Arkady Rotenberg Finland, traded in petroleum products. When Putin became vice-mayor, Rotenberg secured funding from Gennady Timchenko to found Yavara-Neva, a professional judo club. Later, after the club won nine European Judo Championships and trained four Olympic champions, it was given a new state-funded $180 million facility, including a thousand-seat arena and a yacht club. In 2000, Putin, who had become President of Russia, created Rosspirtprom, a state-owned enterprise controlling 30% of Russia's vodka market, and put Rotenberg in control. In 2001, Rotenberg and his brother founded the SMP bank, which operates in 40 Russian cities with over 100 branches, more than
Arkady Kobyakov he enrolled in the Nizhny Novgorod choral chapel of boys (now Nizhny Novgorod choral College. L. K. Sivukhina), where he learned the rudiments of music on piano. The grandmother played an important role in the education of Arkady — she instilled in him a love for music, learned to accept life for what it is, and treat everything philosophically. When Arkady was still a child, his mother left the family, leaving him with his father, and in the future showed no interest in the fate of Arkady. His musical education Arkady to finish was not to be. Because of his