Arkady Rotenberg Arkady Rotenberg Arkady Romanovich Rotenberg (, born December 15, 1951 in Leningrad) is a Russian businessman and tycoon. With his brother Boris Rotenberg, he is co-owner of the Stroygazmontazh (SGM) group, the largest construction company for gas pipelines and electrical power supply lines in Russia. He was listed by "Forbes" in 621st place among the world's wealthiest persons in 2014. He is considered a close confidant of president Vladimir Putin. As of November 2017, "Forbes" estimates his fortune at $2.5 billion. He is subject to personal sanctions by the United States government related to the events during the Ukrainian crisis.
Arkady Ruderman Arkady Ruderman Arkady Abramovich Ruderman (, ; 7 January 1950 – 22 September 1992) was a Belarusian documentary filmmaker who was killed during the Civil war in Tajikistan in 1992. Arkady Ruderman was born in 1950 in Minsk, capital of the Byelorussian SSR. Ruderman first gained fame in the Soviet Union in 1988 for his reporting on attempts by the communist authorities of BSSR to play down the centennial celebration of the Jewish painter Marc Chagall. Ruderman went on to direct several documentaries about the underside of the Soviet Union. His work won him accolades at the 1988 and 1989