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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Viktor Vekselberg
		Victor Vekselberg was born on April 14, 1957 in the city of Drogobych, Ukraine.
		Victor Vekselberg was elected at the structure of the managing board of the Russian union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE) on November 10, 2000.
		Victor Vekselberg was elected co-chairman of the Coordination council of the OJSC «SUAL-Holding» in August 2001.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Viktor-Vekselberg (689 words)

	Forbes Collection Private Sale \| Vivian Alexander
		Vekselberg, who acquired the Collection, said: "The Fabergé Egg Collection, purchased from the Forbes family by the foundation I have established, represents perhaps the most significant example of our cultural heritage outside Russia.
		Victor Vekselberg, stating: "Over eighty years ago, Fabergé's dazzling Imperial Easter Eggs and other treasures were dispersed throughout the world.
		Victor Vekselberg was born in 1957 in the Western Ukraine.
	www.vivianalexander.com /Victor.html (714 words)

	Interros blocks Rusia Petroleum share issue (part 2) - News From Russia - News From Russia
		Vekselberg said that the TNK-BP would find all the resources to prevent the project from halting and to develop it according to plan.
		Vekselberg said that at the moment Rusia Petroleum is being credited by a number of banks and that one of the main creditors is Sberbank of
		Vekselberg hopes that this issue will be decided by the end of the year.
	www.gateway2russia.com /st/art_240807.php (752 words)

	NCCG - Biography
		Victor Vekselberg was born on April 14, 1957 in the city of Drogobych, Ukraine.
		Victor Vekselberg was elected at the structure of the managing board of the Russian union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE) on November 10, 2000.
		Victor Vekselberg was elected co-chairman of the Coordination council of the OJSC «SUAL-Holding» in August 2001.
	www.nccg.ru /en/site.xp/052056052124.html (501 words)

	www.mineweb.net \| columns \| emerging russia Highveld honey-pot attracts Russian high-flies (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mineweb has already told the story of Vekselberg’s fly-over pursuit of manganese in the South African Kalahari, cheered on in Pretoria by the deputy minister of minerals and energy, Lulu Xingwana, and recently endorsed by President Thabo Mbeki.
		Vekselberg’s troubles in the US courts are about to become even worse, as the man whose oilfield he "stole" almost a decade ago, emerging victorious from the US federal appeals court, gets ready to press Vekselberg and his associates into sworn testimony, and trial.
		Vekselberg’s Russian assets are a group of aluminium smelters, alumina refineries, and bauxite mines.
	www.mineweb.net /columns/emerging_russia/879770.htm (2073 words)

	Alfa Group Consortium: Other News
		Vekselberg did not rule it out that TNK-BP would acquire assets in the regions the company used to be interested in, for instance, in the Timano Pechora basin.
		Vekselberg also informed that the split-off of Slavneft held by TNK-BP on a parity basis with Sibneft is delayed by the situation in which former shareholders of Sibneft found themselves in connection with YUKOS Oil Company.
		Vekselberg also said that TNK-BP was keen on purchasing gas assets in Russia, while pointing out that the gas market was still very narrow in this country, so any transactions on it can hardly be planned.
	www.alfagroup.org /15/4/2004/122/127/18103/news.aspx (550 words)

	Carmen Group Lobbying (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sotheby's announced Wednesday that Victor Vekselberg, a Ukrainian-born oil and aluminum magnate, had acquired the Forbes collection, which was known especially for nine gold-and-jewel-encrusted imperial Easter eggs made in the St. Petersburg workshop of Peter Carl Faberge.
		Vekselberg was said to be traveling and unavailable for comment, but his Washington representative, Bob Burkett of the Carmen Group, left no doubt about his client's goal: to repatriate Russian art.
		Vekselberg's acquisition of an entire collection is in the tradition of Catherine the Great, who bought equally grandly at European auctions.
	www.carmengroup.com /news/burkett_news.html (1353 words)

