A businessman linked to the Rotenbergs acquired Akhmetov's former coal assets in Russia
The former coal assets in Russia belonging to Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov have been transferred to the “Russian Industrial Company” (RPC). These include secured debts and promissory notes from the companies “Obukhivska Mine Administration” and “Donskoy Anthracite.”
RPC is headed by Felix Nakhshunov, who previously managed entities affiliated with the “Roskhim” holding company, whose board of directors is chaired by Igor Rotenberg.
“Obukhivska Mine Administration” and “Donskoy Anthracite” are engaged in the extraction and enrichment of anthracite in the Rostov region. According to *Kommersant*, their combined reserves are estimated at 97.3 million metric tons.
In the early 2010s, the group was acquired by Rinat Akhmetov’s DTEK Group.
In 2022, the group reported that the assets had been transferred to Oschadbank to settle debts. The bank subsequently sold the receivables and shares of the companies to the Cypriot firm Valleyton Investments.
In 2024, Vladimir Putin authorized the purchase of these assets by the company “Best Solution.” Subsequently, the company announced its intention to sell them in 2025–2026.
The promissory note obligations of “Obukhivska” and “Donskoy Anthracite” were valued at 2.75 billion rubles in “The Best Solution’s” financial statements. Oschadbank’s claims arising from credit lines amounted to approximately another $400 million.
According to the publication, RPK received as collateral machinery and equipment from enterprises that had previously been pledged to Oschadbank, as well as promissory notes belonging to “Best Solution.”
The owners of RPK are not disclosed in the “SPARK-Interfax” system. At the same time, Felix Nahshunov is listed as the company’s CEO.
From December 2023 to May 2024, he served as CEO of Radamant LLC, and from February 2024 to April 2025, he headed RH-Resource LLC. According to *Kommersant*, both companies were part of *Roshim* and are currently inactive.
In addition, Felix Nakhshunov owns 10% of “Kesser” LLC, which, according to “Kommersant,” serves as a contractor for the Berezniki Soda Plant, which is also part of “Roshim.”
Another member of the family is Maxim Nakhshunov. Since February 2024, he has served as executive director of JSC “Metafrax Chemicals.” It was at that time that “Roshim” began managing the company.
Felix Nakhshunov served as CEO of “Kuznetskinveststroy” from 2018 to 2020; the company’s primary activity was coal mining, excluding anthracite.
At the same time, Maxim Nakhshunov owns 11.16% of the coal company “Anzherskaya-Yuzhnaya.” According to available data, Andrey Bokarev and Andrey Kozitsyn are among its shareholders.
“Roshim” has been linked to Arkady Rotenberg’s family since 2023.
In 2026, Igor Rotenberg began appearing publicly as chairman of the board of directors of “Roskhim.”
At the same time, the holding company itself stated that these were personal transactions by the Nakhshunov family, to which “Roskhim” has no connection.
According to a source cited by “Kommersant,” the likely goal of acquiring Akhmetov’s former assets is to resell them.
The Financial Times had previously named the Rotenberg brothers among the initiators of the nationalization of large companies in Russia following the start of the war against Ukraine. The publication also reported that they became some of the main beneficiaries of this process.
Over the past few years, Roskhim has acquired a number of major industrial assets, many of which had previously been seized by the state from private owners.
These include the Bashkir Soda Company, Kuchuksulfat, Metafrax Chemicals, Volzhsky Orgsintez, and the Dalnegorsk Mining and Processing Plant.
In 2026, Roshim’s expansion extended beyond the chemical industry. The holding company acquired a 55% stake of the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, which had previously been transferred to state ownership, and also took control of the “Transbunker” group, which owns terminals and infrastructure for the transshipment and bunkering of petroleum products in Russian ports.
This was reported by Russian media.
As a reminder, a joint venture between the major industrial groups VESCO and Golden Tile won an online auction held by the State Geological Service for the right to develop the Vovkivske clay deposit in Zakarpattia Oblast.
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