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 Kobyakov Arkady Kobyakov "'Arkady Kobyakov O."' (2 June 1976, Nizhny Novgorod — 19 September 2015, Podolsk) is a Russian singer. Kabyakov Arkady Olegovich was born on 2 June 1976 in the city of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) in the family of ordinary workers. Father, Kobyakov Oleg Glebovich, worked as a chief mechanic of a motor depot, the mother, Volkova Tatyana Yurievna — the toy factory. In the family, Arkady was an only child. At an early age a kindergarten teacher advised the parents to determine Arkady in music school. So, at the age of 6 at the insistence of the grandmother,