According to Alexey Borisovich, business is an intermediate activity of enterprising people between art and war. His colleagues have always noted his diligence, diligence, faith in partners and the ability to achieve his goal, thanks to which he achieved success.

From the moment A. Miller occupied a responsible post in Gazprom, the following opinions began to be expressed about his merits:

• always prepared figure
• walks in line
• knows how to bow
• arrogant
• touchy
• his life and service to the cause are like a shadow.

This person does not like noisy companies and for the most part prefers to spend time in a small circle of the closest people. Alexey is fond of skiing, plays the guitar well and sings. In his household, he takes care of two thoroughbred stallions named Merry and Fragrant. In 2002, at the Moscow hippodrome, the horse Vesely won a prize at the races. Since that time, Fragrant has also won prizes more than 10 times, coming first to the finish line 7 times. By the way, if we talk about Alexei's sports hobbies, then he is an avid Zenit fan, he loves to play football himself, besides, he Vice President of the Football Union of the Russian Federation.

Alexei Borisovich does not like to spread about his family life. It is only well known that he has a wife, Irina, and together they are raising their common son, Mikhail, and a daughter from their first marriage. Alexei spends all his free time in a narrow family circle.

Biography

Alexei Borisovich was born in Leningrad in 1962 on January 31 in a family of employees of a research institute of the aviation industry. Since Alexei's father, Boris Vasilyevich, passed away early, only his mother was engaged in raising her son - Lyudmila Alexandrovna. The origin of the surname Miller is rooted in ancestors who came from Germany.

The school years of the future economist passed within the walls of the Leningrad school-gymnasium №330 in the Nevsky district of the city. Upon completion of school studies with honors, in 1979, Alexei entered the LFEI (financial and economic institute) and graduated in 1984. At that time there was a movement of economist-reformers in Leningrad, whose leader was A. Chubais; Alexey Miller was active among them.

After graduating from the institute, Alexei entered the position of an engineer-economist at the Research Institute of Lenproekt and soon received the junior scientific title of a graduate student, thus becoming on the path to improving the acquired knowledge. As his skills improved, in 1990 he received the title of junior researcher at the Lenproekt and began working on the Committee for Economic Reforms in the Executive Committee of the Lensoviet. Here Alexei Borisovich holds a post deputy chairman of the mayor's office and becomes an executive officer for external relations. By the way, at one time this position was held by V. Putin . Since the start of Putin's presidency, Miller has served as Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.

Later, under the leadership of the President of the Russian Federation, Miller developed investment zones in St. Petersburg, in particular in Pulkovo, where, with his participation, branches of enterprises " Coca Cola" and " Gillette". In the "Parnas" area, the production facilities of the brewery " Baltic". In the course of his investment activities, Miller attracted the capital of foreign banks into Russian business Dresden Bank and Lyon Credit.

In 1996, the investment activity of A. Miller was replaced by his taking the post of general director of the St. Petersburg seaport. After that, until 2000, he served as the general director of the Baltic Pipeline System.

Since 2000, Alexander Borisovich has become a state political figure - Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.

Miller's career rise to Gazprom

A.B. Miller in 2001 was appointed by President V. Putin to the position of Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at Gazprom. Sometimes you can hear that this appointment in the holding is dictated by the president's desire to take full control over the gas empire. Today, Miller justifies the presidential intentions and significantly strengthens the state role in Gazprom.

Alexey Borisovich also manages: Gazpromneft, Gazfond, SOGAZ, Gazprombank, and since 2012, Russian Hippodromes.

Alexey Miller today

Today A. Miller is the owner of 0.00096% of the shares of PJSC Gazprom, which, under his leadership, sponsors the matches of the football club "". Miller was repeatedly re-elected to the position of director of Gazprom, and in 2011 he again occupies this post for a five-year term. On May 31, 2016, he was again unanimously elected for 5 years as the holding's manager.

In 2017, Miller was awarded a state award, the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, first degree. But this is only one of the previous multiple orders, letters, awards and distinctions.

According to information in the Internet newspaper Fontanka.ru, the head of the largest Russian company in the energy sector approved the work of S. Slepakov about oil; the single's videos are now shown on many TV channels in the country.

According to the publication of the English edition of Harvard Business Review, A. Miller has been on the first lines in the list of the best top managers of the planet since 2010; in one year he earned $25 million.

If you want to achieve success in life in your affairs, follow the advice of Alexei Miller: our whole life is a mirror of the behavior of each of us, and the plan is necessarily realized.

In 1984 he graduated from the Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute named after N.A. Voznesensky. In 1989 he completed his postgraduate studies at the same university.

Alexey Miller was born on January 31, 1962 in St. Petersburg. The boy grew up in a Russian German family. Mother, Lyudmila Alexandrovna Miller, father, Boris Vasilyevich Miller. Alexei's parents worked in a closed military enterprise of the Scientific and Production Association "Leninets".

The guy studied at a specialized gymnasium with a mathematical bias No. 330 in his hometown. Football was Miller's only hobby. Alexei passionately supported Zenit and did not miss a single game of his favorite club.

