Yelena Baturina

Baturina is a Moscow native who began working as a design-technician at the {{ill|Frezer industrial tool plant|ru|Фрезер (завод)}} (where her parents worked) after graduating from high school.{{cite news |first1=Anna |last1=Nikolaeva |first2=Bela |last2=Lyauv |first3=Andrei |last3=Panov |script-title=ru:"Я всегда мечтала быть аналитиком", - Елена Батурина, президент ЗАО "Интеко" |trans-title="I always wanted to be an analyst," - Elena Baturina, President of JSC "Inteko" |language=ru |work=Vedomosti |date=26 November 2007 |url=http://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/article/2007/11/26/136763}}

• 1980–1982: the Frazer plant, technician-designer, then senior design engineer of the Chief Technologist Department;
• 1982–1989: Institute of Integrated Economic Development of Moscow, researcher; Russian Union of United Cooperatives, head of the Secretariat; the Mosgorispolkom Commission on cooperative activity, senior specialist.
• since 1989 engaged in private business activities;
• 1991–1994: LLP "Inteco", director;
• 1994–2011: CJSC "Inteco", president;
• 2006–2011: deputy head of the interdepartmental working group on the priority national project "Affordable and Comfortable Housing to Russian citizens", a member of the commission on the development of affordable housing under the President of the Russian Federation on the implementation of priority national projects and demographic policy.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Baturina met her future husband, Yury Luzhkov, in 1987 when they were both serving at Mosgorispolkom, a Soviet-era municipal commission. At the period of their co-working the relationships were purely professional. In one of her interviews Baturina remembers: "We never even thought about anything like that when we were working together, it all happened much later".{{cite news |first=Elena |last=Skvortsova |script-title=ru:Елена Батурина: Не плачу, не травлю себя и ни о чем не жалею Источник |language=ru |date=20 May 2013 |work=Sobesednik|url=http://sobesednik.ru/politics/20130520-elena-baturina-ne-plachu-ne-travlyu-sebya-i-ni-o-chem-ne-zhaleyu}} Baturina and Luzhkov married in 1991. The next year, he became mayor of Moscow. In 2010, he was dismissed by President Dmitry Medvedev amidst still unproven accusations of corruption and mismanagement voiced on state run television.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11424183 |title=Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov sacked by President Medvedev |publisher=BBC |date=28 September 2010}}

After her husband's dismissal, Baturina moved to London. She explains the choice of the city by the fact that her two daughters decided to study in London{{Cite news |url=http://www.businesspost.ie/the-sunday-interview-yelena-baturina/ |title=The Sunday Interview: Yelena Baturina |last=McGurk |first=Tom |date=28 April 2013 |work=Sunday Business Post}}

In November 2010, Luzhkov gave an interview to the Telegraph newspaper stating that the couple was sending their daughters to study in London to protect them from possible persecution from the Russian authorities. He also said that a house had been rented in the west of the city for them and that he and his wife intend to visit them regularly.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8114663/Former-Moscow-mayor-Yuri-Luzhkov-I-fear-for-my-family.html |title=Former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov: 'I fear for my family' |last=Osborn |first=Andrew |date=7 November 2010 |work=The Telegraph}} Luzhkov also claimed that the Russian authorities were planning to break up Baturina's business empire and that the couple would fight the attempt: "We will not give up. My wife will battle for her business and for her honour and self-worth. That is for sure".

In September 2009, The Sunday Times erroneously stated that Witanhurst, a large house in Highgate, North London, had been bought by Baturina, via an offshore front company. Baturina sued the papers owners, Times Newspapers, a subsidiary of News International. Times Newspapers apologized for the story and paid damages to her in October 2011.{{cite news |first=Josh |last=Halliday |title=Sunday Times apologises to Russia's richest woman over mansion story |work=The Guardian |date=20 October 2011 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/oct/20/sunday-times-apologises-russia-mansion}}

