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The ALROSA Group of Companies is a group Russian companies ranked first in the world in terms of production of natural diamonds and havingworld's largest proven diamond reserves.

AK ALROSA (OJSC) and its subsidiaries and affiliates jointly form the ALROSA group of enterprises. The main activity of our enterprises is the exploration, production and sale of natural diamonds. The group's diamond mining enterprises carry out a full cycle of rough diamond production - from geological exploration, diamond mining, their enrichment, sorting to product marketing. Mining is carried out at ten alluvial and nine primary diamond deposits by open and underground methods.

At present, the key shareholders of PJSC ALROSA (OJSC) are the Russian Federation represented by the Federal Agency for Management of Publicproperty, owning 43.9256% of shares; region Russian Federation- The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) - represented by the Republican Ministry of Property Relations, whose stake is 25.0002% of the shares; eight municipalities of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) - 8.0003% of shares; among other legaland individuals distributed 23.0739% of the shares.

In the third quarter of the reporting year 2013, our company carried out an international public offer(IPO) about 16% of its shares: 7% of shares were sold from the governments of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and about 2% of treasury shares.

Geography of activity

The ALROSA Group of Companies operates in ten countries around the world.

The basic production facilities of PJSC ALROSA (OJSC) are concentrated in Russia, in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), namely in the city of Yakutsk and areas of Western Yakutia: Mirninsky (Mirny and Udachny towns, Aikhal and Svetly settlements), Lensky district, and also in the Anabar and Nyurbinsky uluses, where the company's subsidiaries Almazy Anabara OJSC and ALROSA-Nyurba OJSC are engaged in the development of diamond deposits. The Representative Office of AK ALROSA (OJSC) is located in Yakutsk.

In the Arkhangelsk region, the company operates a subsidiary diamond mining company, Severalmaz. Representative offices of AK ALROSA (OJSC) also operate in a number of other cities of Russia - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Orel.

Outside of Russia, the company is represented by a branch of AK ALROSA (OJSC) in the Republic of Angola (Luanda). In the same country, the company owns a 32.8% stake in the mining company GRO Katoka, the largest in Central Africa diamond manufacturer. In addition, OJSC ALROSA owns 55% in the authorized capital joint-stock company"Gidroshikapa", created jointly with the National Energy Enterprise of the Republic of Angola "ENE". The Company acts as a customer for the construction and operation of the Shikapa-1 hydropower plant on the Shikapa River in the province of Lunda.

Foreign representative offices of sales organizations of PJSC ALROSA (OJSC) operate in Great Britain (London), Belgium (Antwerp), China (Hong Kong), Israel (Ramat Gan), United Arab Emirates (Dubai), USA (New York).

The main office of the company is located in Mirny, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the other two main offices are located in Moscow and Yakutsk.

Place in the global diamond market

In 2013, the level of rough diamond production by the ALROSA Group in physical terms reached 36.9 million carats, and the volume of proceeds from the sale of rough and polished diamonds increased by 7.3% to $4.9 billion. Over the past four years, the ALROSA group has been the world leader in terms of rough diamond production.

Detailed information about the main trends in the development of the diamond industry and the company's place among largest manufacturers of diamonds is presented in the ALROSA Group Annual Report for 2013. ()

our story

PJSC ALROSA has more than half a century of history of the formation of the diamond industry in Russia, the history of the development of remote territories of the Russian Far North with a harsh cold climate, a history full of glorious deeds and heroic deeds. We are proud of our history and place information about the main stages of our company's development in each non-financial report.

Our history dates back to 1954 - from the sensational for the whole world discovery of the first primary diamond deposit in the territory of Soviet Union– kimberlite pipe Zarnitsa. In 1955, pilot diamond mining in Mirny began at the newly discovered Mirny kimberlite pipe. In 1957, the Yakutalmaz trust was organized, processing plant No. 1 produced the first diamonds, and in 1959, the WTO Soyuzpromexport sold the first batch of industrial diamonds from Yakutia on the world market.

Many years later, in the new political realities, in 1992, the joint-stock company Almazy Rossii-Sakha, which will later be renamed AK ALROSA (OJSC). Since its inception, the company has gained control over the exploration, production, marketing and sale of diamonds in the domestic and foreign markets in order to ensure the effective functioning and development of the Russian diamond complex and strengthen Russia's position in the global diamond markets.

The names of the pioneers are imprinted in our corporate tradition: for many years the company has appointed nominal scholarships students, assistance is provided to the company's veterans, memorable relics are preserved in historical and production museums, meetings of veterans of the diamond mining industry with schoolchildren and students, young specialists are organized. Books from the "Diamond Library" series, dozens of documentaries, hundreds of articles and documentary essays keep all the pages of our corporate chronicle.

