JSC ROSSETI announced that Vasily Nikonov, Deputy Director General for Government Relations at JSC Lenenergo, has been appointed Acting Director General of Lenenergo effective January 17, 2015. The decision to appoint Mr. Nikonov was taken at the meeting of Lenenergo's Board of Directors held on January 16, 2015. Since 2010, the position of Director General of the Subsidiary had been held by Andrey Sorochinsky.

Vasily Nikonov has considerable experience serving in management roles in the sector, including Director General of OJSC Volga TGC, Director of the electric-power development department at Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation and Director of the Energy Department at Rosneft.