One of the largest contracting companies in Russia working in the fields of energy engineering, oil, gas and petrochemicals. Headed and co-owned by the Russian billionaire Gennady Tymoshenko. it established a branch in Damascus in 2001 and began its first projects in Syria in 2005. The company also invests in the fields of phosphate (industry and exploration), oil, tourism and reconstruction, and controls the port of Tartous through two front companies: STG Logistic and STG Technology.