RosUkrEnergo is owned by a business ally of Viktor Yushchenko. The Ukrainian investigation into RosUkrEnergo begun during Tymoshenko's previous term as Prime Minister was closed after she lost her position as Prime Minister in September 2005. According to a document uncovered during the United States diplomatic cables leak US-diplomats shared Tymoshenko's suspicions. In April 2006, London-based corruption watchdog Global Witness published a report focusing on RosUkrEnergo and other transit companies that have acted as intermediaries between Turkmenistan, Russia and Ukraine. The report highlighted the many links in personnel between RosUkrEnergo and the previous intermediary Eural Trans Gas. According to the report, Israeli lawyer Zeev Gordon had registered Eural Trans Gas on behalf of Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash. Also in late April 2006, Izvestia reported that the primary shareholder of RosUkrEnergo is Dmytro Firtash. The report stated that he owned 90% of CentraGas Holding, equaling 45% of RosUkrEnergo. The report stated that a further owner is another Ukrainian businessman Ivan Fursin, the primary shareholder of the Odessa Film Studio and an owner of Misto-bank. His stake was revealed to be 10% of CentraGas and therefore a 5% owner of RosUkrEnergo. Profits RosUkrEnergo reported a 2005 profit of $755 million and paid $735 million in dividends. The company's 2006 profit is listed at over $785 million. RosUkrEnergo profit for January–September 2007 is reported at $213 million. The company makes its profit on re-exporting gas to Europe. The size of the profit is defined by Gazprom through the export allowances of about 9 billion cubic meters a year. RosUkrEnergo supplies gas to the Hungarian gas distributor Emfesz, for example, which is also controlled by Firtash via his holding company Group DF. Effectively, by engaging in this supply scheme Gazprom transfers profits from its shareholders to the shareholders of RosUkrEnergo. Management (As of October 2007) Board of Directors: Lars Haussmann (President of the Board of Directors) Hans Baumgartner Executive Directors: Konstantin Chuychenko Dmitry Glebko Coordination Committee: Representing Gazprom Valery Golubev Alexander Medvedev Stanislav Tsygankov Sergey Khomyakov Representing Centragas Dmytro Firtash David Brown - former director of British Gas Robert Shetler-Jones Hanno Schatzmann See also Russia-Ukraine gas dispute List of Gazprom subsidiaries References External links Official website Global Witness Report Group DF - Centragas Gazprom subsidiaries Oil and gas companies of Switzerland Corruption in Ukraine