Timchenko’s foundation managers
…Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Timchenko is a billionaire, long-time shareholder of Bank “Rossiya”, co-founder of judo club, “Yavara Neva”, and one of the leading winners of government procurement contracts in Russia with “Volga Group”. He has been Vladimir Putin’s friend since the early 1990s. Putin recognized this only in 2011, claiming that he did not help Timchenko to build his oil empire. In 2003, Timchenko denied any relation to Putin to a Swiss newspaper, which was curious about the fortune of a newcomer in Geneva. He also said he was “almost retired” and not active in business. With $18.9…