In 1989, Baturina launched her first enterprise with her elder brother Victor, primarily dealing with computer software and hardware.{{cite news |first=Marianne |last=Maksimovskaya |script-title=ru:"Взятки давала. Откаты не платила" |trans-title=Bribes give. Kickbacks are not paid |language=ru|work=Ogonek |date=30 January 2012 |url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1858916}} In 1991 Baturina founded her company, Inteco ("Inteko" (Интеко) in Russian), which focused on construction though it began as a plastics business. In 1994, Inteco purchased a plastic factory. In 1998, the company won the contract for producing 85,000 seats for Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow's largest stadium. The critics claimed that the decision was affected by Luzhkov as Mayor of Moscow, though Inteco stated that their price was 50% less than their nearest competitor's.{{cite web |script-title=ru:Вышедшая из пластмассы |language=ru |work=Credit-Zone.ru |date=16 March 2009 |url=http://credit-zone.ru/articles/rubric/mortgage/4274/}}

In the middle of 1990s, Inteco entered the construction business focusing on development of advanced materials and technologies for facade work, cement, brick and poured concrete construction, architectural design and real estate business.{{cite web |title=ЗАО "Интеко". Справка |date=6 September 2011 |work=ria.ru |url=http://ria.ru/spravka/20110906/431275060.html}}

In 2001, Inteco acquired from a private person the controlling stake in one of the leading housebuilding factories in Moscow DSK-3. Following modernization the construction plant provided 500,000 square meters of housing per year. This acquisition, according to Baturina's interviews, became the starting point for the company's major construction activity. "DSK-3 is my first real step into construction. I had been viewing the market for a long time. I saw how quickly and dynamically it was developing, how many opportunities it was offering. Still the deal took place sort of accidentally. The lawyers of the former main owner's widow came to me and said that some unfriendly entities were questioning her property rights and trying to simply rob her of her stake. And the frightened woman had decided to sell all the shares to Inteco on the condition that we defend her rights in court. We have successfully managed that and just like that, almost by accident, became the owners of the plant."{{Cite web|url=http://beton.ru/library/349/elem_225393/|title=Интервью с президентом ЗАО "Интеко" Еленой Батуриной}}

At one point, Inteco was said to control 20% of construction in the capital.{{Cite web|url=http://ria.ru/spravka/20110906/431275060.html|title=ЗАО "Интеко". Справка|date=6 September 2011}} However, according to experts, quoted by media, from 2000 to 2010 of construction activities Inteco's share in the state order was no more than 2%. While the main contractors for the implementation of the Moscow government orders were construction companies MFS-6 (24.5%) Glavmosstroy (20.7%), SU-155 (13.7%) and MSM-5 (12.2%). In 2002, Inteco created a subsidiary "Strategy Construction Company", whose main objective was the construction of monolithic buildings. Such cement plants as "Podgorensky cementnik" and "Oskolcement", one of the largest cement producers in the central Russia, were also bought at that time.[http://m2.ru/inteco] Inteco

In 2005, Inteco sold its cement works for estimated US$800 000 to Eurocement Group in order to consolidate financial and administrative recourses that the company needed for the implementation of perspective construction programs.{{Cite web|url=https://flb.ru/info/33966.html|title=Батурина взяла $800 млн|website=flb.ru}}

In 2006, Baturina was appointed Deputy Head for the inter-ministerial group under the national project "Affordable and Comfortable Housing for Russian citizens".{{cite web |date=14 January 2009 |title=Основные направления развития промышленности строительных материалов - Межведомственная рабочая группа строительного портала i-Stroy |url=http://www.i-stroy.ru/docu/work_group/osnovnyie_napravleniya_razvitiya_promyishlennost/6023.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114024540/http://www.i-stroy.ru/docu/work_group/osnovnyie_napravleniya_razvitiya_promyishlennost/6023.html |archive-date=14 January 2009 |access-date=8 February 2019}}{{cite web |title=Строительный материализм |url=http://www.bpn.ru/publications/28164/ |access-date=8 February 2019 |website=www.bpn.ru}}

Shortly afterwards, Inteco sold DSK-3, a producer of prefabricated buildings, as well and fully concentrated on the construction of monolithic housing and commercial real estate.{{Cite web|url=https://regnum.ru/news/469790.html|title=Группа компаний ПИК и|website=ИА REGNUM}}

