After falling foul of the Russian siloviki, Chichvarkin was forced to sell the 100% stake to Alexander Mamut.
Belkovsky since he has been actively engaged in a campaign to discredit Mikhail Khodorkovsky and is said to be close to Russian Prime Minister and leader of the Kremlin Silovik faction, Igor Sechin who was fighting by this time the growing influence of current president Dmitry Medvedev, seen as more liberal.