Control of the St. Petersburg oil terminal has been transferred to…
Control of the St. Petersburg oil terminal has been transferred to the Rotenberg family. Rosimuechestvo handed over 55% of the shares of 'St. Petersburg Oil Terminal' (PNK), previously seized by order of the Prosecutor General's Office, under the control of 'Roskhim', a company linked to the Rotenberg family, according to Fontanka.
Consensus
- Rosimущество transferred 55% of shares in the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal (PNT) to 'Roskhim' in July 2026.
- The transfer followed a court order from the General Prosecutor's Office in April 2025, which seized shares from heirs of Dmitry Skigin due to their foreign citizenship.
- The remaining 45% of PNT shares belong to Yelena Vasilieva, wife of co-founder Sergey Vasiliev.
- The transfer was confirmed by a registry extract dated July 10, 2026.
- A corporate conflict over control of the terminal had been ongoing since at least 2022.
- 'Roskhim' has acquired several other state-seized strategic assets in recent years.
- Igor Rotenbergh became publicly known as chairman of Roskhim's board of directors in 2026.
Points of divergence
- The transfer was unconditional, and it is unknown whether the shares were sold or gifted. — novaya_eu
- Ilya Traber, a former criminal figure linked to PNT in the 1990s, was detained in June 2026; his associates received stakes in PNT and St. Petersburg Fuel Company after his arrest. — tg_currenttime
- The transfer of control ended a multi-year conflict over the terminal, which had been a family business with equal shares between Skigin's heirs and Vasiliev's family until 2022. — tg_astrapress
- 'Roskhim' acquired the controlling stake in Bashkir Soda Company from state trust management in 2025, not through direct purchase. — meduza
Coverage (5 sources)
- St. Petersburg oil terminal handed over to Rotenberg — Новая газета Европа
- Shares of the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, seized from owners due to foreign citizenship, were transferred to Rotenberg Company — Настоящее Время
- Control over the Petrograd Oil Terminal was handed over to the Rotenberg family — ASTRA
- St. Petersburg oil terminal handed over to Rotenberg family — The Moscow Times
- Пакет акций «Петербургского нефтяного терминала», изъятый у владельцев, передали компании Ротенбергов — Meduza
Key entities
- Rotenberg
- St. Petersburg Oil Terminal
- Russian State Property Fund
- PNT
- Roskhima
- General Procuracy
- Fontanka
- Dmitry Skigin
- Arbitration Court
- Saint Petersburg
- Leningrad Oblast
- JSC Roskhim