The main stages of the company's development
1954-1960	The Zarnitsa pipe, the first primary deposit of natural diamonds, was discovered. The Mir and Udachnaya pipes were discovered, 15 primary diamond deposits were discovered. The Yakutalmaz trust was created. The first enrichment plants were put into operation. The Aikhal pipe was opened.
1961-1970	A research and design institute "Yakutniproalmaz" was created. The Aikhal mine and a new processing plant were launched. The first contracts for the sale of diamonds were signed with TNK De Beers. The "Udachny" mine was created. The first phase of the Vilyuiskaya HPP was put into operation. Trust "Yakutalmaz" was transformed into a production and scientific association (PNO) "Yakutalmaz".
1971-1990	The Jubilee pipe was opened in the village of Aikhal. The Udachny mine was reorganized into the Udachny Mining and Processing Plant. The Aikhal Mining and Processing Plant was created, and the development of the Yubileinaya pipe began. The Mirny geological exploration expedition was created.
1991-2000	The Mir mine was reorganized into the Mirny Mining and Processing Plant. A joint-stock company "Diamonds of Russia - Sakha" was formed. In the Republic of Angola, with the participation of the company, a mining company (GRO) "Katoka" was created. The Botuobinskaya and Nyurbinskaya pipes were opened. A United sales organization(ECO). A subsidiary of OAO ALROSA-Nyurba, the Nyurba Mining and Processing Plant, was established. Sales offices of the company were opened in Angola (Luanda), Belgium (Antwerp), Great Britain (London). AK Almazy Rossii-Sakha was renamed into AK ALROSA (OJSC). The first underground diamond mine "International" in Russia was put into operation. The Markhinskaya pipe was opened. On the basis of the Anabar mine, the Anabar GOK was formed. Diamonds ALROSA starts cutting diamonds.
2001-2012	Trade relations between AK ALROSA (OJSC) and TNK De Beers (2002–2006) were completed. The beginning of the development of the diamond deposit named after. M. V. Lomonosov in the Arkhangelsk region. Construction of the Udachny underground mine has begun. Launch of underground mine "Mir". In the Republic of Angola, the 2nd stage of the Katoka GDO was put into operation. AK ALROSA (OJSC) was transformed into an open joint stock company. Shares of JSC ALROSA (OJSC) entered free circulation on the financial market. The Concept of the Strategy for the Development and Implementation of the Social Policy of OJSC ALROSA for the period up to 2021 was approved. The Company's Sales Policy Concept for 2013-2015 was approved. Development of the Botuobinskaya kimberlite pipe began. The Long-Term Development Plan of OJSC ALROSA for 2012–2021 was approved.
Key events year 2013:	The Aikhal underground mine has reached its design capacity of 500,000 tons of ore per year. The company has consolidated 100% of the shares of OAO Nizhne-Lenskoye, a diamond mining company that develops alluvial deposits in Western Yakutia. The resource base was re-audited in accordance with the JORC code, confirmed the world's largest reserves of rough diamonds. The Strategy of the ALROSA Group was adopted, providing for a concentration on diamond mining, maintaining production volumes in Yakutia and increasing production in the Arkhangelsk region, sale of non-core assets and improvement of performance efficiency. A number of agreements were signed for the sale of non-core assets of the ALROSA Group. Placement (IPO) of 16% of the company's shares on the Moscow Exchange as part of the privatization program

Ratings and awards

Credit ratings. During 2013, the international rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's confirmed last year's ratings of the ALROSA Group at BB-, with a "stable" outlook, and Ba3, with a "positive" outlook. In October 2013, Fitch upgraded the rating of the ALROSA Group to BB, with a stable outlook.

Other ratings. In the rating "Expert-400" rating agency "Expert-RA", JSC "ALROSA" (OJSC) according to the results of 2013 ranked 51st among the 400 largest Russian companies. Based on the results of 2013, the independent Institute for Socio-Economic Modernization ranked the company 34th in the TOP-50 rating of innovative companies in Russia.

Top Managers Awards. In the Top 1000 rating of the best Russian managers in 2013, annually conducted by the Russian Managers Association and published by the Kommersant newspaper, Fyodor Andreev, President of AK ALROSA (OJSC), is still among the top ten top executives in the metallurgical industry.

Subsidiary ratings. Rating agency"Expert RA" confirmed the reliability rating of the insurance company "SK ALROSA" at the level of A + - "very high level of reliability", the outlook on the rating is "stable". High current liquidity ratios have a positive impact on the rating of SK ALROSA.

In May 2013, the Expert RA agency also confirmed the reliability rating of NPF Almaznaya Osen at A level (high level of reliability), with a stable outlook. At the end of 2013, NPF Almaznaya Osen is still included in the ranking of the largest pension funds in Russia in terms of own property and the number of participants.

