RusHydro
Russian renewable energy company
RusHydro (previous name: Hydro-OGK, Russian: РусГидро) is a Russian hydroelectricity company. As of early 2012, it had a capacity of 34.9 gigawatts. In late 2009, it was the world's second-largest hydroelectric power producer and is the country's largest power-generating company and the largest successor to RAO UES. The partly government-owned conglomerate underwent a major consolidation beginning in July 2007. As of 2011, the head of the company was Evgeny Dod. Its head office is in Obruchevsky District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. In 2021, the company's revenue amounted to 190 billion rubles.
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General Directors
Evgeny Dod (November 2009 - September 2015)
Nikolay Shulginov (September 2015 - November 2020)
Viktor Khmarin (November 2020 - recent)
Sanctions
On 24 February 2022, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States sanctioned several Russian individuals, entities and financial institutions, including RusHydro.
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