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​​Goodbye, Mr. Miller.

A surprise of the coming year should be the departure of Alexei Miller from Gazpromthat analysts predicted for a long time. Beautiful finale In his career, the completion of the laying of the North Stream-2 gas pipeline may be the completion of the gas pipeline, which will put an end to the gas war with Ukraine. The market expects serious transformations from Miller’s successor in the country’s main gas company. But they may not go to radical reforms in the government.

In the past two years, key top managers from his team have left the company. Gazprom’s financial indicators are also not pleasing: in January-September 2020, the loss amounted to 202 billion rubles against a profit of 1.1 trillion rubles in 2019. And in the summer, at the government level, the failure of the country’s gasification program was announced.

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The most likely successor to Miller is called the head of the Siber company Dmitry Konov, whose candidacy is promoted by Gazprom Neft CEO, Alexander Dyukov, formally subordinate to Miller. But the main beneficiary from the change of government in Gazprom is the head of Novateka (competitor to Gazprom) Leonid Michelson. It is beneficial for him to see a loyal and proven person at the helm of Gazprom. And Dyukov and Konov, they have been friends for many years.

The fate of Alexei Miller seems to be a foregone conclusion. Gazprom’s steering wheel will have to give in to the younger and zeal. Although the last word remains with GDP.