Andrey Vavilov

Andrey Petrovich Vavilov (Russian: Андрей Петрович Вавилов; born 10 January 1961, Perm, Russia, former USSR) is a Russian politician and businessman, senator and a former first Deputy Finance Minister of Russia, and the former Russian Secretary of State.^[1]

Andrey Vavilov
Born	Andrey Petrovich Vavilov (1961-01-10) January 10, 1961 (age 62) Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Central Economic Mathematical Institute (PhD)
Spouse(s)	Marianna Tsaregradskaya (died 2017); 2 children Inge Barkovskaya (divorced) Sophie-Antoinette Dilua (Divorced)

Early life

In 1985, he worked as an engineer and a junior researcher at the Central Economic Mathematical Institute, and in 1988 he took the position of a senior researcher at the Institute of Economics and Research and Technology Advancement Forecasts.

In 1991, he headed a laboratory at the newly founded Institute for Market Problems of the USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1991 to 1992, he worked as a researcher at the Institute for International Economics in Washington D.C.^[1] That same year, in 1991, in a dacha outside Moscow, Vavilov, Konstantin Kagalovsky, and three others developed an economic platform for Russia.^[2]

First Deputy Finance Minister of Russia

In 1992 to 1997, Vavilov occupied offices in the Russian Ministry of Finance. From 5 November 1994 to 1 May 1997, Vavilov occupied the post of first deputy finance minister of Russia under Mikhail Kasyanov.^[3]

While in office at the Finance Ministry, one of his responsibilities was negotiating with the International Monetary Fund, the Paris and London Clubs. Under the supervision of Vavilov, the Russian Federation was assigned to its first international investment ratings in 1996. He initiated and arranged the issue of the first Russian eurobonds on the international market. From 1992 to 1997, Vavilov participated in the preparation of the G7 meetings concerning the financial aspects of the summit that resulted in relieving the financial burden of Russia by $25 billion per year.

He represented Russia and Augustu da Silva Tomas represented Angola during the 1995-1996 Angola-Russia debt negotiations which led to "Angolagate". Angola had a $5.5 billion debt with the Soviet Union and later with Russia and the former president of the bank Russian Credit (Russian: банка «Российский кредит») Arkady Gaydamak, also known as Arye Bar-Lev (Russian: Арие Барлев), was to be the executor of the financial transactions.

In 1997, under an agreement to purchase oil from Angola's oil firm Sonangol worth $1.5 billion, the Isle of Man registered firm Abalone Investments Limited which acted as an intermediary between Angola and Russia, transferred only $161 million out of the $773 million in the first and only tranche to the Russian Finance Ministry's account with Unikombank (Russian: Уникомбанк) with Abalone Investments keeping the remainder as a commission. According to French judge Daniel Deveaux, Gaydamak received 60% or $614 million stolen as a commission during the Russian scheme. Some money went to Dos Santos. The Swiss prosecutor Bernard Bertossa froze $750 million in Swiss accounts in Geneva during his investigation into $1.5 billion that allegedly went to Boris Yeltsin's 1996 campaign.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

In 1996, he was the treasurer of Boris Yeltsin's election campaign.^[16] During tenure at the ministry of finance, he was close to both Oleg Boyko and Alexander Lebedev.^[17][18][19]

On 3 February 1997, his car exploded outside of the Russian Ministry of Finance building but he was inside the building.^[19]

He wrote off over $8 billion of Libya and Iraq debts with MFK Bank before he stepped down as first deputy finance minister.^[20]

Businessman

On 15 May 1997, he replaced Alexander Khloponin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Генна́дьевич Хлопо́нин) and became the President the MFK Bank (Russian: «Международная финансовая компания») that is part of Mikhail Prokhorov's ONEKSIMbank-MFK group (Russian: группы ОНЭКСИМбанк – МФК). In July 1997, MFK combined with Stephen Jennings and Boris Jordan's Renaissance Capital (Russian: «Ренессанс Капитал») to form MFK-Renaissance Bank (Russian: банк «МФК-Ренессанс») with Boris Jordan as its president.^[21][22] Vavilov became a board member of Mikhail Prokhorov and Vladimir Potanin's Interros (Russian: ФПГ «Интеррос»).^[3]

Between 1998 and 2002 he was the Head of the Institute for Financial Studies. On 16 March 1998, he became a financial advisor to the chairman of the management board of Gazprom.^[3]

Between May 2000 to 2002, he was the chairman of the Board of Severnaya Neft which he obtained for $25 million and sold for $600 million to Igor Sechin's Rosneft.^[3][16][2] In 2002, he was elected as a member of the Federation Council of Russia representing the Penza Region Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Real estate holdings

• By February 1995, he had obtained a two-story penthouse at Trump Tower in New York City and a house in Los Angeles.^[19]
• As of 2007, he has a home in Australia.^[16]
• In 2009, he became the beneficial owner of a 8,275 square feet $37.5 million penthouse in the Time Warner Center in New York City.^[2]

Writer

He is the author of the 2010 book, The Russian Public Debt and Financial Meltdowns.^[23]