After graduating from school with excellent grades, he managed to enter the local financial and economic institute the first time, which he successfully graduated in 1984 and received a diploma of "engineer-economist". For several years after receiving his diploma, Miller worked in his specialty at the St. Petersburg Research and Design Institute, however, being a capable student, in 1986 he decided to continue his studies in graduate school. Three years later, Miller became a candidate of economic sciences.

After graduate school, the young specialist continued his work at the St. Petersburg Research and Design Institute as a junior researcher, and in 1990 he transferred to the executive committee of the St. Petersburg Council, where he headed the Committee on Economic Reforms.

The next step in the career ladder of a successful Russian economist was the Committee on Foreign Relations in the mayor's office of St. Petersburg, in which Vladimir Putin was Miller's immediate supervisor. This collaboration was a key moment in the further successful biography of Alexei Borisovich.

Thanks to Miller, the development of the first investment zones in the city took place: "Pulkovo" and "Parnas", where the factories "Gillette", "Coca-Cola", "Baltika" were built. At the same time, Alexei Borisovich introduced the first foreign banks, Lyons Credit and Dresden Bank, on the territory of St. Petersburg. Miller also developed the hotel business and headed the board of directors of the Europe Hotel.

From 1996 to 2000 Alexey Miller held the position of Director for Development and Investments of JSC "Sea Port of St. Petersburg", and was also the General Director of the Open Joint Stock Company "Baltic Pipeline System".

After Vladimir Putin's victory in the presidential elections in 2000, many of his colleagues in the St. Petersburg administration received senior positions in the Government and state enterprises of Russia. Alexey Miller, who received the post of Deputy Minister of Energy, was no exception. For his successful work in his position, experts and politicians predicted the successful economist the post of Minister of Energy of Russia, but their assumptions did not come true. In 2001, Miller became the head of the board of OAO Gazprom.

In 2002, Miller took the position of Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO Gazprom. By this time, the organization had undergone major personnel changes. Being far from energy, Miller needed people for whom this area is not alien. A number of leadership positions went to people with whom the new chairman of the board had already worked, other appointments came from the Kremlin, some managed to keep their posts.

In 2010, the American magazine Harvard BusinessReview ranked Miller in third place in the ranking of the world's most effective top managers. In 2013, he took third place in the Forbes list, and was named one of the most expensive Russian managers.

During Miller's tenure, Gazprom became the global energy business leader in the world. The gas giant received large assets in the oil and energy sectors, strengthened its position in the export direction, created strong economic ties with Italian and German corporations, began implementing projects to diversify supplies, and signed strategic agreements for gas supplies to the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. At the same time, Miller managed to eliminate the actual competition of Gazprom in the gas sector.

In 2018, Miller oversaw the construction of Nord Stream 2, which runs along the bottom of the Baltic Sea, and also supervised the launch of the Turkish Stream, laid through the Black Sea. In the autumn of the same year, he reported on the construction of 200 km of the proposed 1200 km of the Nord Stream and on the laying of the Turkish Stream pipe with the final joint.

As of January 2019, Alexey Borisovich is fond of football and remains a fan of the St. Petersburg club Zenit. He is the Vice President of the Russian Football Union. Miller also likes equestrian sports. Over time, the hobby grew into the fact that the manager holds the position of head of the Russian Hippodromes JSC. The main task set by the President is the revival of national equestrian sport.

Vladimir Putin September 9, 2019 held a working meeting with Alexey Miller. The head of the energy company informed the President of Russia about the current work, the preparations for the autumn-winter season and the prospects for the implementation of one of the largest projects - the Power of Siberia. The interaction between Gazprom and Ukrainian and European consumers of Russian gas was also discussed.

Prime Minister of Russia October 18, 2019 held a working meeting with Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee. The results of the company’s activities since the beginning of 2019, the preparations for the upcoming winter season, as well as issues related to gas transit through Ukraine were discussed.

Vladimir Putin November 26, 2019 held a working meeting with Minister of Energy Alexander Novak and Alexey Miller. The readiness of the country's energy complex to work in the winter period was discussed. Issues of Russian-Ukrainian cooperation in the energy sector were considered separately.

Alexey Miller Awards

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st class (2017)

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2006)

Order of Alexander Nevsky (2014)

Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", II degree (March 2, 2002) - for great services in strengthening the Russian statehood and many years of conscientious service

Order of the "Cross of the Hungarian Republic", II degree (Hungary) - for merits in energy cooperation

Order of Saint Mesrop Mashtots (Republic of Armenia)

Order of Dostyk II degree (Kazakhstan) - awarded on the basis of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 2, 2006 for his contribution to the strengthening and development of cooperation between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation.

