Andrey Petrovich Vavilov (Russian: Андрей Петрович Вавилов; born 10 January 1961) is a Russian politician and businessman, senator and a former first Deputy Finance Minister of Russia, and the former Russian Secretary of State.[1]
In 1992 to 1997, Vavilov occupied offices in the Russian Ministry of Finance. From 5 November 1994 to 1 May 1997, Vavilov occupied the post of first deputy finance minister of Russia under Mikhail Kasyanov.[3]
While in office at the Finance Ministry, one of his responsibilities was negotiating with the International Monetary Fund, the Paris and London Clubs. Under the supervision of Vavilov, the Russian Federation was assigned to its first international investment ratings in 1996. He initiated and arranged the issue of the first Russian eurobonds on the international market. From 1992 to 1997, Vavilov participated in the preparation of the G7 meetings concerning the financial aspects of the summit that resulted in relieving the financial burden of Russia by $25 billion per year.
He represented Russia and Augustu da Silva Tomas represented Angola during the 1995-1996 Angola-Russia debt negotiations which led to "Angolagate". Angola had a $5.5 billion debt with the Soviet Union and later with Russia and the former president of the bank Russian Credit (Russian: банка «Российский кредит») Arkady Gaydamak, also known as Arye Bar-Lev (Russian: Арие Барлев), was to be the executor of the financial transactions.
In 1997, under an agreement to purchase oil from Angola's oil firm Sonangol worth $1.5 billion, the Isle of Man registered firm Abalone Investments Limited which acted as an intermediary between Angola and Russia, transferred only $161 million out of the $773 million in the first and only tranche to the Russian Finance Ministry's account with Unikombank (Russian: Уникомбанк) with Abalone Investments keeping the remainder as a commission. According to French judge Daniel Deveaux, Gaydamak received 60% or $614 million stolen as a commission during the Russian scheme. Some money went to Dos Santos. The Swiss prosecutor Bernard Bertossa froze $750 million in Swiss accounts in Geneva during his investigation into $1.5 billion that allegedly went to Boris Yeltsin's 1996 campaign.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
On 3 February 1997, his car exploded outside of the Russian Ministry of Finance building but he was inside the building.[19]
He wrote off over $8 billion of Libya and Iraq debts with MFK Bank before he stepped down as first deputy finance minister.[20]
Businessman
On 15 May 1997, he replaced Alexander Khloponin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Генна́дьевич Хлопо́нин) and became the President the MFK Bank (Russian: «Международная финансовая компания») that is part of Mikhail Prokhorov's ONEKSIMbank-MFK group (Russian: группы ОНЭКСИМбанк – МФК). In July 1997, MFK combined with Stephen Jennings and Boris Jordan's Renaissance Capital (Russian: «Ренессанс Капитал») to form MFK-Renaissance Bank (Russian: банк «МФК-Ренессанс») with Boris Jordan as its president.[21][22] Vavilov became a board member of Mikhail Prokhorov and Vladimir Potanin's Interros (Russian: ФПГ «Интеррос»).[3]
Between 1998 and 2002 he was the Head of the Institute for Financial Studies. On 16 March 1998, he became a financial advisor to the chairman of the management board of Gazprom.[3]
^ abcd"Кто такой Андрей Вавилов" [Who is Andrey Vavilov]. Gazeta.ru (in Russian). February 13, 2007. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^Дмитриев, Игорь (Dmitriev, Igor) (April 3, 2006). "В долгу не останемся" [We will not remain in debt]. "Версия" (versiasovsek.ru) (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 11, 2006. Retrieved October 23, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Alt URL Archived at compromat.ru as Черный рынок госдолгов: Российские чиновники отписывают госдолг своим людям (The black market for public debt: Russian officials write off the national debt to their people).
^ПУНАНОВ, Григорий (Punanov, Grigory) (March 6, 2002). "ПРОКУРОР БЕРТОССА ВЫБИРАЕТ ДЕНЬГИ" [Prosecutor Bertossa choosing money]. "Известия" (in Russian). Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved October 23, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Alternate archive at compromat.ru on 7 March 2002 as За отмывание денег по статье 305-бис Бородин проговорен к штрафу в $175 тыс. На очереди Вавилов и Ельцин: Прокурор Бертосса выбирает деньги (Borodin was fined $ 175,000 for money laundering under article 305 bis. Vavilov and Yeltsin are next: Prosecutor Bertossa chooses money).
^Савельев, Антон (Saveliev, Anton) (March 14, 2006). ""Для чего Аркадию Гайдамаку "Франсе суар" или "французская вечерка"?"" ["Why Arkady Gaydamak" France Soir "or" French evening "?"]. Стрингер (in Russian). Archived from the original on January 6, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Alternate archive at compromat.ru on 15 May 2006 as Аркадий Гайдамак и "кремлевская мафия": Агент разведок трех стран: России, Франции и Израиля,- не собирается сидеть молча (Arkady Gaidamak and the "Kremlin mafia": Intelligence agent of three countries: Russia, France and Israel, is not going to sit in silence).
^Иваницкая, Надежда (Ivanitskaya, Nadezhda); Малкова, Ирина (Malkova, Irina) (January 24, 2012). "Путеводитель высших интересов - Андрей Вавилов" [Higher Interests Guide - Andrey Vavilov]. Forbes (in Russian). pp. 120–129. Archived from the original on July 31, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^"МФК (1992-1999)" [IFC (1992-1999)]. Interros Company website (in Russian). 2010. Archived from the original on February 8, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
