Not only banks are willing to become main co-owners of Mechel: Igor Zyuzin receives proposal to sell share in the company

We believe that Mechel is good company, it takes works in the right niches and has very interesting investment projects. There was a gap between investments and income from these investments, which are not received now. Therefore, if we give the company a respite, it will work again. We, in principle, are not afraid to invest in the company, "- president of VTB Andrei Kostin said yesterday. Not only banks are ready to do it. Zyuzin (controls 67.42% of the voting shares) received an offer for its sale, a source close to one of the creditor banks, and a man in the Ziuzin’s entourage reported to the Vedomosti.

According to the source in the Ziuzin’s entourage, banks continue to put pressure on the main shareholder of Mechel, trying to force him to leave the company. "Thus, shortly after a series of allegations and VTB’s claim, which led to the collapse of the Mechel’s shares by 53%, the businessman received the proposal from some people and companies to discuss the possibility to sell Mechel and, later, a call from one of the banks with the question about the decision,"- the Vedomosti’s interlocutor said. The fact that there is a buyer for the asset was heard also by a source in one of the creditor banks. The Vedomosti’s interlocutors don’t know the name of the contender. The banker only emphasizes: he is not a client of the creditor banks. Two friends of Ziuzin say that the businessman suspects that Gennady Timchenko is interested in his company. However, a representative of the Volga Group (the Timchenko’s company) denies it.