Nikolay Tokarev
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Nikolay Tokarev is a Russian businessman and oligarch
. He is the president of the Russian oil transportation company Transneft
. He was born in 1950. He graduated from Karaganda Polytechnic Institute.
He was reportedly a KGB
officer in East Germany, where he met and allied with KGB officer Vladimir Putin
. Between 1996 and 1999 Tokarev worked for the state Presidential Property Management Department where Putin's title was deputy chief in 1996 and 1997.
Tokarev is the president of Transneft since October 2007. He is also a member of Russian national oil company Transneft
's board of directors since June 2009.
From 2000 to 2007, Tokarev was the president of Russian oil company Zarubezhneft
.
Business oligarch
Business oligarch is a near-synonym of the term "business magnate", borrowed by the English speaking and western media from post-Soviet parlance to describe the huge, fast-acquired wealth of some businessmen of the former Soviet republics during the privatization in Russia and other post-Soviet...
. He is the president of the Russian oil transportation company Transneft
Transneft
Transneft is a Russian state-owned business responsible for the national oil pipelines. It was founded in 1993 and owns the largest oil pipeline system in the world, with a total network length of almost...
. He was born in 1950. He graduated from Karaganda Polytechnic Institute.
He was reportedly a KGB
KGB
The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
officer in East Germany, where he met and allied with KGB officer Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
. Between 1996 and 1999 Tokarev worked for the state Presidential Property Management Department where Putin's title was deputy chief in 1996 and 1997.
Tokarev is the president of Transneft since October 2007. He is also a member of Russian national oil company Transneft
Transneft
Transneft is a Russian state-owned business responsible for the national oil pipelines. It was founded in 1993 and owns the largest oil pipeline system in the world, with a total network length of almost...
's board of directors since June 2009.
From 2000 to 2007, Tokarev was the president of Russian oil company Zarubezhneft
Zarubezhneft
JSC Zarubezhneft is a Russian state-controlled oil company based in Moscow that specializes in exploration, development and operation of oil and gas fields outside Russian territory....
.