyberg , chief executive of teliasonera . the two companies have been involved in a legal battle over their respective stakes in turkcell since 2005 , when turkcell shareholder cukurova holding reneged on an exclusivity agreement with the swedish firm to sell shares to alfa . teliasonera owns 43 . 8 % of megafon , the third largest russian mobile operator , and 37 . 3 % of turkcell , turkey’s largest mobile group . meanwhile , alfa owns 25 . 1 % of megafon through altimo , and 4 . 99 % of turkcell via an 18 . 5 % stake in cukurova holding . as reported by commsupdate on 2 november , alexei reznikovich , chief executive of altimo had previously announced that the company planned to merge the assets . alfa had followed a similar tactic to conclude an ongoing legal conflict with norwegian group telenor over the operation of mutual investments in russia and the ukraine , eventually agreeing to merge their holdings into a usd23 billion telecoms firm .
alfa bank has been a client of bgr group since 2002 , according to lobbying disclosure records . barbour was elected governor of mississippi in november 2003 , left the firm , and took office in january 2004 . after two gubernatorial terms , he returned to his washington lobby shop this year . during his time as governor , barbour continued to receive payments related to his past bgr group activities through a blind trust — payments of at least $ 300 , 000 per year , according to the trust agreement .
in october 2014 x5 retail group acquired 100 % stake in llc “agrotorg - samara” to get a control over pokupochka , a chain of convenience stores in samara and samara region .
investigators said they are also searching for another suspect , mikhail slobodin , the head of russia’s division of the vimpelcom telecom group , which is controlled by russian billionaire mikhail fridman .
analytica and its british parent company , scl group , collect vast amounts of data about voter’s attitudes and beliefs in order to persuade swing voters via targeted social media messages . [
. as a holding company , in the financial year ending december 2010 alfa group had total assets of us $ 59 , 900 million , total equity of us $ 21 , 790 million and profit for the financial year of us $ 2 , 810 million . return on shareholders ' equity were recorded at 13 . 4 % .
in terms of sales , perekrestok , which runs a leading chain of supermarkets in russia , and karusel , one of the largest hypermarket chains in russia . listed on london stock exchange under the symbol five . alfa group owns 47 . 86 % of the company , 19 . 85 % stake belongs to the founders of pyaterochka .
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anthony johnson was a black man and former indentured servant in 17th century virginia who was able to purchase his freedom . upon becoming free , johnson purchased land as well as servants . one such servant , john casar , claimed that johnson was illegally holding him well past the expiration of his indenture , whereas johnson argued that casar had no indenture and was a slave for life . the dispute was settled in court , with the judgment in johnson ' s favor . definition : an indentured servant was a laborer who promised to work for an employer for a certain number of years in return for the employer paying their passage to america . citation : northampton county ( va . ) deeds and wills , etc . 1645 - 1718 . northampton county ( va . ) march 8 , 1654 / 5 , 7 ( 1655–1668 ) , fol . 10 . , local government records collection , northampton county court records . the library of virginia , richmond , virginia .
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