References

1. BIOGRAPHY, avavilov.ru/en.
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4. Белянинов, Кирилл (Belyaninov, Kirill) (October 19, 1999). [Not on the list. Having loudly announced the start of the anti-corruption campaign, Yevgeny Primakov decided not to touch his inner circle]. Новые Известия №194 (480) (in Russian). Archived from the original on June 16, 2000. Retrieved October 23, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Alt URL Archived as Незаконные сделки Маслюкова и Кулика (Illegal transactions of Maslyukov and Kulik).
5. "Bernard Bertossa Declares Pavel Borodin Guilty". Jamestown Foundation. March 7, 2002. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
6. Besson, Sylvain (December 16, 2000), "Aux Bahamas, un client embarrasse UBS: Impliqué dans un trafic d'armes, Arcadi Gaydamak était client de la banque." [The armaments contract which causes scandal in France went through Switzerland: Suppliers of the Angolan government in military equipment, the Russian Arkadi G. and the French Pierre F. had close ties with Swiss companies.], Le Temps (in French), archived from the original on October 24, 2021, retrieved October 23, 2021
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10. АБАРИНОВ, Владимир (ABARINOV, Vladimir) (August 2002). [Angolan roulette]. "Совершенно секретно" (sovsekretno.ru) (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 18, 2003. Retrieved October 23, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Alternate archive
11. Дмитриев, Игорь (Dmitriev, Igor) (April 3, 2006). [We will not remain in debt]. "Версия" (versiasovsek.ru) (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 11, 2006. Retrieved October 23, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Alt URL Archived at compromat.ru as Черный рынок госдолгов: Российские чиновники отписывают госдолг своим людям (The black market for public debt: Russian officials write off the national debt to their people).
12. ПУНАНОВ, Григорий (Punanov, Grigory) (March 6, 2002). [Prosecutor Bertossa choosing money]. "Известия" (in Russian). Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved October 23, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Alternate archive at compromat.ru on 7 March 2002 as За отмывание денег по статье 305-бис Бородин проговорен к штрафу в $175 тыс. На очереди Вавилов и Ельцин: Прокурор Бертосса выбирает деньги (Borodin was fined $ 175,000 for money laundering under article 305 bis. Vavilov and Yeltsin are next: Prosecutor Bertossa chooses money).
13. Бессон, Сильвен (Besson, Sylvain) (March 5, 2002). [The Angolаgate case with the participation of ex-representatives of the Russian authorities: Corruption. Deputy minister and big oligarch implicated in financial fraud]. Le Temps (in Russian). Switzerland. Archived from the original on March 8, 2002. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via inosmi.ru.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Alternate archive at compromat.ru on 7 March 2002 as "Ангола-гейт": Вторую предвыборную компанию Ельцина оплатили негры ("Angola Gate": Yeltsin's second election campaign was paid for by blacks).
14. Савельев, Антон (Saveliev, Anton) (March 14, 2006). ["Why Arkady Gaydamak" France Soir "or" French evening "?"]. Стрингер (in Russian). Archived from the original on January 6, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Alternate archive at compromat.ru on 15 May 2006 as Аркадий Гайдамак и "кремлевская мафия": Агент разведок трех стран: России, Франции и Израиля,- не собирается сидеть молча (Arkady Gaidamak and the "Kremlin mafia": Intelligence agent of three countries: Russia, France and Israel, is not going to sit in silence).
15. [ormer owner of "MN" will answer before the law: Jerusalem mayoral candidate and Russian publisher Arkady Gaidamak to be tried in France]. «Избранное» (izbrannoe.info) (in Russian). July 31, 2008. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2021. Alternate archive
16. Перекрест, Владимир (Perekrest, Vladimir) (June 6, 2007). ""Тефлоновый" замминистра: ОН ПОЖЕРТВОВАЛ ради любви самым дорогим — репутацией честного человека" ["Teflon" Deputy Minister: He sacrificed for the sake of love the most precious - the reputation of an honest man.]. Аргументы и факты (Argumenty i Fakty) (in Russian). Retrieved March 10, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Original website is https://aif.ru/archive/1663361
17. Иваницкая, Надежда (Ivanitskaya, Nadezhda); Малкова, Ирина (Malkova, Irina) (January 24, 2012). "Путеводитель высших интересов - Андрей Вавилов" [Higher Interests Guide - Andrey Vavilov]. Forbes (in Russian). pp. 120–129. Retrieved March 10, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
18. "Путеводитель высших интересов - Андрей Вавилов" [Higher Interests Guide - Andrey Vavilov]. polpred (in Russian). January 24, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
19. Крутаков, Леонид (Krutakov, Leonid); Соколов, Сергей (Sokolov, Sergey) [in Russian]; Плужников, Сергей (Pluzhnikov, Sergey) (March 15, 1997). "Подметный факс 97 года: Взрыв имени Андрея Вавилова" [Anonymous fax: Explosion named after Andrei Vavilov]. "Лица" (Faces) (in Russian). Retrieved March 10, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
20. Крутаков, Леонид (Krutakov, Leonid) (April 5, 2000). ""Андрей Петрович на пару с неким Филином (представляется везде владельцем "Новой газеты") "кинули" главу ЛУКОЙЛа Вагита Алекперова - увели из-под контроля последнего СП "Северная нефть": Вавиловская башня. Возвращение блудного замминистра" ["Andrei Petrovich, together with a certain Filin (who appears to be the owner of Novaya Gazeta everywhere), threw the head of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov away from the control of the last JV Severnaya Neft": Vavilovskaya tower. Return of the prodigal deputy minister]. "Московский комсомолец" (Moskovsky Komsomolets) (in Russian). Retrieved March 10, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
21. [IFC (1992-1999)]. Interros Company website (in Russian). 2010. Archived from the original on February 8, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
22. "Йордан: государственник с паспортом США" [Jordan: statesman with a U.S. passport]. BBC (in Russian). April 5, 2001. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
23. Saul, Stephanie, and Louise Story, "At the Time Warner Center, an Enclave of Powerful Russians" (with a summary in Russian -- Прочитать резюме на русском), New York Times, February 11, 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-11.

External links

• Official site
• Biography on Lenta.ru site (in Russian)