Order of Honor (South Ossetia, August 24, 2009) - for merits in strengthening friendship and cooperation between peoples, a great personal contribution to the construction of the Dzuarikau - Tskhinval gas pipeline

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italy, February 12, 2010)
Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh II degree (ROC)

Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov, I degree (ROC, 2009)

Order of Glory and Honor II degree (ROC, 2013) - in consideration of the work for the benefit of the Russian Orthodox Church and in connection with the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra

Honorary citizen of the city of Astrakhan (2008)

Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology (2010)

Order of the Nizhny Novgorod region "For civil valor and honor" I degree (2010)

Order of Labor, 1st class (Vietnam, 2011)

Honorary diploma of the President of the Russian Federation (February 6, 2012) - for merits in the development of the gas complex and many years of conscientious work

Order "For Merit to the Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan" (2012, Metropolitan District of Kazakhstan of the Russian Orthodox Church)

Order of Friendship (Armenia) (2015)

Badge of honor "For taking care of the beauty of the city" (Government of St. Petersburg, 2016)

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Miller Alexey Borisovich is the chairman of the board of OAO Gazprom

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Miller Alexey Borisovich (Miller Alexey Borisovich) is

- this is Chairman of the Management Board of OAO Gazprom since 2001, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom Neft, Gazprombank and Sogaz. Candidate of Economic Sciences. Born on January 31, 1962 in Leningrad. He has a number of state awards and titles, including the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree in 2006. Married, has a son.

The family of Miller Alexei Borisovich

Alexey Borisovich Miller was born on January 31, 1962 and was the only child in the family. His parents worked in the closed enterprise NPO Leninets, which developed on-board equipment for aviation. The head of the family passed away early, the child was raised by his mother. In 1979 he entered the Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute, after graduating from the institute, having received the specialty "economist", got a job at LenNIIproekt. In 1986 he entered the graduate school of LenNIIproekt. He graduated in 1989 with a Ph.D.

At the moment Alexey Miller with his wife Irina, they are raising their son Mikhail. The family lives in two houses - in St. Petersburg and Moscow.

Professional experience of Miller Alexey Borisovich

After graduating from the institute, he worked as an engineer-economist in the master plan workshop of the Leningrad Research and Design Institute for Housing and Civil Construction LenNIIproekt of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.

In the 80s, A. Miller was a member of the informal club of young economists "Synthesis", which included mainly his acquaintances from the "finek". The members of the club were Anatoly Chubais, Andrei Illarionov, Mikhail Manevich (vice-governor of St. Petersburg, killed in 1997), Mikhail Dmitriev and Alexei Kudrin. Later, the future head of Gazprom worked with some of them in the executive committee of the Leningrad City Council. In 1990 A. Miller headed a subdepartment in the Committee for Economic Reform of the Lensoviet Executive Committee. Alexei Kudrin was then the deputy chairman of this committee, and Anatoly Chubais was the deputy head of the Lensoviet executive committee.

But, as it turned out later, a key role in the future fate of A. Miller was played by his next place of work - in the Committee for External Relations (FAC) of the St. turned out to be the future President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

The future head of Gazprom worked in the KVS until 1996. in different positions. It is believed that he contributed to the arrival of large Western banks in St. Petersburg, including Dresdner Bank, which later became a partner in the gas holding. A. Miller represented the interests of the city in joint ventures and supervised the hotel business - he was a member of the board of directors of the Europe Hotel.

In 1996 power changed in the mayor's office of St. Petersburg - Anatoly Sobchak lost the gubernatorial election. After that, most of the members of his team, including A. Miller, also resigned from the St. Petersburg administration. He became the Director for Development and Investments of OAO "Sea Port of St. Petersburg", and in 1999. - Director General of OAO "Baltic Pipeline System".

After V. Putin was elected President of the Russian Federation in 2000, his former subordinate A. Miller moved to Moscow and took the post of Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation. In this position, he oversaw the issues of foreign economic activity and international cooperation in the fuel and energy sector. Since January 2001 A. Miller headed the commission for the development of conditions for the use of subsoil and the preparation of a draft PSA for the Shtokman field. The media predicted the post of Minister of Energy for A. Miller, but in the end he received the position of Chairman of the Board of Gazprom after the seemingly unsinkable Rem Vyakhirev was removed from this post. Thus, the era of the Chernomyrdin-Vyakhirevsky gas business ended and the era of Gazprom controlled by the state began. A. Miller was tasked with changing the structure of Gazprom, returning the assets lost during the reign of R. Vyakhirev, and engaging in the financial recovery of the concern.

Awards and titles of Alexey Borisovich Miller

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree;

Medal of the Order "3a Merit to the Fatherland" II degree;

Order of the Cross of the Hungarian Republic II degree for merit in energy cooperation;

Order of Saint Mesrop Mashtots (Republic of Armenia);

Order "Dostyk" ("Friendship") II degree (Republic of Kazakhstan);

Order of Honor (Republic of South Ossetia);

Order of Merit for the Italian Republic;

Order of Labor of the first degree (Socialist Republic of Vietnam);

Order of the Russian Orthodox Church of Sergius of Radonezh II degree;

Patriarchal charter;

Laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology in 2010.

