Transbunker assets transferred to Rotenbergs' Roskhim
"Roskhim" has become the managing company of LLC "Transbunker Holding Company", as well as "Transbunker Capital" and "Transbunker Management".
Consensus
- The assets of Transbunker, Russia's largest fuel supplier to ports, were transferred to Roskhim in July.
- Roskhim became the managing company of Transbunker Holding on 24 July.
- On 30 July, Roskhim took control of Transbunker Capital and Transbunker Management.
- The transfer followed a court order from the Arbitrazh Court of Moscow, which granted the state's request to seize Transbunker assets.
- Igor Rotenbergh is the chairman of the board of directors of Roskhim.
- Transbunker and its subsidiaries are involved in fuel supply, bunkering services, and ownership of terminals and tankers.
- The total revenue of the three companies (Transbunker Holding, Transbunker Capital, and Transbunker Management) in 2025 was approximately 6 billion rubles.
- The transfer was based on data from SPARK-Interfax.
- The media outlet 'Agency' first reported on the transfer on 11 August.
Points of divergence
- The Prosecutor General's Office filed a lawsuit against founders Joseph Sandler and Sergey Pugachev in spring 2026, alleging control through foreign companies and illicit dividend transfers exceeding 19 billion rubles. — novaya_eu
- The court decision to transfer assets to state ownership occurred in early July, and the assets were then transferred to Roskhim. — novaya_eu
- Roskhim also acquired a 55% stake in the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal in July, previously seized from the heirs of businessman Dmitry Skigin. — novaya_eu
- Roskhim has previously acquired assets from nationalized companies, including Bashkir Soda, Dальнегорский ГОК, Metafaks, and Volzhsky Orgsinth. — novaya_eu
- At least eleven of the 50 largest nationalized companies are under the management of Arkady Rotenbergh's structures. — novaya_eu
- The official confirmation of Roskhim's ties to the Rotenbergh family came only in 2026. — novaya_eu
- The St. Petersburg-based companies 'Vistinskaya Fuel Company' and 'SKK' (Stividor-Sudokhodnaya Company) were transferred under Roskhim's control, with the former generating over 10.5 billion rubles in 2025 and the latter 444 million rubles. — fontanka
- Transbunker Capital owns the Vistinskaya, Kubanskaya, and Sakhalinskaya fuel terminals. — tg_agentstvonews
- Transbunker Management owns the Novorossiysk fuel terminal, the Baltic Tanker Company, the Stividor-Sudokhodnaya company, and Transbunker-Novorossiysk and Transbunker-Kholmsk. — tg_agentstvonews
- Transbunker Holding owns Vistinskaya Fuel Company, the Far Eastern Tanker Company, the Khabarovsk Fuel Company, and Transbunker-Novosibirsk and Transbunker-Shipping. — tg_agentstvonews
- The Prosecutor General's Office accused Sandler and Pugachev of controlling the strategic enterprise through foreign companies and labeled them residents of the 'unfriendly' state of Cyprus. — tg_radiosvoboda
- Roskhim also received a 55% stake in the Petersburg Oil Terminal, previously seized from Ilya Traber, arrested in June. — tg_radiosvoboda
Coverage (5 sources)
- Putin handed Rotenberg group the largest ship fuel supplier in Russian ports — The Moscow Times
- Assets of Russia's largest port fuel supplier passed to Rotenberg's control — Фонтанка
- Largest fuel supplier to Russian ports transferred to Rotenberg soon after nationalization — Новая газета Европа
- Under the control of the company "Roskhim", whose board of directors is headed by Igor Rotenberg, son of Vladimir Putin's friend Arkady Rotenberg... — Радио Свобода
- Rotenberg Company Quietly Took Control of Largest Fuel Supplier to Russian Ports — Агентство. Новости
Key entities
- Igor Rotenberg
- Roskhima
- Russia
- Vladimir Putin
- Agency
- Transbunker
- SPARK-Interfax
- SPARK
- EGRUL
- MK
- JSC Roskhim
- ООО «Трансбункер Кэпитал
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