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The Rossiya Bank (Bank Rossiya, in Russian: Акционерный коммерческий банк Россия, АКБ Россия) is a Russian joint stock bank founded on June 27, 1990. The company's headquarters are based in St. Petersburg. ==History== In 1990 CPSU committee of the Leningrad Oblast became its largest shareholder (48.4%),〔(Anna Shcherbakova. Interview with Mikhail Klishin, Director General of the Russia Bank. ) Vedomosti #35(1316), March 1, 2005. (in Russian)〕 but after the coup attempt in August 1991 the bank's activity was frozen as it was CPSU-related.〔(The Origin of Putin's Oligarchy ) by Vladimir Pribylovsky. Ms., October 11, 2005. (in Russian)〕 In December 1991 its activity was resumed, as the shares had been redeemed by some member ventures of the Leningrad Association of Joint Ventures, shares of which were held by Vladimir Yakunin, Yuriy Kovalchuk, Mikhail Markov, Viktor Myachin, Andrei Fursenko, Sergey Fursenko, Yury Nikolayev.〔 From 1998 to 2000 OCG Organized Crime Gang Tambov Gang leaders Gennady Petrov and Sergei Kuzmin each owned 2.2% of bank shares, and they were represented at meetings by Andrei Shumkov, who sat on the Bank's board of directors from 1998 to 2000 (as the Vedomosti business newspaper reported). In 1998 and 1999, 14.2% of Rossia's stock belonged to the St Petersburg firms Ergen, Forward Ltd and Fuel Investment Company (TIK), all associated with Mr Shumkov. Mr Shumkov and Mr Kuzmin owned Ergen, while BKhM and Finance Petroleum Company, both affiliated with Mr Kuzmin and Mr Petrov, were TIK co-owners. .〔(Rossia & Company ), premier.gov.ru, 13 May 2009.〕 As of January 1, 2005, its major shareholders were Yuriy Kovalchuk with 37.6%, Nikolay Shamalov with 9.7%, Dmitry Gorelov with 9.7% and the Severstal group with 8.8%.〔〔 As of 2006, its major shareholders were Yuriy Kovalchuk (30.4%), Dmitry Gorelov (12.58%), Nikolay Shamalov (12.58%), JSC Transoil CIS (9.54%), JSC Severstal Group (7.15%), JSC Accept (3.93%) - owned by grandson of Vladimir Putin's uncle Michael Shelomov, JSC Relax (3.65%), "Assistance to Business Initiatives" Non-Commercial Enterprise (3.08%), Russian Federal Property Fund (2.93%).〔(The Russia Bank ), Stockmap.spb.ru〕 On December 28, 2006, Fitch Ratings assigned the bank negative ratings (Long Term Issuer Default rating B-, Short Term Rating B, National Long Term rating BB- (RUS) ()) as a subsidiary of the bank, ABRos Investment Company, had signed a non-transparent deal aiming to buy a considerable share of the Ren TV Media Holding (see below).〔(Fitch put ratings of the Russia bank in its Rating Watch list with a negative mark ), Finnews.ru, January 9, 2007 (in Russian).〕 On March 20, 2014, the United States Government Office of Foreign Assets Control added Rossiya Bank to the Specially Designated Individuals list as part of sanctions taken in response to the 2014 Crimean crisis, placing restrictions on US trade with the bank.〔(US Treasury )〕 In response Vladimir Putin announced that he would open a ruble-only account with Bank Rossiya and would make it the primary bank in the newly annexed Crimea as well as giving the right to service payments on Russia's $36 billion wholesale electricity market - which gave the bank $112 million annually from commission charges alone. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rossiya Bank」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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