Rotenberg Arkady Romanovich

1951-12-15

St Petersburg, Russian Federation

Male

EU

Arkady Rotenberg is a leading businessperson operating in Russia with close personal ties to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. Since Mar 2014, Rotenberg, or his companies, have received State contracts totalling over USD 7 billion. In 2015, Rotenberg led the annual list of government contracts in terms of value, after being awarded contracts worth RUB 555 billion from the Russian Government. Many of these contracts were awarded without formal competitive processes. On 30 Jan 2015, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree that awarded to Rotenberg’s company, Stroygazmontazh, a State contract for the construction of the Kerch bridge from Russia to the illegally annexed Autonomous “Republic of Crimea”. Through these contracts, he has financially benefitted from Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilisation of eastern Ukraine. Former owner of the company Stroygazmontazh, which has been awarded a State contract for the construction of the Kerch bridge from Russia to the illegally annexed Autonomous “Republic of Crimea”, therefore consolidating its integration into the Russian Federation which in turn further undermines the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Similarly, in Jan 2017, Stroygazmontazh was awarded the State contract worth RUB 17 billion for the construction of a railway line on the Kerch bridge, which again further undermines the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Owner of two companies, Mostotrest and Stroygazmontazh-Most, designated for their activities undermining Ukrainian sovereignty (SSID: 175-39452 and SSID: 175-39469 in this Annex). In 2019 Rotenberg sold the gas pipeline construction company Stroygazmontazh. For his involvement in the construction of the Kerch bridge he was awarded with the State order “Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation” in Mar 2020. He is the chairman of the board of directors of publishing house Prosvescheniye, which has notably implemented the project “To the Children of Russia: Address – Crimea”, a public relations campaign that was designed to persuade Crimean children that they are now Russian citizens living in Russia, and thereby supporting the Russian Government’s policy to integrate Crimea into Russia. On 30 Jan 2021, Arkady Rotenberg claimed himself the beneficiary of the so-called “Putin’s Palace” in Gelendzhik, which appears in the investigation of Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation.

CH

Art. 15 para. 1 and 4 (Financial sanctions) and art. 29 para. 1 (Travel ban), annexe 8

2014-08-27

CH

Ordinance of 4 March 2022 on measures related to the situation in Ukraine (SR 946.231.176.72)

Switzerland country specific

Russia

Asset freeze, Travel ban, Trade sanctions, Financial restrictions, Transport restrictions, Other restrictions

Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 4 March 2022 on measures related to the situation in Ukraine (SR 946.231.176.72). The measures follow the sanctions adopted by the European Union.