July 10, 2015, 12:35 / Business

Chichvarkin did not become a Ukrainian oil worker

A foreign citizen has been appointed as the new head of Ukrnafta, but not the founder of Euroset Natalya Raibman Ilya Usov Mikhail Serov According to rumors, Evgeniy Chichvarkin could head Ukrnafta / Simon Dawson / Bloomberg

A foreign citizen has been appointed as the new head of Ukrnafta. However, this is not Evgeny Chichvarkin. The Minister of Economic Development of Ukraine, Aivaras Abromavicius, wrote about this on Friday, July 10, on his Twitter. “The nomination committee to appoint the head of Ukrnafta has passed. They unanimously selected a great professional,” said Abromavicius, noting that this is a “foreigner,” but not Chichvarkina.

The head of Ukrnafta will be the president of BG Kazakhstan, Mark Rollins, who has British citizenship, the Apostrophe publication wrote on Friday, citing its sources.

An informed source told RBC-Ukraine that the founder of Euroset Chichvarkin can head PJSC Ukrnafta. He said that such an appointment could most likely take place after the next meeting of the company's shareholders. “I am sure that the Russian Ch., Euroset, will become the head of Ukrnafta,” he said and confirmed that he had Chichvarkin in mind.

the same thing Ukrayinska Pravda reported , citing two sources. A source at Naftogaz of Ukraine said that the candidacy of the Russian entrepreneur appeared unexpectedly, but his chances are high. A source close to President Petro Poroshenko said that Chichvarkin met with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk last Tuesday.

Chichvarkin is not on the list of candidates for the post of chairman of Ukrnafta. Apostrophe about this A source in the Ukrainian government told . “Chichvarkin’s name is not on the list submitted to the nomination commission,” he said. Ukrainskaya Pravda about the same thing . told Later , Igor Kolomoisky, a minority shareholder of Ukrnafta,

“Chichvarkin did not participate in the official procedure and was not one of the 68 candidates,” the minister noted. “But if he has a desire, we will definitely find him,” he noted.

Chichvarkin confirmed to Ukrainskaya Pravda that the “state of Ukraine” made such an offer to him “relatively recently.” He clarified that he “spoke with people who influence decision-making in the country.” After several meetings, it seemed to him that “there are prospects, although the situation in the Ukrainian economy is frankly bad.”

In June, Naftogaz announced a competition for the position of chairman of the board of Ukrnafta. On July 9, the press service of NAC reported that the competition commission “based on the results of the candidates’ presentation of their vision for the development of Ukrnafta, unanimously identified two candidates for the position.” “Both candidates have many years of experience in leading international companies and a proven high professional level in the management of oil and gas companies,” quoted . inUkrnews

“The situation is difficult, and the task that faces me is also extremely difficult,” said Chichvarkin . And he promised: “For my part, I will make every effort to justify the trust, to carry out all the necessary reforms to improve the financial condition of the company.”

A government committee is due to choose one of two candidates on July 10. what time this meeting will take place to find out TASS was unable . After this, shareholders will vote on his candidacy on July 22, 2015.

RBC-Ukraine recalls that Chichvarkin expressed his readiness to open a business in Ukraine if there is no corruption in the country.

Previously on the topic: Unknown persons beat up one of the leaders of Naftogaz of Ukraine

112.ua recalls that on March 19, the Rada lowered the quorum threshold for all joint-stock companies to 50% plus 1 share and that these changes deprive businessman Igor Kolomoisky of control over the Ukrnafta company. The state has 50% plus 1 share in the company. Previously, the structures of Igor Kolomoisky’s Privat group, which control 42% of the company, blocked the holding of a meeting of shareholders and decisions initiated by the state, notes 112.ua.

In response to Ukrainskaya Pravda’s remark that Kolomoisky can be quite harsh towards his opponents, Chichvarkin replied that he was not worried about his safety: “I’m not worried about anything. The fact is that my main task is to increase the capitalization of the largest oil company.” He also does not think that he will conflict with this businessman if he really heads the company: “I have no task to protect any of the shareholders, I am for prosperity.” Kolomoisky has not yet contacted him.

In an interview with Ekho Moskvy, the businessman said that “he would be an ideal minister of economic development for Ukraine.” “Generally ideal,” he explained, “because I didn’t go to school with them, I didn’t serve with them, I didn’t steal fawn hats with them. I don’t really care who is whose husband and who is in what relationship with whom. I don’t care clinically at all. I’m very interested in carrying out what is described there in libertarian literature. Moreover, we know from the example of Georgia that in the post-Soviet space this is not only possible, it is also wildly effective. And this will leave a dent in the Universe forever." . He added that when there was a “change of minister” in the Ukrainian government, he wrote to President Petro Poroshenko and suggested: “Take me. I’m perfect...”, but received no answer.

On Facebook, Chichvarkin has already begun to be asked questions about the publication of “RBC-Ukraine” under the last message on his page: on July 9, the businessman was urgently looking for a “competent Russian-Ukrainian translator” for an hour. On Twitter, he announced that on August 7 he would hold a master class in Kyiv on the topic “Freedom and Prosperity.”

Ukrnafta is the largest oil producing company in Ukraine. In 2014, its production amounted to approximately 1.9 million tons of oil and 1.7 billion cubic meters of gas. This is 85% of all oil production and 8% of gas production in the country. The company also owns three gas processing plants and a network of 563 gas stations. The net profit of Ukrnafta according to IFRS in 2014 amounted to $203 million.

Ukrnafta oil refining is carried out by the Ukrtatnafta company, which owns the largest Kremenchug oil refinery in Ukraine. The state NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine owns 50%+1 share of Ukrnafta and 43% of Ukrtatnafta. Kolomoisky’s structures have about 42% of Ukrnafta, but they own a controlling stake in Ukrtatnafta.

Representatives of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, Naftogaz and Ukrnafta did not respond to requests.