ALROSA is an association of diamond mining companies, which is the world leader in terms of diamond production, as well as in terms of money. The Group carries out a full range of activities related to the main line of business: exploration of deposits, their development, production, processing and sale of raw materials. ALROSA mines 27% of all world diamonds and 95% of Russian ones. ALROSA's headquarters are located in Moscow and the city of Mironom (Yakutia). The association has reserves of rough diamonds, which, at the current level of production, can be developed within two decades.

Production capacity

Most of the company's facilities are located in Yakutia. In addition, deposits are being developed in Africa and the Arkhangelsk region. In total, AK develops 22 deposits, of which 13 are alluvial and 9 are primary. Objects are being developed both underground (closed) and quarry (open). In addition, four mining and processing plants in Yakutia go to the structure of AK ALROSA: Udachinsky, Mirninsky, Nyurbinsky and Aikhalsky. In accordance with JORC, resources and reserves for 2013 amount to more than 970 million, of which: probable - 308 million, proven - 665 million.

The diamond mining industry dates back to 1954, when Zarnitsa (the first kimberlite pipe) was discovered in Yakutia. In subsequent years, geologists discovered only 15 diamond deposits. In 1957, the leadership of the USSR formed the Yakutalmaz trust in the city of Mirny, and the extraction of raw materials began. The first industrial diamonds were mined in the same year, and in 1959 the sale of Russian minerals on the world market began. In the early 1960s, the USSR contracted for the supply of part of the diamonds to the international corporation De Beers. During this period, basic production facilities were formed, factories were built and basic mines were built. In perestroika times, in 1992, by the Decree of the President, Yakutalmaz was transformed into JSC Almazy Rossii - Sokha. In 1998, it was transformed and renamed into CJSC AK ALROSA. In 2011, it became an open joint stock company and its shares were given the opportunity of free circulation on the stock markets.

OJSC ALROSA -

In October 2013, ALROSA went through the IPO procedure. The results of the auction were as follows: 60% - acquired by investors from the United States, 4% - went to investors from the UK, 20% - from Europe, 14% - from Russia, 7% - acquired by representatives of the government of Yakutia, 7% - representatives of the Government of the Russian Federation, 2 % were quasi-treasury securities. Thus, the corporation raised more than 40 billion rubles. In the same year, ALROSA completely sold off non-core assets, including its insurance company and corporate hotel. To date, the company's shares are owned by:

the Russian Federation, represented by the Federal Agent for State Property in the amount of more than 50%;

The Government of Yakutia represented by the Ministry of Property Relations of the Republic of Sakha - in the amount of 32% and one more;

Eight municipalities of Yakutia (uluses) in the amount of 8%;

Investment fund Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund in the amount of 2%;

other physical and legal entities(RDIF, Lazard, NPF "" and others) in the amount of 8%.

Since 2009, ALROSA has been headed by Fedor Andreev - professional economist, who moved to the corporation from the post of senior vice president of Russian Railways. He left the post in September of this year for medical reasons. New head not assigned yet. The volume of the authorized capital is more than 3.5 billion rubles. It is divided into over 7 billion named ordinary shares nominal value of 0.5 rubles. as of October 2014 is more than 288 billion rubles.

OJSC AK ALROSA

nominal undocumented. The shares have been circulating on the Russian stock market since the end of 2011. - 50 kopecks. Only 0.09% of the total volume is in free circulation. The ticker is ARLS. The total number of shares is 7.3 billion pieces. The level of liquidity on the MICEX is average. Since July 2014, the shares of AK ALROSA have been included in the VTB list of “sufficiently liquid securities”.

Officials are hesitant to take away Russian diamonds from Japanese investors

The head of Yakutia, Yegor Borisov, ordered the immediate nationalization of Diamonds of Yakutia. The governor announced this during a meeting on the problems and prospects for the development of the jewelry and cutting industry in the region.

True, to the great disappointment of the public, and even of journalists who had already managed to compose sensational headlines, there was no talk of the nationalization of all diamond mining in the republic. By order of Borisov, the property of the state will be returned ... trademark under which it works large network jewelry stores "Saha Diamond - Diamonds of Yakutia". Simply put, the state does not claim its own diamonds, but only the right to receive a small percentage of their sale by a private company.

The discreet charm of power

“Now,” Yegor Borisov said, speaking about the need to nationalize Saha Diamond, “the brand has been taken out of the republic. If they don’t give it back to us voluntarily, involve lawyers, apply to international courts, and resolve this issue. But it must belong to the people."

The modesty of popular claims in the understanding of Borisov is striking. Although we must be fair: it is not his fault that in the diamond industry, as, indeed, in all other mining and processing industries in Russia, there is a complete mess, of which the whole story with the diamond "under-nationalization" served as another proof.

JSC "Saha Diamonds - Diamonds of Yakutia" is a company that combines a network of jewelry stores and its own jewelry production, where it makes jewelry for individual orders. The OJSC itself is registered in Yakutsk ( CEO Artem Dekabrovich, authorized capital 540 thousand rubles). And here the most interesting begins further.

