Igor Altushkin

  • Igor Altushkin is the founder and largest shareholder of the Russian Copper Company (RMK), Russia’s third-largest copper producer.
  • Altushkin started his career as a scrap metal trader in the early 1990’s.
  • Altushkin, who has six children, is a key supporter of the Russian Orthodox Church.
  • In May 2017 Altushkin was awarded the Order of Friendship by Vladimir Putin.
  • RMK’s new headquarters in Ekaterinburg, which is being designed by British architect Norman Foster, is expected to be finished in 2019.