Bloomberg named Russian businessmen who received more than 1 trillion rubles in dividends

The largest dividend benefit was received by Lukoil Chairman Vagit Alekperov over the stated period – 186 billion rubles. Previously, Alekperov took first place in the Forbes ranking of Russian billionaires. His fortune increased from $20.5 billion to $28.6 billion.

Main recipients of dividends

• Key beneficiary of Severstal Alexey Mordashov: 148 billion rubles;
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of NLMK Vladimir Lisin: 121 billion rubles;
• Leonid Mikhelson, Sibur shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of NOVATEK: 107 billion rubles;
• USM founder Alisher Usmanov: 87 billion rubles;
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kontinental Hockey League Gennady Timchenko: 79 billion rubles (dividends from NOVATEK and Sibur);
• founder and former vice president of Lukoil Leonid Fedun: 77 billion rubles;
• family of Phosagro co-owner Andrey Guryev: 54 billion rubles;
• family of State Duma deputy Andrei Skoch: 53 billion rubles (dividend income from Metalloinvest and Megaforn);
• Norilsk Nickel President Vladimir Potanin: 52 billion rubles;
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works Viktor Rashnikov: 25 billion rubles%
• Wife of the rector of St. Petersburg Mining University Vladimir Litvinenko, Tatyana Litvinenko: 23 billion rubles.

According to the data of the Federal Property Management Agency, in 2023 the federal budget received dividends from state-owned enterprises in the amount of 339 billion rubles. In 2022, this amount was twice as high – 753 billion rubles.

The largest payers include Rosneftegaz, ALROSA, Rosneftegaz, RusHydro and Transneft.