Saha Diamonds - Diamonds of Yakutia is 58.8% owned by Saha Diamond Comp, a Russian-Japanese company whose president is one Konno Yasuhiro. In essence, this is the former Japanese corporation JAS (Japan Auction Systems), which received the Yakut-diamond name in 2003, when it first entered the Russian market.

For more than a decade, Mr. Yasuhiro and his colleagues have penetrated deeply into the Republic of Sakha, not only into the diamond mining industry, but also into the system of power relations. In 2010 Saha Diamond Comp launched own production in the new building of the diamond cutting plant in Yakutsk, in 2011, the Japanese House was built and opened (an administrative building, the first house in Yakutia, built entirely at the expense of foreign investors). In subsequent years, the company planned to further expand its presence in the diamond market, and with it its influence on public life Yakutsk and its environs.

Ends in the water

But the main thing is that Russian owners (including the state) actually had no share in Saha Diamond Comp. And it couldn't be: the company is purely Japanese by origin, which, however, did not prevent the nimble Japanese from dealing with Russian diamonds perfectly. It is possible that not without the help of the Yakut officials.

But not caught - not a thief. Be that as it may, the friendship between Yakutia and Japan has clearly cracked, and so far this quarrel, at least from the outside, seems to be the right step to protect Russian interests. However, one can praise Mr. Borisov only if the matter is brought to its logical end, that is, to the complete nationalization of the entire diamond industry, both mining and processing, in the region; but so far there are no significant reasons to hope for it.

Shine and poverty of Yakut diamonds

AT total volume of diamonds produced in the Russian Federation, Yakutia occupies about 13%. At the same time, most of the Yakut stones (72%) are exported. First of all, of course, to Belgium, to Antwerp, where the Hasidim have been holding the world's largest diamond exchange for more than a century, as well as to Israel, Japan and China. 11% remains in the republic and another 17% is sold in the rest of Russia.

Kimberlite pipe. Photo: Vladimir Vyatkin / RIA Novosti

According to Andrey Panov, Minister of Industry of Yakutia, both production and sales of polished diamonds have been steadily falling in recent years (38% decline in production and 26% in sales in 2015 compared to 2014). This is always the case during crises, when the purchasing power of the population is declining. So there is no tragedy here.

The saddest thing is that in 2015 the cutting industry showed a loss of 444.4 million rubles. In the Yakut circumstances, this is quite a lot, which is primarily due to loans and the fall of the ruble. Credited something abroad, and in dollars. How could it be otherwise, if we have such players in the market as Saha Diamond Comp.

And yet, the question of nationalizing not just a brand, but the entire industry as a whole, returning to the state the right to fully dispose of one of its main wealth, and not just watch how it is sold by others, has not yet been discussed by officials in any form. rose.

How did the diamond chest open?

In the cutting industry, things are still more mysterious. It is represented by 9 companies:

State Unitary Enterprise "Komdragmetal" (owned by the Republic of Sakha);

Nyurba cutting and jewelry factory (owned by municipality- Ulus);

- "Crystal-99" (private property);

DDK (private Russian and foreign property);

- "Tunalgy" (private property);

Yakutsk Diamond Company (private property);

NPK Apple Diamond (93% owned by LLC JV Apple Yakutsk, which - according to legal documents - is engaged in investigations and security; according to rumors that circulated in 2015, the company could be sold to Indian investors);

Already known to us Saha Diamond in the possession of the Japanese;

And the Indian-owned Choron Diamond, headquartered in Moscow.

Most of these enterprises survive neither shaky nor rolls. They have more than enough debts, and management has no idea what to do with them. And what kind of special management is there at the factory, where several dozen jewelers work? So, Apple Diamond mortgaged its parent company to Sberbank, in Nyurba a proposal is being seriously considered to transfer the building of the cutting plant to a kindergarten (a little more than a dozen employees, and a loan was taken for 6 million euros), and so on. It is quite understandable why the bright idea to nationalize all this problematic good has not yet visited bureaucrats' heads.
Here lies the key to the chest with diamonds, which the servants of the people so stubbornly refuse, asking instead only to let them look through the keyhole. Decide suddenly the state to regain full control over the processing and sale own resources, and local officials will have a lot of worries about pulling the dying industry out of deep decline, and at the same time responsibility for considerable amounts of national wealth. Much easier to shove it all, for example, the Japanese. And let the state be content with letters on the signs of jewelry stores.