Part of the proceeds from the sale of these assets were directed by Baturina to buying some high-yield "blue chips" of the largest Russian companies such as Gazprom and Sberbank. This step allowed the visionary businesswoman to later sell the shares in the crisis year of 2009 at a significant profit and return Inteco's earlier business development bank loans ahead of schedule, which allowed to keep the businesses afloat. The interest rate on loans at that time sprang up from 10.8 to 18 percent, which led to the ruin of a significant number of Russian developers.{{Cite web|url=http://ukrrudprom.ua/digest/Fishka_ot_Baturinoy.html|title=Фишка от Батуриной|website=ukrrudprom.ua}}

At the same time, as part of a new cement project, Inteco purchased Verkhnebakansky Cement Plant and the Atakaytsement cement factory located in the Krasnodar region.{{cite web |url=http://www.irn.ru/articles/9494.html |title="Интеко" потратит на цемент $500 млн |access-date=30 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927180935/http://www.irn.ru/articles/9494.html |archive-date=27 September 2013}}"Inteco" will spend USD 500 mln on cement. 15 December 2006[http://www.zelaomed.ru/2307-kompaniya-inteko-ne-hochet-byit-ot-tsenovoj-politiki-postavschikov-tsementa.html] "Inteco" does not want to depend on price policy of cement suppliers

As of 2007, the company owned such entities as Inteko Plast (55%), Bistro Plast (50%), construction firms SK DSK-3 (100%), Styre (100%), Inteco CENTER (100%), Inteco Chess (Elista, 100%), Intekostroy (70%). The company also owned enterprises in the city of Sochi - Park (100%), The Matrix (100%), Sochi AO (75.58%), Horizont (50%), Selectioner (Belgorod region., 100%) and Uspensky Agromashplast (Moscow reg., Uspensky, 38%). Inteco Group also included Russian Zemelny Bank and trading house Moscow River involved in the supply of grain.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

In 2007, the company's revenue, according to its own data, amounted to $1 billion.

At the end of 2008, along with Gazprom and Russian Railways, Inteco was included into the list of 295 strategic enterprises of the country.[http://www.retail.ru/news/57528/] The rock of Inteco has been defined. 7 September 2011

In 2009, the company begins cooperating with an outstanding Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill as part of the programme aimed at creating fundamentally new systems for mass housing in Russia.[http://realty.rufox.ru/news/167648.htm?main_city=4099] Inteco cooperates with Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill. 29 July 2009

In 2010, Inteco launched the construction of the second academic building for the Moscow State University named after Lomonosov.[http://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2010/01/27/419393-otkryita-novaya-stranitsa-v-letopisi-istorii-razvitiya-mgu.html] New page in the MSU development history has been opened. 28 January 2010

In 2010, Baturina was named one of the largest taxpayers in Russia, the taxes to the state budget for 2009 amounted to 4 billion rubles. As of 2009, 99% of the company is owned by Baturina, 1% is on the balance sheet of the Company itself. The project development portfolio is more than 7,000,000 square meters, the cement capacities exceed 0.6 million tons per year.[http://ria.ru/spravka/20110906/431275060.html] ZAO "Inteco". Overview. 6 September 2011

At the end of 2010, Baturina sold its Russian Zemelny Bank (RZB) to foreign investors.[http://www.sravni.ru/novost/2010/12/10/baturina-prodala-svoy-bank-inostrancam] Baturina sold her bank to foreigners. 10 February 2010

The most significant completed projects of Inteco in Moscow (in the period of company Baturina's ownership) are: the residential quarter "Shuvalov" (270,000 square meters), the residential quarter "Grand Park" (400,000 square meters), the residential site "Volga" (400,000 square meters), the multifunctional complex "Fusion Park" with the "Autoville" - museum of unique cars from private collections (100,000 square meters), the Fundamental Library (60,000 square feet), and the academic building for Humanities (100,000 square meters) of the Moscow State University.[http://news.mail.ru/economics/6752026] ZAO "Inteco". 7 September 2011

After her husband's resignation, Baturina started selling her assets in Russia. The best offer was filed by Mikail Shishkhanov and Sberbank Investments. They bought the 95% and 5% shares of Inteco correspondingly.[http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1794564?isSearch=True] Russian records. Kommersant Vlast 17 October 2011 The exact amount of the transaction was never disclosed, but the report of Sberbank stated that according to the experts that participated in the preparation of the deal, the market value of Inteco, its projects and structures was around 1.2 billion dollars.[http://realty.lenta.ru/news/2011/09/06/inteko2/] Baturina sold Inteco. 6 September 2011 The deal did not include the cement plants of Inteco. One of them was later sold to Lev Kvetnoy for estimated 17 billion rubles.{{cite web |url=http://procement.ru/onenews/454 |title=Батурина продала Врехнебаканский цементный завод Льву Кветному / ПроЦемент |access-date=24 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927122736/http://procement.ru/onenews/454 |archive-date=27 September 2013}} Baturina sold Verkhebakanskiy cement plant to Lev Kvetnoy