Hobbies of Miller Alexei Borisovich

One of Alexei Miller's colleagues, who wished to remain incognito, called him a "careerist." It is logical to assume that the career is Miller's hobby. However, classmates say that when he was Alex, he loved to play the guitar, run around the football field or cheer for Zenit. According to the businessman himself, he still has a love for the guitar and Zenith, and besides, he is not averse to skiing or cycling.

Alexey Miller owns Thoroughbred stallions - Vesely and Fragrant. Cheerful, imported from the USA, on August 12, 2012, took 3rd place at one of the races of the Central Moscow Hippodrome, receiving a prize of 3,000 rubles. Born at the Don stud farm, Fragrant came first to the finish line seven times in his career and remained in the prizes 12 times.

The work of Miller Alexei Borisovich in Gazprom

The beginning of A. Miller's work at Gazprom was rather sluggish, although the market took the news about the change of leadership with enthusiasm - investors decided that it was time for reforms. True, the reforms themselves did not begin immediately. Aleksey Borisovich, "non-core" for Gazprom, started updating the team only a few months later. He faced a difficult task, because he did not have his own production gas managers. The first "purges" began in September 2001, and within a year all of R. Vyakhirev's deputies lost their seats. Including key top managers - Deputy Chairman of the Board Sergey Dubinin and Alexander Pushkin, who oversaw sales in the CIS, Vyacheslav Sheremet, who was in charge of the financial unit, chief accountant Irina Bogatyreva.

A. Miller had to take people from his past for a number of key posts. This is how his associates in BTS appeared in Gazprom - Mikhail Sereda (now - deputy chairman, head of the administration), Kirill Seleznev (now - head of Mezhregiongaz), Elena Vasilyeva took the post of chief accountant. A. Miller covered the financial block with another "his" newcomer - Andrey Kruglov (an acquaintance from his work in the St. Petersburg mayor's office), who now holds the post of deputy chairman of the board and heads the financial and economic department. The production block was almost completely preserved. Of the "veterans" of Gazprom, Alexander Ananenkov, who previously headed Yamburggazdobycha, and Yuri Komarov, who served as head of the export department (since 2009 - chief executive officer of Shtokman Development AG), became deputy chairmen. Appointees from the Kremlin also came, including Alexander Ryazanov, at that time a State Duma deputy, and in the past - the head of the Surgut GPP (he left the post of deputy chairman of Gazprom in 2006).

Market experts and former leaders of the gas concern predicted A. Miller's early resignation. Evil tongues whispered that he was not able to manage such a colossus as Gazprom, but was appointed only temporarily to "clean up" the ranks. According to one of the gas tales, R. Vyakhirev in a narrow circle said that A. Miller would hang himself in his office in a year. However, he not only did not hang himself, but also managed to strengthen his position in such a motley environment. The new head of Gazprom actually took root in the concern in 2004, finally forming his team, which became an alloy of people from the Sea Port of St. Petersburg, BTS, the St. Petersburg City Hall, V. Putin's protégé and people from the old production unit. In 2006 a five-year contract was unconditionally extended with him, and no one had any doubts about its extension.

The first and main task for A. Miller was formulated personally by the President of the Russian Federation. At a meeting in Novy Urengoy in the fall of 2001. V. Putin clearly outlined the priority: "It is necessary to take ownership issues seriously, otherwise you will open your mouth, and you will not have not only SIBUR, but also other enterprises." The new team took this slogan very seriously. In the course of a four-year campaign for the return of assets, which was accompanied by active PR, the concern returned for a nominal fee the large blocks of shares transferred to Itera in Purgaz (Gubkinskoye field) and Severneftegazprom (Yuzhno-Russkoye field), restored control over SIBUR, " Vostokgazprom", "Zapsibgazprom", "Northgaz" (through the court). The main asset that was returned to the state under A. Miller was Gazprom itself: by buying up shares on the market in 2003. a 51% stake in the Russian Federation was restored, but 10.74% of the state stake was on the balance sheet of Gazprom's subsidiaries. To ensure direct state control over the gas concern, a gamble was launched to merge two giants - Gazprom and Rosneft - by exchanging 10.7% of the shares of the first for 100% of the shares of the second. But in the end, due to a conflict between intra-Kremlin groups, the deal did not take place - the state bought Gazprom's shares for money, putting them on the balance sheet of Rosneftegaz. After that, the share market was liberalized (restrictions on their trading on the stock market were lifted; over the 15 years of Gazprom's existence, its capitalization has grown 219 times).

Under A. Miller, Gazprom headed for the globalization of business. In 2005 the head of the company set the task of becoming a prominent player in the global market. at the annual meeting in 2007. he stated that the goal had been achieved and "Gazprom's transformation from a 'national champion' company into a global energy business leader has taken place." During this time, Gazprom acquired assets in the power industry, the oil sector (purchasing Sibneft in 2005), secured priority for export directions (the share of Russian gas in imports to Europe in 2007 was 40%), acquired good relations with the German E.On and BASF, the Italian ENI, launched projects to diversify supplies - gas pipelines through the Baltic "Nord Stream" and "South Stream" through the Black Sea, signed a number of strategic agreements on gas supplies to the Asia-Pacific countries, which, however, have not yet been organized, pushed through the adoption decision to abolish state regulation on domestic gas prices.