	Fatal eggs of Victor Vekselberg - Pravda.Ru
		Fatal eggs of Victor Vekselberg - Pravda.Ru 20 November 2007
		Russian energy tycoon Victor Vekselberg has purchased the largest private collection of Faberge Easter Eggs at the Sotheby's auction and brought it to Moscow.
		Victor Vekselberg's spokesman called creditors' claims of the “First City Bank” concerning the Faberge egg collection “financial flmailing”.
	english.pravda.ru /russia/history/26-05-2004/5706-fabergeeggs-0 (579 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Hermitage News
		The collection is exhibited in its country of origin thanks to Russian entrepreneur Victor Vekselberg, chairman of the board of OAO SUAL Holding, which purchased it from Malcolm Forbes' heirs and has made it available for viewing by Russians.
		At the heart of the collection are nine Easter eggs, which constitute the second largest group (after the Armory in the Moscow Kremlin) of the famous paschal surprises which emperors Alexander III and Nicholas II gave to their august spouses.
		However, as a result of agreements reached between the Forbes family and representatives of the vice president of the Russian-British alliance TNK-BP, Victor Vekselberg, the collection became Vekselberg's property, bypassing the proposed sale at auction.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/11/2004/hm11_4_161.html (525 words)

	Russian billionaire purchases all of Forbes family's Faberge eggs / Spared the auction block, 9 imperial trophies will ...
		Vekselberg, 46, intends to put the eggs on public view, his spokesman said.
		Vekselberg is the fourth- richest man in Russia, according to Forbes magazine, with a fortune estimated at $2.5 billion.
		Among the treasures is the fabled Coronation Egg that Czar Nicholas II gave Empress Alexandra for Easter in 1897 to commemorate his ascension to the throne.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/02/05/MNG5I4PAPV1.DTL&type=printable (466 words)

	Collections and Collectors - RIN.RU
		RUSSIA.- Russian billionaire Victor Vekselberg has bought the entire Fabergй collection owned by the family of Malcolm Forbes and is taking it back to Russia.
		Vekselberg has recently become involved in philanthropic efforts that include restoring monasteries like the one in Solovki, according to a Russian magazine called Who Is Who.
		Vekselberg is on the board of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and is also a collector of Russian art, furniture and decorative objects.
	collection.rin.ru /cgi-bin/eng/news.pl?ids=&idn=424 (368 words)

	Victor Vekselberg (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Victor Vekselberg is a chairman of Tyumen Oil (TNK), Russia 's third-largest oil and gas company.
		He took a controlling interest in the company in 1997 and has subsequently developed a joint venture with BP.
		Victor Furbacken was born in sweden june 28th 1982.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Victor_Vekselberg.html (249 words)

	The Internet Antiques Guide: View the Collection Feb 12-Feb 15 Sothebys NYC.
		Vekselberg is the fourth richest man in Russia, according to Forbes Magazine, with a fortune estimated at $2.5 billion.
		Vekselberg was one of the most private of Russia's oligarchs.
		Vekselberg is also on the board of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
	www.iantiquesguide.com /article.php?story=20040205230541981&mode=print (1111 words)

	SOLEV - Financial news - Ïðîåêòíîå ôèíàíñèðîâàíèå, ôèíàíñîâîå ...
		Yesterday the lawsuit between the co-owners of VSMPO-Avisma and Victor Vekselberg was further developed: the Sverdlovsky Court of Arbitration refused to consider a claim by Lamane Trading Co. (representing Renova) against Finecroft Ltd. (an offshore company of Vyacheslav Bresht) and Winfair Ltd. (an offshore company of Vladislav Tetukhin).
		Vekselberg’s representatives, the affected shares were in the process of “roulette” procedures in the trust, while the sale or pledge of these shares was prohibited by the trust agreement.
		Victor Vekselberg now has to gain ownership of the titanium corporation in order to fulfill at least one of his promises.
	www.solev.ru /?p=news&row_id=499&l=en&PHPSESSID=87f0201bfc09b12e430ba307b5f26880 (1177 words)

	Mieks Fabergé Eggs
		Vekselberg bought 194 Fabergé pieces from the Forbes family, including the 15 Fabergé Eggs.
		Victor Vekselberg was born in 1957 in the Western Ukraine.
		Vekselberg is considered by one of the richest men in Russia.
	mieks.com /Faberge/Faberge-Collectors.htm (1887 words)

