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Belgazprombank

Company

Owners

+ Rosneft of the Tax Code
+ Nowfinteh
+ Beltransgaz
+ State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus

Belgazprombank OJSC is a joint Belarusian-Russian open joint stock company. It was founded in 1990. The bank is a repeated winner of the republican contest "Best Entrepreneur of the Year."

Assets

Largest banks in Belarus in terms of assets as of August 2020

Management

Bank services

  • Lending to individuals and legal entities
  • Deposits for individuals and legal entities
  • Plastic cards
  • Electronic money
  • Sale of precious metals
  • Remittances
  • Settlement and cash service
  • Securities transactions
  • Depositary cells

History

2021

Ex-head of Belgazprombank Viktor Babariko sentenced to 14 years in prison

On July 6, 2021, the Supreme Court of Belarus sentenced Viktor Babariko to 14 years in prison. The ex-head of Belgazprombank was found guilty of receiving especially large bribes and money laundering. The former banker himself did not admit his guilt. More details here.

Nadezhda Ermakova - the new board of Belgazprombank

On January 18, 2021, Belgazprombank, whose main shareholders are Gazprom and Gazprombank, announced the appointment of Nadezhda Ermakova to the post of chairman of the board of the credit institution. Her candidacy was approved by the board of directors on January 15. More details here.

2020

Change of Bank Board

In Belgazprombank, the board changed, which the credit institution, 49.8% of which belongs to Gazprom and Gazprombank, reported on December 11, 2020.

The updated board of the bank consists of its current employees. Irina Popova, who previously served as deputy chairman, was appointed acting chairman of the board. The board also included:

  • Tatyana Avramenko, Executive Director;
  • Irina Antonova, head of the bank's financial institutions department;
  • Alexander Vozdaev, Head of Corporate Business Department;
  • Konstantin Kiryanov, head of the retail business department, executive director;
  • Vladimir Korotkevich, Executive Director;
  • Alexander Sotnikov, Deputy Chairman of the Board.

In Belgazprombank, the rule changed

The new board began to manage Belgazprombank on December 11, thus completing the powers of the interim administration to manage the bank.

On December 9, 2020, the National Bank of Belarus announced that the interim administration of Belgazprombank would stop working from December 10. Such a decision was made "taking into account the achievement of these goals and the election of a new board of directors of the bank," the press release said.

In November 2020, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, taking with a report the then head of the interim organization Belgazprombank Nadezhda Ermakova, said that the bank in Belarus will not be "liquidated, destroyed," but will do everything to ensure that it works and benefits the state. Yermakova, for her part, said that the board of Belgazprombank is planned to be formed in December.

Belgazprombank for many years was headed by Viktor Babariko, who was nominated for the presidency of Belarus. He stated that the actions against the bank are political in nature. He himself was arrested.[1][2]"

Criminal case

In June 2020, investigative actions taking place in Belgazprombank (shareholders - Gazprom and Gazprombank) affected customers - legal entities blocked all accounts and did not pay.

The Department of Financial Investigations of the State Control opened a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 243 "Evasion of taxes and fees on an especially large scale" and under Part 2 of Art. 235 "Legalization of funds received by criminal means on an especially large scale."

In the Belgazprombank case, 15 bank employees and representatives of commercial structures were detained, President Lukashenko said. They confess.

During the investigative measures, more than $4 million was seized, securities worth $500 thousand were discovered and seized.

Searches may be related to the election of the President of Belarus and the accounts of candidate companies. Applying for the post of President of Belarus Viktor Babariko ex-head of Belgazprombank. The bank served the companies of his son.

On the air of the channel, the initiation of a criminal case was commented on by President of Belarus Lukashenko. "I will call Interpol based on the results of the investigation and say, and then analyze these documents. Rossyain, I'll call the Americans here, the Europeans<…>. And let them draw conclusions on the compliance of the actions of our law enforcement agencies with our laws. And they will answer by law. We need to sit down. Before the law, everyone is equal, "he said.

Seizure of 150 paintings worth $20 million

In mid-June 2020, it became known that as part of the investigation of the Belgazprombank case, about 150 paintings worth $20 million were seized and attached to the case,  the Belarus-1 state channel said. Among the paintings are "Green Landscape" by Mark Chagall and "Eve" by Chaim Sutin. They were part of the Belgazprombank corporate collection.

Central Bank of Belarus introduces temporary administration into the bank

On June 15, 2020, it was announced that in order to protect the interests of depositors and creditors of Belgazprombank Open Joint-Stock Company (Belgazprombank OJSC), to prevent the deterioration of its financial condition, Resolution of the Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus No. 192 of June 14, 2020 decided to introduce an interim administration for managing the bank in Belgazprombank Oprombank.

This measure was taken on the basis of articles 94, 97, 134, 1341 of the Banking Code of Belarus, taking into account the information of the State Control Committee on the initiation by the Financial Investigation Department of the State Control Committee against officials of Belgazprombank OJSC of criminal cases under part 3 of article 235 "Legalization ("laundering") of funds obtained by criminal means "and part 2 of article 243" Evasion of tax amounts (fees) "of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

Yermakova Nadezhda Andreevna was appointed head of the interim administration for the management of Belgazprombank OJSC. The powers of the Board of Belgazprombank OJSC for the period of validity of the interim administration for the management of the bank have been suspended.