Rating of the largest companies in Russia in 2012

The rating agency Expert compiles the list of the largest companies since 1995.The basis for ranking is the volume of sales of products, works or services.

To date, the rating includes 400 companies from the manufacturing, financial and other spheres of the economy. We bring to your attention the top ten leaders who have headed the rating of the largest companies of Russia "Expert-400" for 2012.

10. IDGC Holding( electric power industry, sales volume - 634 608 million rubles)

Holding separated from RAO "UES of Russia" in 2007.Today, in 97 regions of the Federation, 97 IDGC branches operate. The controlling shareholder of the company is the state owning 54.52% of the shares.

9. AK Transneft( transportation and transportation, 670,270 million rubles)

The company transports more than 90% of the oil produced in Russia. Transneft owns about 70,000 kilometers of main pipelines.100% of the voting shares of the oil company - in federal ownership.

8. Surgutneftegaz( oil and gas industry, 787 854 million rubles)

One of the largest oil companies in Russia was founded in 1992.Surgutneftegas accounts for 13% of the country's total oil production and about 25% of the gas produced by Russian oil companies.

7. AFK Sistema( diversified holding, 969,318 million rubles)

The system is one of the world's largest diversified financial companies. In the Fortune Global 500 ranking, the AFC is on line 315.The company has assets in the field of telecommunications, tourism, trade, electronics, oil refining, construction and real estate.

6. Sberbank of Russia( banking sector, 1 002 500 million rubles)

The largest Russian bank tops the rating of the most reliable banks for 2013, the rating of the most profitable lending institutions. Sberbank's assets account for more than a quarter of the Russian banking system as of January 2013.

5. TNK-BP( oil and gas, oil industry, 1 223 064 million rubles)

The company has risen one position in the Expert-400 ranking in comparison with the previous year. In addition to oil and associated gas production, TNK-BP is involved in their processing. The company owns 5 refineries, as well as about 1,500 filling stations in Russia, as well as in Ukraine.

4. Russian Railways( transport and transportation, 1 480 879 million rubles)

Russian Railways is one of the three largest transport companies in the world.100% of the shares of the national railway carrier belongs to the state. The company operates more than 85 thousand kilometers of railways.

3. Oil company Rosneft( oil and gas and oil industry, 1,858,035 million rubles.)

The top three leaders of the rating of Russia's largest companies have remained unchanged since 2011.Rosneft is involved in the extraction, processing of oil and gas, as well as the sale of the final product to consumers through a network of filling stations. Three-fourths of the company's shares belong to the state-owned OAO ROSNEFTEGAZ.

2. The oil company LUKoil( oil and gas and oil industry, 3 275 015 million rubles)

The company accounts for 17% of all-Russian oil production( 2.2% of global production), as well as 18% of all-Russian oil refining. According to the results of 2011, LUKoil shares are the 2nd largest in terms of trading volume among securities of foreign companies on the London Stock Exchange.

1. Gazprom( oil and gas and oil industry, 4,637,090 million rubles)

Gazprom has the richest reserves of natural gas in the world. The company accounts for 15% of the world, as well as 78% of Russian gas production. The head of Gazprom A.B.Miller is on the 70th place in the ranking of the most influential people in the world - 2012 by Forbes.