	FIDDLE UNDER THE ROOF -- VEKSELBERG & DERIPASKA ACCUSED OF ASSET THEFT, FRAUD \| The Russia Journal
		And not only buyers – Vekselberg’s quondam rival, now erstwhile partner in United Company Rusal, Oleg Deripaska, is also facing similar challenges to the legality of his claim to the assets comprising his 66% stake in the new company.
		Vekselberg renounced his US green card and avoids traveling to the US, in order to limit his exposure to a variety of US court claims against him.
		Even if Vekselberg and Deripaska physically avoid both the UK and London, according to strict timetables dictated by their lawyers, their children expose them to the jurisdiction of foreign courts, if they are found to be attending local schools.
	www.russiajournal.com /node/290 (1929 words)

	The St. Petersburg Times - Arts + Features - Home to roost
		The show follows the purchase of the collection by Yekaterinburg-based industrialist Victor Vekselberg in a dramatic 11th-hour intervention before the it was due to be sold - and likely dispersed - by the auctioneer Sotheby's.
		When Vekselberg bought the collection for his Bond of Time Foundation, speculation rose that he would donate the collection to the Russian state.
		"It belongs to Victor Vekselberg but we are planning to create a museum of private collections in Moscow where there will be several collections including Vekselberg's.
	www.sptimes.ru /index.php?action_id=2&story_id=2301 (556 words)

	Victor Vekselberg: "I Do not Agree with "Either/Or" Wording"
		Last week, Gazprom's Head A. Miller fairly strongly expressed itself concerning the prospects of the Kovykta gas condensate field development (as is known, the license to develop the deposit is held by RUSIA Petroleum controlled by TNK-BP).
		Victor Vekselberg, TNK-BP's Managing Director, Production and Technologies, expressed his opinion on the project's future.
		He pointed out: "The impression that there are two alternative options – either an export route of gas supplies to China, South Korea, and the Pacific Region, or the pipeline's domestic orientation - has shaped somehow.
	www.tnk-bp.com /press/news/2004/2/95 (476 words)

	The Russia Journal \| Reporting from Russia
		And good money it was, certainly when his then wife headed the Moscow office of a well-known English law firm, and Lloyd filled his Moscow despatches with tales of the good fortune falling from the parapets of the Kremlin for her clientele.
		With a little more bulge at the waistline, and a little more bush in his beard, Victor Vekselberg would be a dead ringer for Tevye the Milkman, hero of Fiddler on the Roof, Broadway’s most famous musical about Russia.
		A move to take control of the world's largest manganese plant in the Ukraine by the Renova group was the trigger for this month's dismissal of the Ukrainian prime minister and her cabinet by President Victor Yushchenko, according to Yushchenko himself and industry sources.
	www.russiajournal.com (3418 words)

	Aluminum Association \| Russia's Sual Copies RusAl, Taps Western Exec
		Chris Norval, a former manager with BHP Billiton Ltd., has been appointed president of Sual Holding, succeeding Victor Vekselberg, who becomes chairman.
		Vekselberg also retains his post as chairman of Sual International, the international resources group recently created by Sual, London-based international finance house Fleming Family and Partners and coal producer Access Industries (Eurasia) (AMM, Jan. 16).
		Vekselberg said, "I am confident that his international, business development and operational experience will combine effectively with the existing skills in Sual to realize the growth ambitions of the company and to go to the international capital markets."
	www.aluminum.org /Template.cfm?Section=20033&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=4613 (347 words)

	de Volkskrant - Sport - Verkocht: Argentijns voetbalelftal
		En zo komen we bij degene die echt aan de touwtjes trekt: de Russische oligarch Victor Vekselberg.
		Vekselberg (49) heeft in navolging van zijn landgenoot en Chelsea-eigenaar Roman Abramovitsj voetbal als belegging ontdekt.
		En – eerlijk is eerlijk– daar verwacht Vekselberg meer geld aan de ‘privatisering’ van de Albicelestes te verdienen dan in Argentinië.
	www.volkskrant.nl /sport/article344786.ece/Verkocht_Argentijns_voetbalelftal (618 words)

	Nachrichten.ch - Vekselberg indirekt auch bei OC Oerlikon dabei - Die Nachrichten aus Schweiz und Ausland werden ...
		Pfäffikon - Der russische Oligarch Victor Vekselberg verstärkt seinen Einfluss bei Schweizer Industrieunternehmen Schritt für Schritt.
		Victory und Vekselberg spannen nicht nur beim heftig umstrittenen Einstieg beim Winterthurer Technologiekonzern Sulzer enger zusammen.
		Der russische Oligarch Victor Vekselberg schielt auch nach OC Oerlikon.
	www.nachrichten.ch /detail/275036.htm (638 words)

