Gennady Timchenko
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Gennady Nikolayevich Timchenko (Russian: Геннадий Николаевич Тимченко) is a prominent Russian businessman, citizen of both Russia and Finland [1], currently living in Geneva, Switzerland.
He served in the First Chief Directorate of KGB (Foreign intelligence). [2] In 1987 – 1994 he led the state-owned Kirishineftekhimexport enterprise.
He is also believed to have full control over Swiss oil trading company Gunvor. [3]
In February 2004, Ivan Rybkin, a contender running for the Russian presidency, former speaker of the State Duma and former member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, claimed that incumbent Russian President Vladimir Putin was involved in shady business activities together with Timchenko, and that Timchenko effectively had control over Russian oil giant Surgutneftegaz. [4]
[edit] External links
- Кому кто повезет by Игорь Прокопьев, Елена Вранцева, Андрей Деменков. Russian Newsweek, #3 (129), January 15, 2007.
- Biography by Vladimir Pribylovsky (in Russian).
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