And surprise surprise its Gazprom. Now, I don`t know that much about them but I have heard of one of their ex owners.

Awesome we are definitely sorted for FFP

Awesome we are definitely sorted for FFP

I never even thought about that, I just thought this was a normal sponsorship deal to get us an Energy Partner, the same as all those other clubs

Apparently this isn't as errr, dodgy as it first sounds. They have just become an official Champions League sponsor and already have deals with Schalke and Zenit among others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazprom#Sports_sponsorships

Sports sponsorships

Gazprom is the sponsor of Russian Premier League football club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

On 1 January 2007 Gazprom also became the sponsor of the German Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04 paying up to €25 million a year for the privilege. On 23 November 2009, the partnership was extended for a further 5 years. The sponsorship is worth $150m (USD) spread over the 5 years.^[62]

On 9 July 2010 Gazprom became sponsor of Serbian Serbian SuperLiga football club Red Star Belgrade.

Gazprom by 2010 Gold Partner of the Russian professional cycling team, Team Katusha, in alliance with Itera, and Russian Technologies (Rostekhnologii).

On 9 July 2012 Gazprom became sponsor of UEFA Champions League and UEFA Super Cup for three season until 2015^[63]

On 17 July 2012 Gazprom also became the official Global Energy partner of the UEFA Champions League 2012 winners Chelsea for 3 seasons, lasting until 2015. ^[64]

Crafty. But isn't it obvious that Roman is bored of the team and will withdraw any minute, leaving us wrecked, broke, and shivering on the corner.

Isn't Gazprom the competitor to Roman's Sibneft?

Roman sold sibneft to gazprom, I believe.

Edited July 18, 201214 yr by Gabriel25

Do we have any figures? Gazprom is one of the largest oil/nat gas players on the planet. Stock was soaring in '08 on the insane energy/commodity prices before the shoe fell on Lehman.

Russian oil, love it.

Roman sold sibneft to gazprom, I believe.

Yep, almost 7 years ago.

Do we have any figures?

36-26-36..... now thats a figure

Lets hear it for Gazprom. Effing love those guys.

Edited July 18, 201214 yr by stevo

Lets hear it for Gazprom. Effing love those guys.

Until Putin throws a fit and pulls the puppet strings to freeze Europe out of natural gas this winter.