transactions that are in doubt" (), but was stabbed to death in her apartment in Moscow on 15-16 October 1997. In 2017, within the framework of a joint anti-phishing project of the Bank of Russia and search engine Yandex, a special check mark (a green circle with a tick and 'Реестр ЦБ РФ' (Bank of Russia Register) text box) appeared in the search results, informing the consumer that the website is really owned by a legally registered company licensed by the Bank of Russia. Chairmen Governors of the State Bank The governor was appointed by the emperor of Russia. Chairman of the board of the USSR State Bank The chairman was appointed by the Premier of the Soviet Union. President of the Central Bank of Russia The President of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank is the head of the central banking system of the Russian Federation. The Head is chosen by the President of Russia; and serves for four-year-terms after appointment. A Head may be appointed for several consecutive terms (Sergey Ignatyev was the Governor of the Central Bank for 11 years, and he was appointed three times, in the longest serving term in post-soviet Russia). Subsidiaries The Central Bank of Russia holds directly significant participatory interests in a number of Russian companies: Sberbank of Russia (50%+1 voting share of the stock); Moscow Exchange (11.779% of the stock); Russian National Reinsurance Company (100% of the stock); Trust company of the Banking Sector Consolidation Fund (100% of the stock); Rosincas (Russian Association of Cash-in-transit). Additionally, the Bank of Russia held earlier interests in some other Russian organizations. In particular, after the liquidation of Gosbank (State Bank of the USSR), the CBR beneficially acquired complete or controlling interests in five so-called "Russian Foreign Banks" (until 1991 – "Soviet Foreign Banks"): VTB Bank (99.99% of the stock – until 2002, now - 60.9% owned by The Federal Agency for State Property Management (Rosimushchestvo) ); Donau Bank AG, Vienna; East-West United Bank, Luxemburg; Eurobank, Paris; Moscow Narodny Bank, London; Ost-West Handelsbank, Frankfurt am Main. All of them were members of the USSR Vneshekonombank system and were transferred to the CBR in 1992 by the Resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Russia. For over five years – 2000 to 2005 – all stocks of the Russian Foreign Banks were being purchased from the Bank of Russia by VTB Bank.