RBK Group

The RBC Group, or RosBiznesConsulting[lower-alpha 1], is a Russian media group headquartered in Moscow. It was established in 1993.

"RBC Group" redirects here. Not to be confused with Royal Bank of Canada.

RBC Group
Native name
РосБизнесКонсалтинг
MCX: RBCM
GenreMedia group
FoundedMoscow, Russia (1993 (1993))
Headquarters
Moscow
,
Russia
Key people
Director-general: Nikolay Molibog
ServicesInformational agency,
news web portal,
business newspaper,
business magazine,
business television
Revenue$92 million (2016)[1]
$26.5 million (2016)(2016)[1]
$14.4 million (2016)[1]
OwnerGrigoriy Beryozkin
Number of employees
1500[2]
Websitewww.rbc.ru

The company holds an informational agency RosBusinessConsulting, including a news web-portal, business newspaper RBC Daily, monthly business magazine RBC, and RBC TV. Capitalization on MOEX is $44.13 million (as of 10 March 2018).

History

RBC was recognized in Russia for investigative journalism, including reports on corruption and abuse of power[3] which led to forced change of leadership, including the editor-in-chief Yelizaveta Osetinskaya, in May 2016.[4] In April 2016, searches were conducted at the ONEKSIM Group investment fund, controlling shareholder of the RBC Group, due to publications about Vladimir Putin's daughter Katerina Tikhonova and her husband, Russian oligarch Kirill Shamalov,[5] as well as about the Panama Papers.[6] The Moscow Times reported that the 11 May 2016 RBC article "Oyster farming will begin in front of the "Putin's palace" near Gelendzhik" (Russian: Напротив «дворца Путина» под Геленджиком начнут разводить устриц) revealed that Alexander Ponomarenko is the owner of "Putin's Palace".[7][8] The publishing of the RBC article contributed to Mikhail Prokhorov, who has the majority ownership of the RBK Group after he purchased a 51% stake in it in 2009, to fire Maxim Solus, the editor-in-chief of RBC newspaper, which further resulted in the resignations of both Roman Badanin, rbc.ru's chief editor, and Yelizaveta Osetinskaya, RBC's chief editor.[7]

In September 2021, RBK Group sold 100% of shares of Ru-Center Group, the domain names registrar, to the syndicate of private investors, Ru-Web.Investments LLC, led by Proxima Capital Group (founded in 2013 by Vladimir Tatarchuk, ex-Alfa-Bank). RBK Group acquired 25% stake in Ru-Web.Investments LLC under the terms of the deal.[9]

Notes
    • Russian: Группа компаний «РБК» РБК, РосБизнесКонсалтинг
      • Scientific: Gruppa kompanij "RBK" RBK, RosBiznesKonsalting
      • BGN/PCGN: Gruppa kompaniy "RBK" RBK, RosBiznesKonsalting

References
  1. Annual Report 2016. // rbcholding.ru
  2. "10 крупнейших интернет-компаний России: рейтинг "Forbes"". Forbes.ru. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. "Десять лучших расследований РБК". slon.ru. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  4. "Уволено руководство редакции РБК". slon.ru. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  5. Leonid Bershidsky (25 April 2016). "Being a Russian Media Mogul Is Dangerous". Bloomberg View. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  6. "Агентство Reuters связало отпуск шеф-редактора РБК с давлением Кремля — Meduza". Meduza. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  7. Ardayeva, Anya (13 May 2016). "Three Top Managers Leave Russia's RBC Media". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  8. Бурлакова, Екатерина (Burlakova, Ekaterina); Пузырев, Денис (Puzyrev, Denis) (11 May 2016). "Напротив "дворца Путина" под Геленджиком начнут разводить устриц: ООО "Южная цитадель" получило для выращивания устриц и мидий 1 тыс. га акватории у мыса Идокопас под Геленджиком, у так называемого дворца Путина. Владелец "Южной цитадели" ранее работал в компании, управлявшей дворцом" [Oyster farming will begin in front of the "Putin's palace" near Gelendzhik: LLC “Yuzhnaya citadel” received 1,000 hectares of water area for growing oysters and mussels near Cape Idokopas near Gelendzhik, near the so-called Putin's palace. The owner of South Citadel previously worked for the company that operated the palace.]. «РБК» (RBC) (in Russian). Retrieved 27 March 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. "Консорциум во главе с Proxima Capital Group стал мажоритарием компании владельца Ru-Center" (in Russian). Интерфакс. 27 September 2021.
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