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21. Pugachev came out of the shadows. Veremeenko, as you know, was offered to join the management team of a diamond mining company based in Yakutia " ALROSA". Pugachev played far from the last role in the conflict over NTV. Largely thanks to him, the policy of "caution and balance" prevailed in the Kremlin and Gazprom in assessing the assets of Gusinsky's former empire. And it is Pugachev who is called one of the most likely new hosts"fourth button".
Date: 12/27/2001 22. Yakutia for the Yakuts. ... to leave at the head of the company " ALROSA» precisely Russian? I not only know the answer, but I also know how to protect the indigenous population of the Republic of Sakha from Moscow's encroachments. I know why the Kremlin did not support me. Because I root for you with all my heart, for the real hosts Republic of Sakha. Vasily Kolmogorov *** Original of this material © "Gazeta.Ru", 11/27/2001, Photo: HTB ALROSA, can be restored to...
Date: 11/28/2001 23. The nomenklatura in 41 regions of Russia established 32 orders, 81 medals and 4 titles of "Hero". After all, I repeat, the lists of those awarded more often include “specific” bosses, “authoritative” hosts provinces and "owners of factories, newspapers, ships."
... former president of Yakutia Vyacheslav Shtyrov - former president of Yakutia (he received the "Star" as president of the diamond company " Alrosa”) Alexey Gordeev - former Minister Agriculture Russian Federation Andrey Fursenko - Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Artur...
Date: 04.02.2011 24. The Kremlin and Partners. Regular customers are such significant structures as Gazprom, Shell, Transneft, ALROSA, VimpelCom, Svyazinvest, Danone, Metro Cash & Carry, Ford, Volkswagen.
"A patent attorney only has two" host"The law and the client," said Mikhail Gorodissky, founder of the law firm Gorodissky and Partners, who passed away seven years ago.
Date: 07/21/2009 25. 10 blacks of Russian business: Deripaska, Kerimov, Potanin, and others. As a result, the bank was bought by two state corporations - ALROSA and Russian Railways. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed, but, according to sources, it was extremely small.
Master NLMK continues to spend money on non-core assets: last week it became known that Lisin purchased from NLMK for $254 million a 69.4% stake in the Tuapse Commercial Sea Port.
Date: 12/15/2008 26. Top-12. Rating of the rich in the Far East ("Finance"). Over the past five years, Viktor Vekselberg, who controls one of the largest gold mining companies in the Far East, Koryakgeoldobycha, and Polyus Gold, and Alrosa”, and “Russian coal”.
There are rumors in Kamchatka that new hosts"Okeanrybflot" costs Chinese capital, but they themselves categorically refute such versions.
Date: 03/01/2007 27. King of the Hill. As Forbes found out, the reforms proposed hosts plant, imply the actual direct participation of the enterprise in the management of the city.
He is echoed by the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory (which includes Taimyr) Alexander Khloponin, who until recently publicly announced the possibility of Norilsk Nickel joining the state " ALROSA».
Date: 03/03/2006 28. Conditionally Russian "Akron". ... It does not bother me at all that the company is not controlled local authorities On the contrary, I consider this a positive moment in my work, because in Russia, after all, capitalism is also being built ... ”Kantor knew what he was talking about - he became a genuine host life...
The trial is ongoing and it is unlikely that it will be in favor of Kantor, since serious forces intervened in the matter - the administration of the President's affairs, the holding " Alrosa"and the administration of the Moscow region.
Date: 09.12.2004 29. How to make a millionth fortune. Due to the wealth of millions. ... 1. In 1999, Kantor liked a large plot of land in the suburbs in a strategic location - on the Rublevo-Uspenskoe highway; in the immediate vicinity of the presidential residences "Barvikha" and "Gorki-9", from old and new mansions hosts life...
The workers were offended and sent Vyacheslav Kantor to a well-known address, while they themselves went in a different direction - to representatives of the famous concern " Alrosa which gave shareholders a market price for their shares. That is why the Moscow stud farm No. 1 did not become ...
Date: 05/24/2004 30. Breeder of the Baskervilles. ... Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, former Minister of Finance of Yakutia and ex-chairman of the board of Sakhacreditbank Sergey Yanygin. They even turned to the large enterprise "Howard-consult" with a proposal to exchange Yakut bills for a bill ALROSA worth $1 million...
So who is master"The Hounds of the Baskervilles"?
Date: 04.02.2004 31. Turnkey party. All election campaign Shtyrova, first host Yakut diamonds, and now - host Yakutia, as such, was built on the struggle for administrative resources. Shtyrov was either forbidden to participate in the elections, then again allowed - depending on how the negotiations between the leadership went. ALROSA and federal government.
Date: 09/05/2002 32. Not frightened Pugachev. ... for loans from Mezhprombank to the Administration of the President on preferential terms (at 20% per annum in 1997) P. Borodin helped with the transfer of accounts to Mezhprombank for servicing large enterprises- in particular, the company "Diamonds of Russia-Sakha" (" Alrosa ...
And it is Pugachev who is called one of the most likely new hosts"fourth button".
Date: 06/21/2002 33. Kremlin "roof" of Putin. What is worth one list of scandals associated with it: "Bank of New York", the restoration of the Kremlin Palace, " ALROSA", etc. However, the need for money laundering arises even now among respectable-looking businessmen. For example, hosts furniture stores "Three Whales" and "Grand".
Date: 11/29/2001 34. Adventure under the guise of power Perhaps she is in London at the AK office " ALROSA". And what is this? So, to divert eyes, but in fact Tatyana Mikhailovna is busy in the family business? In response, there is silence so far. But our investigation is moving forward, clearing the rubble of carefully hidden secrets, and there will be light. There is another interesting fund. "Five hundred plus one. One is the president himself, and the rest are enterprises. The case is very remarkable. One might say, today the sovereign host throughout Yakutia, its wealth is one person ... 35. Sell valuables wholesale and retail. In 2001, the collector sold the masterpiece to the company " Alrosa for several million dollars, and she gave it to the Hermitage.
At some point, after his release, Khochinsky came to the apartment of Felix Geller to get acquainted with the antique collection host.
Date: 19.11.2009 36. Banks-2001. But those banks that have not fallen out of his field of vision have to serve the interests of host in full program.
He, in turn, resold it to Slavneft, ALROSA, Vnesheconombank and Troika Dialog acting in the interests of RAO UES. It is possible that something similar awaits the Russian Mosnarbank, a “daughter” of the London bank of the same name.
Date: 12/11/2001 37. Who is who in the "Golden Hundred". 66. Vyacheslav Shtyrov $450 million Diamonds 51 years old, married, two children ALROSA».
“Agriculture is in the hands of a zealous host always gave profit, and we will have.
Date: 04/22/2005 38. Kremlin breakthrough to Israel. Only, unlike the latter, Mirilashvili managed to establish quite constructive relations with " ALROSA".
Why show who's in the house master when everyone already knows.
Date: 07/19/2000 39. Where does BAB get Angolan sadness from? Knowing full well that the reserves of Gokhran would soon be exhausted, the "diamond prodigy" tried, firstly, to become one of the main clients of the diamond mining company " ALROSA", which produces 99% of Russian diamonds. Almost all Leviev's JVs were transferred to allowances" ALROSA"According to Nezavisimaya Gazeta's estimates, the Russian side annually incurs losses in the amount of 8-9 billion rubles from this "cooperation". And secondly, Leviev is making vigorous efforts to become host ...
Date: 05/16/2000 40. Another oligarch wound up Even the magnificent operation that made the company " ALROSA"to transfer to Leviev the rights to sell diamonds from the Catoca deposit she is developing, was almost not reflected in the domestic press, while the Western press simply spat.
On 207 pages, the history of the organization, the rise and fall of the illegal diamond trade channel from the Gokhran, an extra-budgetary secret source of financing for both the decaying regime and the new ones that are gaining strength, is described. hosts countries.