At the same time, under A. Miller, competition in the gas sector was virtually eliminated - control in the main asset, Sibneftegaz, was bought from Itera, 20% of NOVATEK's shares also went to Gazprom, foreign shareholders of the Sakhalin-2 project were forced to transfer control to the Russian concern, TNK-BP, to sell Kovykta, access to the export pipeline is still distributed by Gazprom, taking into account its interests, it has also received the status of a single gas export operator. In addition, the high-profile conflict with gas supplies to Ukraine, which has already surfaced twice, has unequivocally tarnished the reputation of the Russian Federation on the world stage.

Alexey Miller's salary

Remuneration of the Chairman of the Board of the Russian gas holding "Gazprom" Alexey Miller in 2010 will amount to more than 20.6 million rubles. In 2009, the remuneration of the head of Gazprom amounted to 17.4 million rubles. Thus, according to the results of 2010, Miller's bonus increased by 18 percent compared to the previous year.

Remuneration to ordinary members of the board of directors who are not employed in the civil service will amount to 17.6 million rubles. Members of the council participating in the work of the committees under the council will receive 18 million rubles each, and the heads of the committees will receive a bonus of 18.7 million rubles.

In November 2012, Russian Forbes compiled a rating of the highest paid top managers in Russia, and Miller took second place in it. According to the publication, he earned about $ 25 million a year.

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More than 129 billion rubles passed through the firms of relatives of top managers of Gazprom in 2010-2012

Thirteen years ago, instead of Rem Vyakhirev, Gazprom was headed by Alexei Miller. Then the company declared one of its tasks the fight against nepotism. Years later, no less than the concern's money passes through companies associated with relatives of his top managers.

What did the current leadership of Gazprom fight for, when in the early 2000s it took away assets and Gazprom contracts from relatives of the former heads of the concern [Rem Vyakhirev and Viktor Chernomyrdin], one of the former top managers of Gazprom asks. “This was called Vyakhirev's 'fight against the legacy'. 13 years have passed - the "heritage" won everyone. Again, relatives and friends in the Gazprom business, but this is already the relatives of the current leaders, ”says the interlocutor of Vedomosti.

Indeed, in November 2001, having presented the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, IV degree, in Novy Urengoy to the retiring Vyakhirev, Russian President Vladimir Putin immediately after the ceremony began instructing his replacement Alexei Millerhow to deal with the Vyakhirev legacy: the main thing is to make sure that nothing was stolen.

“Putin understood how important Gazprom was for his power, he wanted to control it, get rid of everything superfluous and strengthen it. He was annoyed by the “collective farms of Vyakhirev”, non-market prices for exported gas and incomprehensible intermediaries and contractors,” recalls one of the former leaders of Gazprom. The children of Vyakhirev and Chernomyrdin were co-owners of Gazprom's monopoly construction contractor, the Stroytransgaz company, and Vyakhirev's son, Yuri, headed Gazprom's export subsidiary, Gazexport.

Miller was entrusted with putting things in order. “Miller worked as Vladimir Putin's deputy in the committee on foreign relations of the St. Petersburg mayor's office, they are well acquainted and close in spirit. Miller never focused on himself, he just did his job, ”Miller’s friend shares his opinion.

What happened? Vedomosti found out that there were no fewer contractors and intermediaries of Gazprom associated with relatives of its top managers. The cash flow through the companies of these relatives has not decreased either. True, gas prices and, as a result, Gazprom's revenue and its investment program have also grown significantly since then.

From the old team to the new

In 2001-2002 at the invitation of Miller, Elena Kasyan, who now holds the position of head of the company's personnel management department, and Andrey Kruglov, now deputy chairman of the board, head of the financial and economic department, came to Gazprom. In 2004, Kruglov became the chief financier of Gazprom. He is considered one of Miller's trusted people. Once they were introduced by Matthias Warnig, a former agent of the East German state security service Stasi and a longtime friend of Putin, one of the former leaders of Gazprom told Vedomosti. Warnig worked at Dresdner Bank in the early 1990s and created a joint venture between Dresdner and Bank Nationale de Paris (BNP - Dresdner Bank) in Russia, where Kruglov began working as an inspector of the international operations department in 1994. In 1995, he left as chief as a specialist in the committee on external relations of the St. Petersburg mayor's office, having managed to work under the command of Putin, who then headed the committee.

Kasyan is called Miller's cousin, and Kruglov is his relative through his wife, two people close to Gazprom have heard. Miller denies this. “This is just nonsense,” he told Vedomosti through a representative. Kruglov and Kasyan did not respond to Vedomosti's inquiries.

