Ozon Stake Linked to Putin Ally Timchenko
FBC: Almost 35% of Ozon shares are controlled by a structure linked to Gennady Timchenko. The Fight for Corruption Foundation published an investigation revealing that the company owning 35% of Ozon's shares is connected to the friend of Putin, billionaire Gennady Timchenko.
Consensus
- 34.95% of Ozon shares are held by company O23.
- O23's official beneficial owner is entrepreneur Alexander Chachava.
- O23 acquired 27.7% of Ozon shares from Baring Vostok in 2024 for 38.2 billion rubles.
- The company 'Stratosphere' is linked to Chachava and received a 51.23 billion ruble loan in 2024.
- The loan to 'Stratosphere' came from 'Optima', which received a nearly identical sum as a non-interest-bearing loan from 'Delta'.
- Gennadiy Timchenko is the sole owner of 'Delta'.
- The CEO of 'Optima', Darya Brylyakova, previously worked at 'Igora Drive' and 'ABR Management'.
- The chief accountant of 'Optima', Zhanna Tsapleva, previously worked at 'Relax', linked to Svetlana Krivonogikh, a former associate of Putin.
- 31.8% of Ozon shares are owned by AFK 'Sistema' under Vladimir Evstafyev.
- The remaining shares are held by minor shareholders.
Points of divergence
- Putin's rhetoric intensified starting August 22, which the report links to Ukrainian attacks on Ozon warehouses in Samara, Orenburg, Adygea, Stavropol, Dagestan, and Bashkortostan. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The report claims that 'Stratosphere' received more than 51 billion rubles from Timchenko's structures, calling Chachava a 'relatively unknown businessman' with no apparent funds for such a purchase. — tvrain
- The report states that the Kremlin blocked the initial division of Baring Vostok's assets due to Ozon's stake, and only allowed the sale under conditions that the buyer be a Russian entity not under sanctions. — thebell
- The purchase of 27.7% of Ozon was made from 'Vostok Investment' in 2024, and the stake was increased to 34.95% by March 2026. — tg_astrapress
- Chachava bought the 27.7% stake from 'Vostok Investment' in 2105, not 2024. — tg_currenttime
Coverage (13 sources)
- Purchase of nearly 35% of Ozon was financed by structures of Yevgeny Timchenko, friend of Vladimir Putin — ASTRA
- Putin's friend turned out to be a co-owner of Ozon — The Moscow Times
- Ozone Layer of the Kremlin: FBC found that the largest marketplace Ozon is linked to Putin's shadow business empire — Говорит НеМосква
- FBK: largest Ozon shareholder received money from Putin's friend to buy his share — billionaire Gennady Timchenko — Дождь
- FBK: Ozon's largest shareholder received money from Putin's friend billionaire Gennady Timchenko to buy his stake — Дождь (Telegram)
- FBC: almost 35% of Ozon shares controlled by structure linked to Gennady Timchenko — Настоящее Время
- Gennady Timchenko Company has underwritten a buyer of 35% of Ozon shares for 51 billion rubles — FBC — The Bell
- FBK: third of Ozon shares controlled by company linked to billionaire Gennady Timchenko — Медиазона
- More than a third of Ozon shares belong to Putin's 'wallet' Gennady Timchenko, FBK reveals — Важные истории
- Ozon's largest shareholder bought a stake in the marketplace using funds from Vladimir Putin's friend's company, Genadii Timchenko, FBC revealed. Authors of the investigation demanded sanctions against 'Putin's stake holders' — Meduza
- Ozon's majority shareholder bought shares with funds provided by friend of Putin's company, Hennadii Tymchenko — FBK — ЭХО / Новости
- Putin's "Wallet" Genadiy Timchenko turned out to be the owner of 34% of Ozon — FBK investigation — The Insider
- FBK: the third Ozon is owned by billionaire Gennady Timchenko's company — Putin's friend — Новая газета Европа
Key entities
- Ozon
- Gennadiy Timchenko
- Putin
- FBK
- Alexander Chachava
- Foundation for Fighting Corruption
- Russia
- Bering Sea
- O23
- Kremlin
- Ukraine
- Baring Vostok
- O23