Putin transferred Russian assets to Japan International Tobacco for temporary management Vladimir Putin signed an order on the transfer to temporary management of 100% of the shares in four Russian companies of the Japanese company J.T.I. Donskoy Tobacco", "J.T.I. Eltz", "Kres Neva" and "Petro". These are the JTI plants in Rostov-on-Don, Yeltsin and St. Petersburg, the bell clarifies. The shares belonged to JT International Holding B.V. the Dutch and the Russian structures of JTI itself. Industrial Properties JSC appointed temporary administrator. Previously, the same company became the owner of Lesta, the publisher of the game World of Tanks in Russia.