The first development in the new hotel chain was the five-star Grand Tirolia Golf & Ski Resort, located in the heart of the Eichenheim golf club in Kitzbühel, Austria. Construction, which was completed in 2009, cost in the region of €35–40 million.[https://www.welt.de/reise/article6448251/Kitzbuehel-und-die-Snowciety-aus-Osteuropa.html] Kitzbühel und die "Snowciety" aus Osteuropa 18 February 2010 The hotel is located in the center of the golf club Eichenheim, together they make Grand Tirolia Golf & Ski Resort. In 2009, the hotel achieved honorary status as the "Home of Laureus" in Austria, and became the official venue for the annual ceremony of the prestigious international award that those in the field call the "Oscar" of sports journalism.[http://www.laureus.de/news/2011-06-22.html] Das Grand Tirolia Golf & Ski Resort bleibt bis 2014 Partner des Laureus Medien Preises. 22 June 2011 In 2018, the hotel was sold to the Austrian investor, presumably for €45 million.{{Cite web |date=11 April 2018 |title=Елена Батурина избавилась от убыточного отеля за 45 миллионов евро |url=https://ria.ru/20180411/1518384871.html |access-date=8 February 2019 |website=РИА Новости}}

In 2010, Baturina opened the New Peterhof Hotel in Saint Petersburg, which received a number of architectural awards.[http://www.riarealty.ru/news/20100628/85569.html] Inteco company opened a 4-star hotel in Peterhof. 28 June 2010 In 2012, following major reconstruction work, Baturina opened the Quisisana Palace in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Housed in a late 19th century building, the hotel combines elements of Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Gothic styles. The restoration of the historic building required significant investment.[http://www.karlovy-vary.cz/en/accommodation-karlovy-vary/quisisana-palace-337] Quisisana Palace The hotel is a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World association.[http://www.karlovyvary.cz/en/quisisana-palace] Quisisana Palace In 2013, Baturina opened the Morrison Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. She bought it from NAMA in early 2012 for €22 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/russias-richest-lady-buying-top-dublin-hotel-for-more-than-20m-26822857.html|title=Russia's richest lady buying top Dublin hotel for more than €20m|website=independent}} The 138-room hotel on Dublin's Lower Ormond Quay has undergone a €7 million refurbishment.[http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/transport-and-tourism/morrison-to-reopen-in-february-as-a-hilton-doubletree-1.953861] Morrison to reopen in February as a Hilton DoubleTree. 4 January 2013 It was sold in 2022 to Zetland Capital for €65 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bisnow.com/dublin/news/hotel/will-dublins-hotel-market-be-shaken-or-stirred-by-the-arrival-of-the-hoxton-116253|title=Will Dublin's Hotel Market Be Shaken Or Stirred By The Arrival Of The Hoxton?|website=Bisnow}}

The first development in the hotel chain, located in the heart of the Eichenheim golf club in Kitzbühel, Austria. Its construction was completed in 2009. In 2018, the hotel was sold to the Austrian investor.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Quisisana Palace is a restored 19th-century building turned boutique hotel with 19 guest rooms and suites, a restaurant and a wellness centre. It opened in September 2012.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

New Peterhof Hotel opened in June 2010.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Baturina has announced her intentions to the press to continue to expand her hotel chain. "In the future, we think of making up hotel clusters in those regions where we are already present. These are Ireland - United Kingdom, Northern Italy - Austria - Germany, the Baltic States - Russia - Kazakhstan," Baturina said in her interview to "Sobesednik".{{Cite web|url=https://sobesednik.ru/politika/20130520-elena-baturina-ne-plachu-ne-travlyu-sebya-i-ni-o-chem-ne-zhaleyu|title=Елена Батурина: Не плачу, не травлю себя и ни о чем не жалею|website=sobesednik.ru}}

