The state-owned company Rosspirtprom has won the auction for 72.87%…
The state-owned company Rosspirtprom has won the auction for 72.87% of the shares in the Tambov-based food alcohol producer Amber Talvis, previously owned by the disgraced businessman Yuri Shefler and nationalized in 2024.
Consensus
- Rosspirtprom acquired 72.87% of Amber Talvis shares in a state auction.
- The deal price was 1.94 billion rubles, half the initial asking price of 3.89 billion rubles.
- Rosspirtprom already owned 25.5% of Amber Talvis before the acquisition.
- After the acquisition, Rosspirtprom's ownership increased to approximately 98.4%.
- Amber Talvis was nationalized in 2024 following a lawsuit by the General Prosecutor's Office.
- The plant is located in Novaya Lyada near Tambov and produces rectified spirits.
- The plant has a daily production capacity of about 10,000 decaliters.
- The company reported strong financial performance in 2025, with revenue up 22.8% to 2.5 billion rubles and net profit nearly fivefold to 869.5 million rubles.
- The plant was previously part of the assets of Yuri Shefler, who was linked to an extremist organization.
Points of divergence
- Rosimущество conducted the auction for the second time after no bids were received in the first round. — kommersant
- The plant was sold at the minimum allowed price. — thebell
- The plant was transferred to state ownership in 2024 via a court order from the General Prosecutor's Office, citing that structures linked to Shefler transferred €38 million to the Ukrainian military between 2022 and 2023. — kommersant
- Shefler and his companies were declared an 'extremist organization' in July 2024. — thebell
Coverage (2 sources)
- Rosspirtprom purchased Tambov plant Amber Talvis at half price — Коммерсантъ
- Nationalized alcohol plant of Yuri Shefeler sold at half the starting price — The Bell
Key entities
- Amber Talvis
- Rosspirtprom
- Rostorg
- Yuri Shefler
- Russia
- Russian State Property Fund
- Nationalized
- State Rosspirtprom