Lukoil's Chief Replaced Khodorkovsky

The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs appointed new members.

Alexander Shokhin, who is the president of that organization, told reporters Wednesday that the Union elected new members to its board, ?who are backed up by real business.?

The three places of the board, which was being occupated earlier by the former CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Chairman of Supervisory Board at Industrial and Construction Bank Vladimir Kogan and Vice President of the Union Viktor Dombrovsky left the organization were finally taken by LUKOIL President Vagit Alekperov, Metalloinvest and Gazmetall co-owner Alisher Usmanov and Kuzbassrazrezugol CEO Andrey Bokarev.