as mcx phor lse phor industry chemical founded 2003 headquarters moscow russia key people sven ombudstvedt chairman andrey a. guryev ceo products fertilizer revenue us 3.4 billion 2012 profit us 677.2 million 2012 number of employees 5 001 website www.phosagro.com phosagro is a russian chemical holding company producing fertilizer phosphates and feed phosphates . the company is based in moscow russia and its subsidiaries include apatit a company based in the murmansk region and engaged in the extraction of apatite rock . contents 1 ownership 2 subsidiaries 3 references 4 external links ownership edit first owner of group s assets was menatep of famous russian billionaire mikhail khodorkovsky . the firesale of assets to current owners happened after court litigation against yukos . the owners also disputed the court decisions for fines on tax avoidance . this was the first case in history of russian court system when the state paid compensation to the accused company . in 2011 andrey guryev owned 71 % of phosagro . 1 phosagro is 10 % owned by vladimir litvinenko 2 who oversaw vladimir putin s doctoral thesis in 1996 . 3 subsidiaries edit apatit ammophos cherepovetsky azot bmu balakovskyie mineralnyie udobrenia phosagro trans references edit popova olga 14 july 2011 . ipo yields 538m for guryev . the independent . retrieved 24 may 2015 . midas touch in st. petersburg friends of putin glow brightly . new york times . p. 3 . retrieved june 7 2012 . it all boils down to plagiarism . cdi.org . 2006 03 31 . retrieved 2010 03 02 . clifford gaddy mr. litvinenko who was directly involved in the dissertation allegedly helped putin choose the topic and was more or less the advisor for the dissertation is himself a member of the higher accreditation commission which is the government appointed body to be the watchdog over standards about degree granting dissertations and quality control for higher education in russia . so it s extra scandalous that he would be involved in this case of at minimum shoddiness and plagiarism possibly something worse which would be the literal purchase either by money or political influence of a dissertation by someone who didn t actually do the work . that second point is not clear . i don t have proof about that . all i have is proof about the plagiarism . external links edit official website phosagro on facebook phosagro on twitter phosagro s channel on youtube v t e moscow exchange index acron aeroflot alrosa bashneft cherkizovo credit bank of moscow dixy e.on russia fgc ues gazprom inter rao lenta lsr group lukoil m.video magnit mmk megafon moscow exchange mts nizhnekamskneftekhim norilsk nickel nlmk novatek phosagro pik group polymetal polyus gold rosneft rostelecom rusal rusagro rushydro russian grids sberbank severstal sistema surgutneftegas tatneft transneft uwc uralkali vsmpo avisma vtb bank yandex valid september 16 2016 to december 15 2016 official list http moex.com s777 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title phosagro & oldid 742516455 categories companies based in moscowcompanies established in 2003russian brandsfertilizer companiesyukos navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais suomi edit links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 05 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view