The namesake of the diamond monopoly, the ALROSA investment group, promised to attract hundreds of millions of dollars to the company's projects. Where's the money?

An impressive panorama of the Kremlin opens from the office window of the CEO of the ALROSA investment group, Sergey Vybornov. Perhaps this adds to his significance in the negotiations. But appearances are deceiving: the problem of IG ALROSA lies precisely in the fact that this group, whose possessions are scattered for thousands of kilometers from the Arkhangelsk region to Yakutia, does not have support from the federal center. And if there is, it is not enough.

IG ALROSA is an unusual entity. It's half private company, to which the state diamond monopoly ALROSA and the government of Yakutia transferred promising deposits of gold and precious stones at one time. Under the control of the IG "ALROSA" were gigantic assets: approximately 200 million carats of diamonds in the Arkhangelsk region and 700 tons of gold in Yakutia. Only one figure can tell about the scale of the company: the estimated reserves of the Lomonosov diamond deposit amount to about $12 billion. investment projects AK ALROSA and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). In other words, IS must find funds for those projects that the diamond company cannot or does not want to do on its own.

Finding investors these days is not that hard. The interest in the industry is huge. Last year alone, the price of gold increased by 12.6% to $409 per troy ounce. Global consumption of the "yellow metal" last year increased for the first time in four years, experts say World Gold Council. Diamond prices also rose by almost 20% in 2004 and could rise by another 10-12% this year for the same reason: buyers are willing to buy more than the market is able to offer.

One of the largest investors in Russian market precious metals — Norilsk Nickel — has already spent about $1.6 billion on the acquisition of gold mining companies, and plans to spend another $600 million by 2010. Such giants as AngloGold Ashanti and Rio Tinto have entered the market. Companies with smaller gold reserves in Russian deposits than IG ALROSA—Peter Hambro and Highland Gold—have successfully placed their shares on the stock exchange, receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from investors.

IG ALROSA has also repeatedly announced that its negotiations with potential investors are about to culminate in the creation of a strong partnership. But every time the lucrative deals fell through. Why? There are at least two reasons. The first of these is the non-transparent ownership structure of the investment group.

Who are the owners?