In late 2015, Baturina set up an office in New York to oversee her US$10 million investment into commercial buildings she acquired in central Brooklyn, and look into the prospects of developing a construction project: “The company is considering transferring the land they are located on to a category suitable for residential construction, so that a large-scale development project can be realised.”{{Cite press release |last=Baturina |first=Press Office of Yelena |title=Russia's Richest Woman Yelena Baturina Launches a Development Business in New York |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/russias-richest-woman-launches-a-development-business-in-new-york-569987651.html |access-date=2017-06-13 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}

In November 2016, Baturina's structures launched a construction and development project in Europe. Her company acquired a land plot on the coastline of Limassol, Cyprus. The construction of high-end apartment building Symbol Residence was launched in 2019, the overall investment into the project has exceeded EUR 40 million, and the completion of the construction was planned for 2021.{{Cite web|url=http://www.news.cyprus-property-buyers.com/2016/12/07/residential-project-limassol/id=00151927|title=€40m residential project in Limassol - Cyprus Property News|date=7 December 2016|website=Cyprus Property News Magazine|access-date=13 June 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/02/15/plans-submitted-new-symbol-limassol/|title=Plans submitted for new 'symbol' of Limassol|last=Chrysostomou|first=Annette|date=15 February 2018|website=Cyprus Mail|language=en-GB|access-date=4 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.goldnews.com.cy/en/real-estate/symbol-residence--foundation-stone-laying-ceremony-attended-by-billionairess-elena-baturina|title=Symbol Residence: Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony Attended by Billionairess Elena Baturina|website=www.goldnews.com.cy|access-date=4 July 2019}}

In autumn 2015, Baturina's structures became a strategic investor of Hightex GmbH, a global membrane construction company based in Rimsting, Germany.{{Cite web |title=German group Hightex wins Qatar stadium contract |url=https://www.tradearabia.com/news/CONS_324096.html |access-date=13 June 2017 |website=www.tradearabia.com}}{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Since 2014, Baturina's Investment Group has been developing a project to generate, use and market renewable energy in Europe.{{Cite news |last=Buddensiek |date=18 July 2014 |title=Russian millionaire to invest 20 million euros in building solar power plants in Southern Europe |language=en |work=Sun & Wind Energy |url=http://www.sunwindenergy.com/photovoltaics/russian-millionaire-invest-20-million-euros-building-solar-power-plants-southern |access-date=13 June 2017}}{{Cite web |title=Venture of Russian businesswoman to spend EUR 20m on Greek solar project |url=https://renewablesnow.com/news/venture-of-russian-businesswoman-to-spend-eur-20m-on-greek-solar-project-548950/ |access-date=13 June 2017 |website=renewablesnow.com |language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.rbth.com/news/2014/06/30/baturina_invests_over_13_million_in_solar_energy_in_europe_37807.html|title=Russian businesswoman Baturina invests over $13 million in solar energy in Europe|last=Interfax|date=30 June 2014|work=Russia Beyond The Headlines|access-date=13 June 2017|language=en-US}} In 2018, Baturina's enterprise has launched the first ESCO (Energy Services Company) project in Cyprus.{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.ru/milliardery/368387-moskva-pozadi-chem-teper-zanimaetsya-elena-baturina|title=Москва позади: чем теперь занимается Елена Батурина – Миллиардеры|date=25 October 2018|website=Forbes.ru|access-date=8 February 2019}}

In 2007, Viktor Baturin, Baturina's brother, with whom she founded Inteco, sued Inteco for US$120 million for wrongful dismissal.[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/europe/article1295112.ece Tycoon sues billionaire little sister for £120m] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612040519/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/europe/article1295112.ece |date=12 June 2011 }}

The court dismissed all the claims later that year.{{Cite web |date=2007-02-13 |title=Виктор Батурин попал под тверское правосудие |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/742330 |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru}}

After that, in 2011 he was found guilty by the Presnensky Court of Moscow in a real-estate fraud case and got a 3 years suspended sentence.{{Cite web |last=BFM.ru |title=Виктор Батурин напродавал на три года условно |url=https://www.bfm.ru/news/141704 |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=BFM.ru - деловой портал |language=ru}}