From daughter to son

Having become a member of the board of Gazprom in 2002, Kruglov in 2004 headed the board of directors of Centernergogaz, a subsidiary of Gazprom, responsible for the overhaul and reconstruction of its facilities. At the same time, its general director was also replaced - this position was taken by the St. Petersburg banker Dmitry Doev, co-owner of Sevzapinvestprombank. People close to him say that the banker Doev and the financier Kruglov have known each other for a long time.

In 2002-2003 Gazprom has a new construction contractor - VIS manufacturing company (PF VIS), registered in Gatchina. She began to perform work for Astrakhangazprom and Orenburggazprom. And at the end of the summer of 2004, she received a major contract for the reconstruction of the Orenburg helium plant. Since that time, Gazprom's enterprises have become the main customers of PF VIS. Thanks to cooperation with a gas corporation, a small company has become one of the largest Russian engineering and construction groups. Its revenue has increased more than 1000 times. According to the company, if in 2003 this figure was only 20 million rubles, then by the end of 2013 it exceeded 25 billion rubles. The company's net profit last year amounted to 568 million rubles, the portfolio of orders until 2020 exceeds 150 billion rubles.

This result puts it in fifth place among the largest infrastructure builders in Russia - after Mostotrest, Inzhtransstroy Corporation, NPO Mostovik and ARKS Corporation. But all these companies have suffered from the crisis in the industry: Mostovik is going bankrupt, Inzhtransstroy is being liquidated, Mostovik and ARKS employees are complaining about a decrease in profits due to the completion of large projects and a general decrease in profitability. But PF VIS, in a presentation on its website, reports that its revenue and order portfolio are only growing.

Now the group unites 10 construction and engineering companies employing 2,000 people, according to its presentation. The largest projects that the company is implementing for Gazprom are the reconstruction of the Orenburg gas processing plant, the construction of the Novy Urengoy gas chemical complex, the reconstruction of compressor stations and administrative complexes.

However, the interests of PF VIS are no longer limited to the contracts of Gazprom and its companies. She also built infrastructure facilities for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, performed work for JSC System Operator UES, modernized the Kirishskaya and Ryazanskaya GRES, and also landscaped the embankments in Astrakhan and Yaroslavl. However, Gazprom was also an investor in the improvement of the embankments.

PF VIS is also remarkable in that it is one of the few contractors of Gazprom, for whose loans it is entrusted. In 2010, when PF VIS helped Gazprom build a ski complex in Sochi, it received guarantees on a VTB loan  for 16 billion rubles. And in 2012 and at the end of 2013 - by 2.507 billion and 8.164 billion rubles. respectively - secured by a credit line from Sberbank . The funds were needed for the construction of industrial facilities for Gazprom. Moreover, if earlier Gazprom also vouched for other companies, for example, under the credit line of a pipe trader owned by Arkady Rotenberg, then in the monopoly's IFRS statements for 2012-2013. other recipients of this kind of support, except for the IPO PF, are not indicated.

Both under Rem Vyakhirev (pictured on the right) and under Alexei Miller (on the left), top managers of Gazprom had successful business relatives. Photo: PhotoXPress

Vedomosti failed to find out the beneficiaries of the PF VIS. The company is owned by three offshore companies from the British Virgin Islands and a company from Switzerland. Their owners are not disclosed. But the board of directors of PF VIS includes three partners of Doev in Sevzapinvestprombank - Igor Snegurov, Alexander Zamyatin and Petr Ilyin. And the general director of the PF VIS Sergey Palkin is the son of the first deputy general director of Centrenergogaz Sergey Palkin. Palkin Sr. also became Doev's first deputy in the Gazprom Tsentrremont holding company, which organizes the maintenance and repair of Gazprom's facilities.

Doev and a representative of Gazprom Tsentrremont did not answer Vedomosti's questions. The representative of the PF VIS declined to comment.

“There are many players around state-controlled companies who may have certain relationships with the current management of these state-owned companies. The success of such players is largely related to what positions and opportunities their contacts have in these state structures. In a short period of time, they can increase the volume of business. But all this is connected with certain people in state-owned companies. And if they leave, a successful business can end just as quickly, ”says BCS analyst Igor Kraevsky.

From granddaughter to brother

In February 2014, Gazprom's granddaughter, Gazprom Gas Distribution, sold 12.5% ​​of Rossiya Bank, the main owner of which is Putin's longtime acquaintance Yuri Kovalchuk. The buyers were two Moscow firms - Overpas-Invest and Oberon Estate. The first got 5.396%, the second - 7.086%. Oberon Estate is controlled by 30-year-old Petersburger Ivan Mironov. He also owns 1% in Overpas-invest, 99% of this company is owned by his friend, 32-year-old Tatyana Svitova.

