RBC: Agalarov and Fedun will leave the board of the RSPP

It is planned to exclude more than 15 businessmen from the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), including the president of the Crocus Group Araz Agalarov, the former vice president and co-owner of LUKOIL Leonid Fedun, reports RBC with reference to sources. The decision to expel businessmen is planned to be announced at the RUIE congress on March 16.

It is also planned to exclude ex-head of Russian Post Maxim Akimov, co-owner of USM Alisher Usmanov, former managing partner of EY consulting company for the CIS countries Alexander Ivlev, ex-head of SIBUR Dmitry Konov and chairman of the board of directors of the Siberian generating company Stepan Solzhenitsyn from the board, sources said. editions.

According to RBC, the main motive for leaving the RSPP for most businessmen is the imposition of sanctions against Russia or them personally, because of which they want “as little publicity as possible.”

The exit from the union was confirmed to the publication by Alexander Ivlev, who explained this decision termination of work EY (Ernst & Young, Russian office continues work under the B1 brand) in Russia after the outbreak of the armed conflict in Ukraine. According to Mr. Ivlev, the company also withdrew from the board of the RSPP.

The representative of Mr. Konov also confirmed his departure from the union. He recalled that Dmitry Konov back in March 2022, after the introduction of EU sanctions against him, left the position of Chairman of the Management Board of PJSC SIBUR Holding, and also resigned from the Board of Directors of PJSC SIBUR Holding, the Management Board of PJSC SIBUR Holding and LLC SIBUR, along with which he ceased to be an active businessman and employer. Mr. Konov has not taken part in the activities of the RSPP since that moment, the representative of the businessman added.

A representative of the Russian Post told the publication that membership in industry and business associations is issued to the new CEO of the company. After Mr. Akimov left this post and destination for this position of Mikhail Volkov, the company sent data on a new representative to the RSPP, added the Russian Post.

The Board of the RSPP is a collegiate governing body of the union, elected by the congress and carrying out general management of the activities of the RSPP. The Board is formed on the basis of the principle of representation of the majority of the regional branches of the union, which are actively involved in the implementation of its goals. website RSPP.

According to Bloomberg sources, at the union’s congress on March 16, which will be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, leading members of the RSPP intend to express concern about the growing role of the state in the Russian economy. “Kommersant” got acquainted with the draft annual report of the profile committee of the RSPP and the Higher School of Economics “Control, supervision and licensing activities in the Russian Federation”, which will be discussed today, March 14, as part of Russian Business Weeks. In the document, the union asks to reduce the number of mandatory requirements for control and supervision activities (CND) of business.

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Erdni Kagaltynov