Oleg Deripaska, Viktor Yushchenko and Ivan Aboimov

From the right to the left: Oleg Deripaska, the President of the "Siberian Alumna" Group, Viktor Yushchenko, the Ukrainian Prime-Minister and Ivan Aboimov, the Russian ambassador in Ukraine drink champagne after the purchase and sale treaty signing between the Ukrainian Alumna Company and the Nikolaev-based Alumna Plant (NAP) in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Thursday, March 30, 2000 . The Ukrainian Alumna (UA) became the winner in the contest NAP's 30% sale of the "Ukrainskyi Alyuminiy" (Ukrainian Alumna) Company after they had signed the purchase and sale treaty of the 30% of the "Nikolaevskyi glinozemnyi zavod" (Nikolaev-based Alumna Plant - NAP) shares, on Thursday, March 30, 2000, in Kyiv.. The UA proposed the highest price for the share holding - Hr 547.2 millions and undertook fulfillment of all the fixed contest conditions. The authorized capital of the UA exceeds $120 millions, the 25% of the aforesaid amount is the property of Ukrainian residents: "Ukrainian Metallurgic Company" and Ukrsibbank", the rest part - to non-residents, who take part in the realization of the "Siberian alumna" Group's projects on the Ukrainian territory. Photo by Victor Pobedinskyi/ UNIAN