Svitova is the daughter of Elena Svitova, Senior Vice President of Rossiya Bank. And Mironov is the half-brother of Gazprom board member Kirill Seleznev (Novaya Gazeta reported this in the spring). Seleznev confirmed to Vedomosti that Mironov is his half-brother. He also said that he had known Miller for more than 13 years. In fact, we've known each other for at least 15 years. Seleznev and Miller worked together at the Seaport of St. Petersburg (Miller left in 1999) and at the Baltic Pipeline System. Seleznev came to Gazprom in 2001 at the age of 27 to the position of deputy head of the board apparatus - Miller's assistant. An acquaintance of the chairman of the board of Gazprom says that he appreciates Seleznev very much. A few years ago, he spoke of his subordinate as a talented employee with a great future, says the source of Vedomosti.

Neither Seleznev nor a representative of Rossiya Bank named the amount of the deal. In February 2014, before the US sanctions against Russia, 12% of its shares could cost about 3.5 billion rubles, says Maxim Vasin, senior analyst at the National Rating Agency. True, he clarifies that the real price of the transaction could depend on its conditions and the interest of the parties: "the seller - in the speedy sale, the buyer - in joining the club of co-owners of the bank." Now Mironov and Svitova have become the largest co-owners of Rossiya Bank after Kovalchuk's structures.

Where could Mironov and Svitova get the money for such a purchase? Mironov works as deputy general director of the St. Petersburg company Expoforum-International, which manages the Lenexpo exhibition complex, which hosts the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. And the firms associated with it are listed as co-owners of companies that provide services to Gazprom enterprises (see inset). The total revenue of these companies is about 100 billion rubles. (hereinafter SPARK data).

You can contact Mironov by work phone through the Expoforum International switchboard. True, he refused to talk about his business. "I can't comment on anything.<…>I am far from all this,” Mironov told Vedomosti.

“The bank has complied with all the necessary conditions and procedures within the framework of the current legislation,” its representative answered the question whether the source of funds used to buy the bank's shares was checked.

However, two former top managers of Gazprom believe that owning a 12% stake in the "bank of Putin's friends" is not at all the level of the brother of a Gazprom board member, and not even the level of the board member himself. “Theoretically, such a purchase can only correspond to the level of an old acquaintance of Putin, who has earned the right to enter the close circle of the president, that is, Miller himself,” one of the former Gazprom executives shares his opinion.

Registration of assets in the name of a trustee is a very delicate moment, experts say. “Usually there is a practice that this person writes a will - to whom the asset should go in case of death. True, such a will can be rewritten at any time and no one will know about it. So, theoretically, such relationships can only arise with conceptual agreements and full trust,” explains Alexander Zakharov, partner of Paragon Advice Group.

For the Gazprom structure, the stake in the Rossiya bank was non-core and “a decision was made to sell the bank’s shares at market value in compliance with all competitive procedures,” Seleznev himself told Vedomosti. And he added that he knew nothing about his brother's business.

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A family

Alexei was born and raised in a family of "Russian Germans". Mother - Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Miller (1936-2009), father - Boris Vasilievich Miller (1933-1986). Parents worked at the Research Institute of Radio Electronics of the Ministry of Aviation Industry of the USSR, which was later transformed into NPO Leninets. Mother worked as an engineer, father - as a fitter.

Married. With his wife, Irina, they have a son, Mikhail.

Biography

He studied at school-gymnasium No. 330 of the Nevsky district of the city of Leningrad. Graduated in 1984 Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute them. N. A. Voznesensky.

In the 1980s, he was a member of the circle of reformist economists in Leningrad, whose informal leader was Anatoly Chubais; was a member of the Sintez club at the Leningrad Palace of Youth, which included young Leningrad economists and social scientists, including: Dmitry Vasilyev, Mikhail Dmitriev, Andrey Illarionov, Boris Lvin, Mikhail Manevich, Andrey Lankov, Andrey Prokofiev, Dmitry Travin and others.

In 1984-1986, he was an engineer-economist of the LenNIIproekt.

In 1987-1990 he studied at the graduate school of the LFEI. N.A. Voznesensky.

In 1990, he was a junior researcher at the LenNIIproekt.

In 1991, a fateful acquaintance for Alexei Borisovich took place. That year, he began his work in the Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg Mayor's Office, where the current president of the Russian Federation held the position of his chief. V. V. Putin. Under the leadership of Putin, Miller worked for five years. During this time, we managed to establish contacts with the largest Western banks.

The change of power in St. Petersburg forced Alexei Miller to change jobs. With extensive connections, Miller has become a desirable candidate for senior positions in major Russian companies. He was invited to work for the company JSC "Sea Port of St. Petersburg" where he worked for three years.

Since 1999, Miller has been CEO of OJSC "Baltic Pipeline System".

According to the results of the elections in Russia in 2000, Vladimir Putin became president. Following him, his former subordinate Alexei Miller also moved to the capital. He was appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, but he stayed in the post for only a year (2000-2001).

Since 2001 he has been the Chairman of the Board "Gazprom", and since 2002 - Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO Gazprom. Removal from office Rema Vyakhireva, who had worked as chairman of OAO Gazprom for almost ten years, meant imminent changes in the company.

With the arrival of Miller, Gazprom becomes completely controlled by the state, work begins to return the assets lost during the reign of Vyakhirev.

