Andrei Kostin counted excess



rating of top managers of Russian companies compiled by Forbes, caused a scandal. Representatives of the first number in the list, the chairman of board VTB Andrey Kostin, the compilers of the rating was accused of manipulating the numbers. According to the magazine, the annual salary of Mr. Kostin is $ 30 million. "Information on the remuneration of Andrey Kostin presented the magazine Forbes, is absolutely untrue, - followed by retraction of the press service of the bank. - Poorly transparent method of calculation experts edition made to stand on shaky ground of speculation and assumptions. We can say that the figure is taken literally "from the ceiling. '" According to representatives of the bank, all the bank's board has received nearly 608 million. Rubles (about $ 20 million). "By the logic of Forbes, apparently members of the board of VTB have to pay extra for the honor of working in a team with Kostin," - said in a statement. In addition to being named the dubious salary fifth number in the ranking, predpravleniya Bank of Moscow Mikhail Kuzovlev. His $ 15-millon compensation also seems overpriced. On the other members of the list until rebuttals have been reported, so we assume that the information about their income is more or less accurate. So, on the second and third positions Forbes ranking settled predpravleniya of "Gazprom" Alexey Miller and "Rosneft" Igor Sechin, with compensation of $ 25 million. The head of "Savings" German Gref, according to the publication, receiving for his work of $ 15 million. General Director of "ONEXIM Group" Dmitry Razumov - $ 12 million. Places from seventh to tenth shared between predpravleniya Gazprombank Andrey Akimov, CEO USM Advisors Ivan Streshinsky, CEO-predpravleniya MMC "Norilsk Nickel" Vladimir Strzhalkovsky and President of AFK "Sistema" Mikhail Shamolin. The annual compensation of the Quartet, according to the magazine is $ 10 million. The full version of the list of the 25 most highly paid senior managers are available on the website of the publication.