Former French Prime Minister Fillon became a member of the Board of Directors of Sibur | News from Germany about Russia

Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon joined the Board of Directors of Sibur, the largest integrated petrochemical company in Russia. The announcement was made public on the Sibur website on Thursday, December 23rd.

The 12-member board of directors was also joined by the chairman of the board of Sogaz, Anton Ustinov, and the general director of Taif, Albert Shigabutdinov. At the same time, as Interfax writes, Sibur shareholder Kirill Shamalov, independent director Andrei Vernikov, and deceased Vladimir Razumov have left the board.

François Fillon became an independent director and will serve on the Audit, Human Resources and Compensation Committee and the Sustainability Committee. In July 2021, Fillon joined the Board of Directors of the Russian company Zarubezhneft.

“Putin’s friend” Fillon

François Fillon headed the French government from 2007 to 2012 during the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. In 2017, he retired from politics after losing the presidential election to Emmanuel Macron. In December 2018, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the French politician had friendly relations with Vladimir Putin. The French media have repeatedly told about this.

In June 2020, François Fillon was sentenced in France to two years in prison and another three years on probation for fictitious employment of his wife and children. According to the materials of the investigation, Penelope Fillon, who was fictitiously employed as an employee of the parliamentary apparatus, received about 800 thousand euros in several years. She claimed that she did indeed perform a number of duties, but did so remotely, as she was raising five children.

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