	M&M Art Travel - The Forbes Collection of Faberge Eggs
		Vekselberg, now the world's largest private Faberge collection, includes nine Faberge Imperial Easter Eggs.
		The collection was first put on display in the Kremlin in May 2004, and then according to plans of Mr.
		Vekselberg, would travel to St Petersburg and on to provincial Russian towns.
	www.mmarttravel.com /newsletter/2004-11/faberge_new.php (209 words)

	www.mineweb.net \| sections \| base metals Brian Gilbertson's unexpected headache (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Once a major shareholder in the Volgograd Aluminium Plant, Shota Mikhelashvili told Mineweb that a recent Volgograd court ruling, invalidating a share emission for the plant that had favoured its takeover by Siberian Ural Aluminum (SUAL), is just the beginning of his campaign to recover a stake he values at a minimum of $20 million.
		The court ruling against SUAL comes at an awkward time for Vekselberg and Blavatnik, two of the three former controlling shareholders of Tyumen Oil Company (TNK), who in 2003 sold their stake in the top-5 oil producer to British Petroleum for cash and BP shares worth a total of $6.75 billion.
		Peter Charow, BP's Moscow representative, told Mineweb that the indemnity from Vekselberg, Blavatnik and Fridman is in place, but it is "too early to tell" if BP will be obliged to enforce it.
	www.mineweb.net /sections/base_metals/391581.htm (1196 words)

	Bankrupt Clients Want Tycoon’s Easter Egg Collection Arrested - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pervy Gorodskoi Bank clients want Victor Vekselberg’s $100 million Faberge easter egg collection arrested — they believe the eggs could have been bought partially with their money, Newsru.Com writes.
		Vekselberg is one of Alba Alliance’s major shareholders.
		Vekselberg’s jeweled Faberge eggs are currently on display in the Kremlin.
	www.mosnews.com /news/2004/05/25/faberge.shtml (361 words)

	RENOVA: Board of Directors
		Victor Vekselberg was born on April 14, 1957 in Drogobytch, Lvov Region.
		In 1990 Victor Vekselberg was one of the founders of the Joint Russian-American investment group RENOVA, and since then he has been holding the Chairman’s office on the Board of Directors.
		Vekselberg was Chairman of the Board of Tyumen Oil Company.
	www.renova.ru /eng/company/management/directors/1/print (288 words)

	CNN.com - Historic Faberge eggs returning to Russia - Feb. 5, 2004
		A collection of historic Faberge eggs commissioned by the czars of Russia may soon be on their way home after being snapped up by a Russian businessman two months before they were to be auctioned.
		In a statement issued by Sotheby's, the Forbes family said it was "delighted that the advent of a new era in Russia has made possible the return of these extraordinary objects.
		Vekselberg is chairman of the board of directors of Renova, an investment and business development company.
	www.cnn.com /2004/US/Northeast/02/05/faberge.eggs.ap/index.html (527 words)

	CNN.com - Russian tycoon buys Faberge eggs - Feb. 4, 2004
		It was sold to Victor Vekselberg, vice president of TNK-BP (Tyumen Oil Co.), a joint venture with British Petroleum.
		Vekselberg said in a statement he plans to "...make this collection available to the Russian Public," though no other details were disclosed.
		Vekselberg said the return of the eggs marks a milestone for the Russian people.
	cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/02/04/faberge.egg (324 words)

	Billionaire buys £50m Fabergé eggs for Russia \| Usa \| North America \| International News \| News \| Telegraph
		Victor Vekselberg, one of the new breed of oligarchs who made his fortune from aluminium and oil, said yesterday that the nine ornate, jewelled eggs given by tsars to family members would be returned to Russia.
		But Mr Vekselberg, 46, decided to go one better and a few days ago he approached Sotheby's with an offer to buy the Forbes Fabergé collection privately so that it could go back to Russia.
		Mr Vekselberg, who was born in the Ukraine and is married with two children, began to make his fortune in the 1990s when he merged two of Russia's biggest aluminium plants.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/02/05/wfab05.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/02/05/ixworld.html (661 words)

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