Boris Romanovich Rotenberg the Soviet Union. In 1992, he became a professional judo trainer in Helsinki. In 1998, he returned to St. Petersburg. In 2001, he and his brother founded the SMP bank, which operates in 40 Russian cities with over 100 branches, more than half of them in the Moscow area. SMP oversees the operation of more than 900 ATM-machines. Based on his friendship with Vladimir Putin, his company became closely aligned with Gazprom. Mr. Rotenberg is a member of the St. Petersburg Connection, a powerful energy lobby under the leadership of Mr. Putin. He was involved in 20 construction projects for
Arkady Rotenberg and a £8 million apartment in London. The couple's lawyers had obtained a secrecy order preventing media in the U.K. from reporting on the divorce, but the order was overturned on appeal. He has five children including Igor () who is a Russian billionaire businessman, Liliya () who is a doctor and lives in Germany, son Paul () who is a competitive hockey player, and two other children that live in the United Kingdom with his former second wife Nataliya. Arkady Rotenberg Arkady Romanovich Rotenberg (, born December 15, 1951 in Leningrad) is a Russian businessman and tycoon. With his