His days as a proxy owner of the yachts are likely numbered: The European Union sanctioned Khudainatov on June 3. "He's getting some kind of special treatment from Rosneft,” an oil & gas analyst who worked in Russia for over a decade tells Forbes. The city of Nefteyugansk in western Siberia, where Khudainatov got his start in the oil & gas industry in the late 1980s and 1990s. The two guys in the front seat were special forces with machine guns,” says the oil & gas analyst. “This was one of the biggest deals [in Russia],” says the oil & gas analyst.

Source: Forbes June 13, 2022 23:17 UTC