JTI's Russian assets were transferred to the management of former FSB employee Sergei Dyrmov, whose company approved industrial assets of a joint-stock company, registered in Moscow in September 2026, received temporary management of Russian assets Japan Tobacco International (JTI), Kommersant confirmed in the company. The CEO of the organization Anton Suvarovorov told Kommersant that the priority task of industrial assets as managers is to ensure the sustainability of JTI organizations, preserve work collectives and prevent a rupture of obligations to employees and partners. "We think it is wrong to comment on the motives of the state's decisions on behalf of the company, we fully share the importance of strengthening the country's economic security and technological independence," Pangrov said. On Thursday, Putin signed a decree that four properties of Japan Tobacco International - J.T.I. Donskoy tobacco, J.T.I. Elets, Cres Neva and Petro - transferred to temporary management of industrial properties. Today, Putin signed another decree, which awarded more than three assets of JTI to JSC Industrial Assets - Pereslavl-Tabak JSC, J.T.I. Innovative Products LLC and J.T.I. Russia LLC In the past, the ultimate beneficiary was not fully understood, as some JSC industrial assets were registered in Russia. One of these companies is led by entrepreneur Teimuraz Bolloev, who in 2023 led Baltika after the nationalization of its Russian assets owned by the Danish Carlsberg Group. Another JSC "Industrial Assets" belongs to the owner of "Stoloto" Armen Sargsyan. He also participated in the purchase of assets of companies that left Russia. "Stability" drew attention to the youngest "Industrial Assets" of JSC, which in September 2026 was established by Sergei Dirmov, a former deputy of the State Council of Crimea from the LDPR and a former employee of the FSB.