IG ALROSA grew out of the structures of the Moscow-based Sobinbank, which serviced the accounts of the Russian diamond monopoly. At first, the company was called "Lizinvest" and had nothing to do with current projects - it traded bills. In the summer of 2001, Leezinvest “moved” to Khanty-Mansiysk, changed its name to ACE Group and acted as an intermediary for a loan in the amount of 1 billion rubles, which the government of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO) allocated for the organization of a diamond-cutting production on its territory . The loan was intended for ALROSA, but only a company registered in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug could become its recipient. ACE Group acted in this role, then transferring the money to the diamond mining monopoly.

To complete the transaction, ALROSA CJSC bought out a controlling stake in ACE Group, and the company itself was re-registered as ALROSA Investment Group OJSC. Sergey Vybornov, the former head of the investment and credit department of Norilsk Nickel, was appointed the CEO of IG. It is he who is now responsible for all the projects of the group, is negotiating with investors. Occupation for Vybornov is familiar - at Norilsk Nickel he headed the department of international financial and investment cooperation.

It is clear with the management, but who are the private shareholders of the company?

The official version proposed by the President of CJSC ALROSA, Alexander Nichiporuk, is as follows: “50% -1 share of IG ALROSA is under the control of its management”, the rest of the shares belong to the diamond monopoly. Vybornov says that he is not listed as a shareholder, and when asked to tell from whom exactly he received an offer to work in a subsidiary of ALROSA, he explains with apparent reluctance: “Most of the conversations were with Otar Margania ».

The name of the Senior Vice President of Vneshtorgbank, Otar Marganiya, is well known in the gemstone industry. He works as a freelance adviser to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. Kudrin heads the Supervisory Board of ALROSA and oversees the industry. And Margania, according to experts interviewed by Forbes, has a great influence on the minister. Forbes interlocutors are also sure that it is his companies that now own a significant share of the shares of the investment group not controlled by ALROSA.

Is it so? Margania himself laughs into the phone: “I am engaged in scientific, not practical activities so it's not in my area of ​​interest." Indeed, while living in St. Petersburg, Margania taught at the economics department of the university and even published (in co-authorship) a lengthy economic essay "European Modernization". Then why does the market attribute ownership of the shares to him? “There was a group of people who, having failed to show their worth at ALROSA, were forced to leave,” says Margania about possible sources of such information. - They somehow assumed that if Otar Leontyevich had defended, they could have stayed. And I said that I was not going to talk to anyone, after which articles appeared in the press that I was like a gray eminence in ALROSA.” Still, Margania does not deny his participation in the creation of IG ALROSA.

However, in determining the fate of the diamond industry, not everything is decided by the head of Margania Alexei Kudrin. There is another "party" - it is represented by the Yakut authorities, headed by the president of the republic, the former president of ALROSA, Vyacheslav Shtyrov. The established dual power is the second reason why the development of IG ALROSA is hampered.

Two parties

Until 2002, ALROSA, the $2.7 billion diamond monopoly, had two chairmen supervisory board- one from Moscow, one from Yakutia. This corresponded to the distribution of the company's shares: Moscow owns 37% of CJSC ALROSA, Yakutia - 40%, and the rest of the papers are held by former and current employees of the company, as well as outside investors. In early 2002, Shtyrov, having easily won the regional elections, became the president of Yakutia, leaving the post of president of ALROSA. Following this, the dual post of chairman of the supervisory board was abolished, and the board was headed by Kudrin alone.

This reshuffle was the beginning of the active actions of the federal center, which decided to gain full control over the diamond monopoly. These actions have so far been unsuccessful: despite the obvious superiority of the Moscow "party" (in terms of administrative resources), the center cannot increase its stake: a direct conflict with Yakutia is unprofitable for it, and it is impossible to reach an amicable agreement.

Against this background, the creation of IG ALROSA and the transfer of ownership to it promising deposits can already be considered a victory for Moscow.

The most valuable acquisition of IG is the Severalmaz company, which owns a license for the Lomonosovskoye field in the Arkhangelsk region. Significant funds were required for its development, and at first the South African company De Beers showed interest in the project. But the project fell apart. At the end of 2002, IG ALROSA entered the business - it was instructed to find a new foreign partner. It was about the British Fleming Family & Partners. Under a preliminary agreement, FF&P was to receive a 43% stake in Severalmaz, which owns licenses for 6 kimberlite pipes at the Lomonosov diamond deposit with total reserves of 200 million carats.

Negotiations of potential partners continued until the end of 2003, when ALROSA, unexpectedly for many, transferred the management of Severalmaz to LLC IK Solex, a 100% subsidiary of IG ALROSA. In fact, this meant the cancellation of the deal with the Flemings.

