The son of Putin's colleague receives billions of rubles from Gazprom for the rental of premises

The investment company of the son of the former colleague of Russian President Vladimir Putin Valery Golubev receives billions of rubles for renting premises from Gazprom, more than half of the shares of which belong to the state. 26-year-old Vyacheslav Golubev became a co-owner of a business when his father worked in a key position in the corporation. This was written by the publication "Important Stories", Radio Liberty paid attention.

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In 2016, Gazprom rented the Fort Tower business center on Moskovsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg. The subsidiaries of the corporation occupied almost the entire 21-story complex and all 170 cars in the underground parking, the newspaper Vedomosti reported. Until February 2024, rental cost the energy company more than 4.5 billion rubles, the Interfax agency said.

Already at the age of 23, one of the largest co -owners of the company, which rents the “Gazprom” of the premises, was Vyacheslav Golubev, - write important stories. His father Valery was then deputy chairman of the government there.

Putin and Golubev served in the KGB in the past, and in the nineties they worked at the St. Petersburg City Hall, ” said Forbes magazine. From 1993 to 1999, Golubev headed the Vasileostrovsky district of the city, and it was during this period that Putin and his family were allocated an apartment in this area. In 2003, Putin’s colleague was a member of the Federation Council, the president accidentally noticed him at a meeting, ”the magazine wrote. A month later, he handed over the mandate and became the general director of the Gazprom structure, responsible for purchases.

In 2014, Forbes wrote, Golubev was free to enter Putin. The wife of the Gazprom top manager by that time from the teacher became a successful businessman, at different times owning two companies participating in the supply of pipes for the corporation. He and his son did not comment on the material for "important stories".

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