There were also major personnel changes. Being far from energy, Miller needed people for whom this area is not alien. A number of senior positions went to people with whom the new chairman of the board had already worked, other appointments came from Kremlin, some members of the Vyakhirev team managed to keep their posts.

Despite the fact that experts predicted Miller's imminent resignation, he strengthened his position. By 2004, the formation of a renewed leadership apparatus was completed. In 2006, Miller's work contract was extended for another five years.

In early 2010, the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, ranked third in the ranking of the most effective top managers in the world according to the magazine Harvard Business Review.

Experts studied the work of two thousand CEOs of companies, the performance of CEOs was measured by the income of shareholders during their tenure. At the same time, income was adjusted taking into account inflation and average indicators for the country and the sector of the economy.

On May 18, 2010, Miller was elected Vice President Russian Football Union. In the second quarter of 2012, Miller took over as Chairman of the Board of Directors. JSC "Russian hippodromes".

In December 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the closure of the project "South Stream". Later, the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, explained that instead of South Stream, a pipeline would be built through Turkey to the border with Greece, where a gas hub could be created.

In January, Alexey Miller advised European buyers to speed up preparations for changing the route of gas supplies due to the cessation of supplies through Ukraine.

The highest place in the rating of Russian companies is now occupied by "Rosneft", which dropped from 6th place to 10th. Surgutneftegaz came in 12th place and LUKOIL- in 13th place. Meanwhile, back in 2008, Miller announced that, thanks to high gas prices, he was going to increase capitalization to $ 1 trillion in ten years so that the company would become the most expensive in the world.

Alexey Miller has numerous government awards.

The top manager prefers to spend his free time with his family. Enjoys jumping. Alexey Miller owns Thoroughbred stallions - Happy and Fragrant.

Cheerful, imported from the USA, on August 12, 2012, took 3rd place at one of the races of the Central Moscow Hippodrome, receiving a prize of 3,000 rubles. Born at the Don stud farm, Fragrant came first to the finish line seven times in his career and remained in the prizes 12 times.

Income

In 2013, he entered the top 3 Forbes list (3rd place) of the most expensive managers in Russia with an income of $25 million.

Rumors, scandals

Classmates said that Miller was "an inconspicuous guy", although an excellent student. After graduating from FINEC in 1984 with honors, Alexey Miller got a job as an economist at LenNIIproekt, but relations with the team did not work out.

Miller did not stick out and "Club of Young Economists". According to the memoirs of the "young reformers", Miller listened there more than he spoke and was considered perhaps the weakest link in the Chubais team. But when Chubais needed personnel, Miller was not forgotten.

He was offered a vacancy in the city committee for external relations, which in those years was headed by Vladimir Putin. First, Miller was the deputy head of the department, then his boss, then Putin's deputy. Then it was a dim young man, containing a certain mystery, secrecy.

At meetings of the Center for Strategic Research "North-West" fund, Miller was also invisible. Unlike Kovalchuk, he did not rant or speak, although it was clear that he was close to this circle.

For Putin, he was, above all, a hardworking, reliable person who could be relied upon. Indeed, former colleagues confirm that Miller could work 16 hours a day if necessary.

Despite his marital status, there are persistent rumors in the Moscow gay scene about Miller's bisexuality.

People who worked with Alexei Miller at Smolny recall: " He always greeted me and smiled." "A good official, it is noticeable that a careerist, although he kept himself modestly, is always in the shadows. You know, one of those who "sounds more than it looks". ("Izvestia", 2001).

One of Miller's former FAC colleagues said: " Alexey is very efficient and obedient. What he is told, he does. There is nothing bad to say about him, but nothing good either. He has no opinion of his own and is very convenient to deal with some other "Media Bridge". And stealing from Miller's hand will not rise. Unless for yourself". ("Vedomosti", 2001.)

In 2005, a criminal case was initiated on the fact of embezzlement from "Mezhregiongaz", 100% subsidiary of Gazprom. The essence of the fraud is that smaller offices also produce gas, but you can only sell it to Gazprom, since it has a pipe, - he explained to the Sobesednik the essence of the criminal case.

"However, Gazprom officials say, for example, to Novatek: "We can only buy half of it." The next day, an unknown office, Trastinvestgaz (TIG), comes to Novatek and offers to buy the remaining half at the same price that Gazprom itself takes - 500 rubles per thousand cubic meters. And a day later, Gazprom buys all this gas from TIG for 915 rubles, although two days ago it refused to take 500 rubles each.".

Navalny does not exclude that in this way "effective managers" from Gazprom, simply by moving pieces of paper around the table, earned 1.5 billion rubles. Only on this episode!

"According to the documents, the money was withdrawn to the Baltic states and cashed there,” Navalny explained. - Only through one of the dozens of companies 293 million rubles were pumped. But there are other episodes of the case. I think there are at least a thousand similar companies involved in this fraud, in different countries. Imagine how much money!".

However, the head of Gazprom himself has escaped accusations of fraud, at least so far.