After the termination of negotiations with the Flemings, it was decided to raise the necessary funds on the market: by first placing credit notes, and then the shares of Severalmaz on Western exchanges. Notes for $150 million were successfully sold (under the guarantee of the “big” ALROSA). The company spent most of the funds raised on the construction of a mining and processing plant at one of the pipes. Its launch took place on June 28 this year- thus, 25 years after the discovery of the deposit, its development finally began.

The placement of the shares of the diamond company on the stock exchange, originally scheduled for the 1st quarter of 2005, is still awaited by investors. The new release date is early 2006, Vybornov says.

A different story is with the gold reserves that went to IG ALROSA. If the Arkhangelsk diamond deposits were actually handed over to the company from Moscow, then the gold mines were given to the investment group by Shtyrov himself, who, already the president of Yakutia, signed the corresponding decree. IG ALROSA eventually gained control of a new, debt-free company with 12 deposits, whose total gold reserves exceed 700 tons. Forbes sources believe that in exchange for this, Shtyrov was promised the post of federal minister from Moscow, but then the offer was withdrawn. Shtyrov did not forgive this offense. And now - after the adoption of the law on the direct appointment of heads of regions - he should feel doubly offended. The conflict with the center because of this only flares up.

Meanwhile, IG ALROSA began looking for partners for gold mining. In an interview with Forbes in early June, Vybornoe said that there was already an agreement to create a joint company with Barrick Gold, the second gold miner in the world. The new enterprise, according to Vybornov, would have a capitalization of about $1 billion.

Great plans. But a month later, Barrick ceased to be the only possible partner of IG ALROSA - consultations on this issue, as it turned out, were also carried out with the American Newmont and Norilsk Nickel.

And it seems that this uncertainty will continue as long as the conflict between Moscow and Yakutia drags on. In a situation of almost open war for the “big” ALROSA, ISIS projects fade. “I think that now it is more important to coordinate issues between the federal and Yakut governments. There is a political moment,” notes Otar Margania. “No one knows what will happen to IG ALROSA tomorrow under such conditions,” says one of the representatives of the diamond industry.

The ALROSA investment group, created with the participation of persons unknown to the general public, was supposed to get access to billions in investments, but so far is content with modest projects. For example, it plans to create a Russian jewelry brand aimed at the middle class, which will include a chain of 50 stores over the next five years. The jewelry design will be handled by Corentin Kidot, a former Carrier specialist. The first store is scheduled to open in December this year in Moscow. IG will spend $2-3 million of its own funds on marketing. According to Vybornov, agreements have already been reached with a number of companies and individuals who will receive their share in the chain of stores in exchange for investments. ALROSA may also take 5-10%, they show interest in this,” he says. “And then this chain of stores will also enter the market,” continues Vybornoe. “The main goal is capitalization. That is, we trade assets. In the interests of ALROSA. I would like to believe that this is the case.

diamond chip

"We are buying ALROSA shares. Urgent. Expensive." Such announcements are full of websites of stock market participants. The securities of the Russian diamond monopoly are a kind of forbidden fruit: investors tear them off with their hands, and the company itself threatens buyers with criminal prosecution.

The existence of a market for the shares of ALROSA, a closed joint-stock company (CJSC) with a dominant state stake, was an open secret until recently. Officially, ALROSA presented the structure of its capital as follows: 37% - the government of Russia, 32% - the government of Yakutia, 1% of the shares are owned by 8 uluses (districts) of Yakutia, and the remaining 23% belong to the former and current employees of the company. It was only in March 2005 that ALROSA President Alexander Nichiporuk admitted that “banking and other financial structures» bought from labor collective already about 10% of ALROSA. In particular, Renaissance Capital and Russian Funds had a hand in the purchase. According to market participants, private companies have already chosen almost all the shares in the hands of employees, with the exception of the share that belongs to a group of former and current top managers of the company, headed by the President of Yakutia Vyacheslav Shtyrov (about 13%). Why such excitement? The interest of third-party investors arose as soon as in 2002 the government proposed to bring ALROSA to stock market. Direct purchase of shares was impossible: according to the law, if one of the shareholders of the CJSC decides to sell them, other shareholders have preemptive right ransom. However, you can donate shares without coordinating your actions with other owners. Usually unfriendly buying up of CJSC shares is formalized through a donation agreement.

Leakage of ALROSA shares is not profitable either federal center, nor Yakutia, which are fighting for control of the company. Therefore, ALROSA is trying to prevent buying. In the spring of 2005, at the initiative of the company, law enforcement agencies initiated several criminal cases, in which a large block of ALROSA shares, which was in Moscow depositories, was arrested. The ALROSA investment group has also joined the game. “We are participating in buying, but in the interests of the “big” ALROSA,” says IG CEO Sergey Vybornov.

Meanwhile, the stakes are rising. In August, the purchase price of one ALROSA share on the secondary market reached $4,000-5,000, although the company itself set the fair price of one of its shares at $2,150 last fall. - IN AND.

Valery Igumenov