ANATOLY SOBCHAK

in the early 1990s. During Sobchak’s term in office, Kogan’s bank acquired interests in ports, airports, transportation and telecommunications companies, and it has managed to hold on to these properties and acquire others since then. The paper says Kogan’s personal ties to St. Petersburg’s “young reformers” go back to the 1980s and the era of perestroika. Many of that group, including Deputy Prime Minister