Manturov nominated to the Board of Directors of “Gazprom” in place of the speaker – Lenta.ru

the Russian Government approved the list of candidates to the Board of Directors of “Gazprom”. The decree published on the website of the Cabinet.

the place of the former head of the Ministry of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev invited the Minister of industry and trade Denis Manturov.

Also on the list of candidates — all members of the current Board of Directors: the head of the Council, the special representative of the President of Russia on interaction with the Forum of gas exporting countries Viktor Zubkov, Chairman of the Board “Gazprom” Alexey Miller, Minister of energy Alexander Novak, Chairman of Rosselkhozbank and Gazprombank Andrey Akimov and Dmitri Patrushev, rector of the Russian presidential Academy of national economy and public administration under the President Vladimir Mau, Chairman of the Association Kazenergy Timur Kulibayev, rector of Gubkin Russian state University of oil and gas named after Gubkin, Viktor Martynov.

the speaker went into the composition of the Board of Directors of “Gazprom” at the end of June 2016.

on the night of 15 November 2016, he was arrested. According to investigators, the official illegally demanded from the representative of the company “Rosneft” a bribe in the amount of two million dollars for the legitimate issuance of a positive opinion in respect of the acquisition of state-owned shares “Bashneft”. The same day he was sent under house arrest for two months, and the President dismissed him from his post of Minister of economic development. Later house arrest was extended until April 15.