Alexander Mashkevitch

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|occupation = Major shareholder in [[Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation]]
|nationality = [[Israel]]i<br>[[Kazakhstan]]
|ethnicity = [[Jews|Jewish]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/feb/14/mick-davis-profile-mining-industry | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Richard | last=Wachman | title=Xstrata's big boss with bigger ambitions | date=2010-02-14}}</ref>
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'''Alexander Antonovich Mashkevich''' ({{lang-he|אלכסנדר משקביץ}}; also [[transliterated]] '''Alexandr Mashkevic'''; {{lang-ru|Александр Антонович Машкевич}}; born 23 February 1954) is a businessman and investor. He has major holdings and close political relationships in [[Kazakhstan]]. He holds both Kazakh and [[Israel]]i citizenship; according to the [[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]], he usually travels on his Israeli passport and "rarely spends more than a week each month in Kazakhstan."<ref name="Krichevsky">{{cite web|last=Krichevsky|first=Lev|date=18 October 2004|url=http://www.ncsj.org/AuxPages/101804JTA_Mashkevich.shtml|title=Wealthy Kazakh businessman looks to make mark on Jewish world|work=www.ncsj.org| publisher=''[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]''|accessdate=2007-02-17}}</ref>

==Biography==

Mashkevich was born in [[Frunze]], [[Kyrgyz SSR]], [[Soviet Union]], in 1954. His father Anton, a doctor born in [[Lithuania]], and his mother, Rakhel Yoffe, a lawyer born in [[Vitebsk]], were evacuated to Kyrgyzstan in 1941.<ref name="tengrin"/> He is a graduate of Kyrgyz State University where he studied [[philology]]. Mashkevich started out an academic career but became a businessman during [[perestroika]]. Mashkevich, [[Patokh Chodiev]], and [[Alijan Ibragimov]] form "the Trio," a group of Kazakh businessmen who became billionaires.<ref name="Krichevsky"/> The Trio gained control of the recently privatized [[chromium]], [[alumina]], and [[gas]] operations in Kazakhstan (some of the largest ones in the world).<ref>{{cite news|date=24 July 2002|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2146757.stm|title=The Steel Maharajah|work=BBC|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=2009-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kazhegeldin|first=Akezhan|date=December 24, 2004|url=http://iicas.org/2004en/publ_30_12_04.htm|title=The end of the "controlled" democracy|work="Respublika"|publisher=International Eurasian Institute for Economic and Political Research|accessdate=2006-05-04| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060506041451/http://iicas.org/2004en/publ_30_12_04.htm| archivedate= 6 May 2006 | deadurl= no}}</ref>

With his partners Chodiev and Ibragimov, Mashkevich helped to develop these assets, and is a major shareholder in [[Eurasian National Resources Corporation]] (ENRC), now one of the world's leading natural resources groups. ENRC, based in London, operates a number of metals assets in Kazakhstan and Africa, having acquired numerous mining operations in [[Eastern Europe]] and [[Africa]]. In 2009, ENRC generated a $1,462 million profit on sales of $3.8 billion.

ENRC was floated on the [[London Stock Exchange]] in December 2007, with a market capitalisation on Admission of approximately £6.8 billion.

Mashkevich served as president of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) until 2011. The EAJC is one of the five regional branches of [[World Jewish Congress|World Jewish Congress (WJC)]]. In this capacity, he has visited a number of [[synagogue]]s around the world and met with many prominent individuals. In 2002, Mashkevich had a private meeting with then-Foreign Minister [[Shimon Peres]].<ref name="Galili">{{cite web|last=Galili|first=Lily|date=29 October 2002|url=http://www.ncsj.org/AuxPages/102902Haaretz.shtml|title=A Kazakh Oligarch Trying To Be a Jewish Tycoon|work=www.ncsj.org|publisher=''[[Ha'aretz]]''|accessdate=2007-02-17}}</ref> In apparent consultation with Israeli Defense Minister [[Binyamin Ben-Eliezer]], he asked his personal friend Kazakh President [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] to intervene with [[Iran]] concerning Israeli soldiers captured by [[Hizbullah]].<ref name="Galili"/> Also, while in Israel, Mashkevich "several times rather closely cooperated" with Kazakh Ambassador, now Deputy Foreign Minister, Kairat Abdurakhmanov.<ref name="Rozen">{{cite web|last=Rozen|first=Sami|date=March 9, 2006|url=http://www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=722|title=Kazakh Historian Turned Deputy Minister After Stay in Israel|work=www.axisglobe.com|publisher=''Axis''|accessdate=2007-02-17| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070303031635/http://www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=722| archivedate= 3 March 2007 | deadurl= no}}</ref>

Mashkevich is one of the owners of [[Alferon Management]]. Based in [[London]], Alferon Management has acquired mining operations in different places: [[Zambia]], the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Kosovo]], [[Russia]], and other countries.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}

As of 2010 he is on the ''[[Forbes]]'' list of billionaires at #287.

On April 6, 2011, Mashkevitch announced his intention to found a Jewish version of ''[[Al-Jazeera]]'' that will "represent Israel on an international level, with real information."<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?ID=215498&R=R1 Jerusalem Post: "Russian billionaire to found 'Jewish Al-Jazeera'"] April 7, 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.jewishjournal.com/world/article/billionaire_mashkevich_quits_euro-asian_jewish_congress_presidency_20110627 Jewish Journal: "Billionaire Mashkevich quits Euro-Asian Jewish Congress presidency"] June 27, 2011</ref>

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* [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Alexander-Machkevich_9O0N.html?&datatype=Person Forbes listing of Mashkevich]

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Sergey Fedorchenko

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'''Sergei Vladimirovich Fedorchenko''' ({{lang-ru|Сергей Владимирович Федорченко}}; born 18 September 1974) is a [[Kazakhstan]]i former [[Gymnastics|gymnast]] who competed in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] and in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=sref>{{cite web|title=Olympics |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/sergey-fedorchenko-1.html|publisher=sports-reference|accessdate=1 July 2012}}</ref>

The "Fedorchenko" is a dismount from high bar with two laid out backflips and three twists. It remains rare because of its difficulty. He also has a move named after him on pommel horse that is also used on floor exercise.

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Alexander Mashkevitch

Sergey Fedorchenko