Serguey Achotovich MNDOIANTS

Function: Russian businessperson serving as vice-president of the conglomerate AFK Sistema; Founder of the consulting firm VLM Invest

Serguey Mndoiants is former executive vice-president in charge of government relations for the Russian conglomerate company AFK Sistema PAO, active in the telecommunication and IT sector. Serguey Mndoiants is also former senior vice- president and shareholder of VLM Invest, a consulting firm acting as an intermediary between private companies and government bodies of the Russian Federation. He also has shares in the First Independent Rating Agency (Fira) and in the Regional Public Foundation for the Development of Business Cooperation and Entrepreneurship. Serguey Mndoiants is also a member of the board of the Council for foreign and defence policy (SVOP), a think tank advising the Government of the Russian Federation on the conduct of foreign and defence policy. He is thus a leading businessperson operating in Russia and a businsessperson involved in economic sectors providing a substantial source of revenue to the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine.