Nikolay Tokarev

Nikolay Petrovich Tokarev (Russian: Николай Петрович Токарев; * 20 December 1950 in Karaganda) is a Russian businessman and oligarch. He is the president of the Russian pipeline company Transneft.[1] Tokarev was graduated from Karaganda Polytechnic Institute in 1973.

Not to be confused with the Russian pianist Nikolai Tokarev.
Nikolay Tokarev
President of Transneft
Assumed office
2007
Personal details
Born (1950-12-20) 20 December 1950
Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
Meeting concerning Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean oil pipeline (2008)
Dmitry Medvedev Nikolay Tokarev

He was a KGB officer in East Germany, where he met and allied with KGB officers Vladimir Putin and Sergey Chemezov who were living in Dresden under their KGB boss Lazar Matveev. Between 1996 and 1999 Tokarev worked for the state Presidential Property Management Department where Putin's title was deputy chief in 1996 and 1997.[2][3]

Tokarev has been president of Transneft since October 2007 and a member of the company's board of directors since June 2009.[4] From 2000 to 2007, he was president of the Russian oil company Zarubezhneft.

References
  1. http://www.en.transneft.ru/about/management/president/
  2. Transneft boss - from KGB to oil diplomat. 14 September 2010. Reuters.
  3. Executive profile: Nikolai Tokarev. BusinessWeek.
  4. Rosneft


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