Sichin and Yakunin were allowed not to disclose income

The leaders of the companies controlled by the state were allowed not to disclose income. According to Kommersant, the corresponding decision was signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Decree No. 276 changes the procedure for publishing data from top managers of companies with state participation. The obligation to publish income was removed from the heads of 23 open joint -stock companies and members of their families. Only managers, their deputies and chief accountants of the companies, by 100 percent of those owned by the state, whose leadership is appointed by the Government, should now publish data.

Companies excluded from the list will still be required to provide information on income and expenses to the government apparatus. However, only the heads of non -profit organizations should now disclose data in the media.

Prime Minister Natalya Timakova, spokesman for Prime Minister, explained to the publication that top managers of commercial companies are not civil servants, but businessmen. “The very presence of the state as a shareholder does not change the status of the company as a commercial structure. At the same time, the top management of the state -owned company is obliged to provide data to the government, but they are also commercial secret,” she said, noting that NPOs are “another matter,” since they are funded from the budget.

In turn, the presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to comment on the Vedomosti resolution on the disclosure of income, referring to the fact that this issue is under the jurisdiction of the government.

In 2013, the heads of state -owned companies were obliged to provide the government with income information. In total, the list includes 63 companies, including Russian Railways, Rosneft, Gazprom, Rusnano, Sberbank, VEB, Rosneftegaz, Transneft.

In December 2014, Medvedev signed a resolution proving the heads of Russian Railways, Rosneft, Gazprom and a number of other organizations to disclose information about its income on the websites of companies. In addition, the heads of corporations had to provide "information on income, property and property obligations of their spouse and spouse."

The head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin and the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin refused to publish income data. The head of the Russian Railways explained this by concern for the safety of the family. The head of Rosneft stated that the presidential decree, which contains the requirement to provide information on income, does not apply to him.