In 2013, the Nikulinsky Court of Moscow sentenced him for attempting to cash in forged Inteco promissory notes worth more than 5 billion rubles. He was released in January 2016, with the unserved time of his sentence replaced with a fine.{{Cite web |last=BFM.ru |title=Виктор Батурин приговорен к 7 годам колонии общего режима |url=https://www.bfm.ru/news/223587 |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=BFM.ru - деловой портал |language=ru}}{{Cite web |last=Новости |first=Р. И. А. |date=2023-11-14 |title=Суд приговорил бизнесмена Батурина к шести годам колонии |url=https://ria.ru/20231114/baturin-1909400734.html |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=РИА Новости |language=ru}}

In 2017, another case was initiated against Viktor Baturin for attempted fraud of a large scale and two counts of evidence falsification in a civil case. In 2021 he was formally accused and arrested. In 2022, Viktor Baturin pleaded guilty to fraud and falsification of evidence{{Cite web |date=2022-10-04 |title=Виктор Батурин закрепил признание |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5594108 |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Коммерсантъ |language=ru}} and in November 2023, found guilty by the Simonovsky court of Moscow and sentenced to six years imprisonment and a fine of 500 thousand rubles.{{Cite news |title=Russian Sentenced To Six Years In Jail For Damaging Army Posters |language=en |work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-defacing-army-posters-prison/32684761.html |access-date=2023-11-17}}

According to leaked diplomatic cables, the US ambassador to Russia, John Beyrle, reported allegations that Baturina had links to major criminal groups, particularly Solntsevskaya Bratva. The full text of the cable makes clear that Mr Beyrle is simply repeating gossip and allegations conveyed to him by journalist Sergei Kanev. Beyrle writes, 'Kanev told us that Luzhkov's wife, Yelena Baturina, definitely has links to the criminal world, and particularly to the Solntsevo criminal group'. Beyrle stated that her husband Yury Luzhkov sat on top of a "pyramid of corruption". "Luzhkov oversees a system in which it appears that almost everyone at every level is involved in some form of corruption or criminal behaviour," wrote Beyrle. "Analysts identify a three-tiered structure in Moscow's criminal world. Luzhkov is at the top. The FSB, MVD and militia are at the second level. Finally ordinary criminals and corrupt inspectors are at the lowest level." Beyrle also suggested that much of Luzhkov's business empire had been acquired using municipal finances to invest in "less than transparent" projects with former Soviet republics.{{cite news |last=Harding |first=Luke |title=WikiLeaks cables: Moscow mayor presided over 'pyramid of corruption' |work=The Guardian |date=1 December 2010 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-cables-moscow-mayor-corruption}} The couple denied the accusations as "total rubbish".

Elena Baturina has been involved in local and international charities since 1990s.The main focus of her charitable projects is transforming the world and society for the better, based on the principles of sustainability, design-thinking, and investing into the creative mind power of the next generation.

Since 2012, the BE OPEN Foundation{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://beopenfuture.com/ |website=BeOpenFuture}} has been the vehicle of Elena Baturina's international philanthropy. BE OPEN is a Switzerland-registered “cultural and social initiative which aims to become a bridge between the great minds of our time, and the promising new minds of the next generation through a system of conferences, competitions, exhibitions, master classes and art events.”{{Cite press release |last=OPEN |first=BE |title=New Award for the Design World: BE OPEN Launches the Young Talent Award |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-award-for-the-design-world-be-open-launches-the-young-talent-award-240780621.html |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}

BE OPEN has been actively cooperating with the world renown designers, international brands, educational and cultural institutions, and state bodies, i.e. the Government of India, Greater London Authority, the Municipality of Milan, the EXPO Universal Exposition, and many others.

For two years, Mrs Baturina served as a Trustee to the Board of the Mayor's Fund for London.{{Cite news |last=Driscoll |first=Margarette |date=2017-12-04 |title=Meet Elena Baturina: Russia's only female billionaire |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/work/elena-baturina-russias-female-billionaire-will-take-generation/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |issn=0307-1235}}

Mrs Baturina also serves as vice-president for Maggie’s, a UK-based charity that offers free practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer. She is also a member of Maggie's London Board which is responsible for the coordination of all Maggie's fundraising activity in London.

BE OPEN is a cultural and social initiative set up in 2012, and funded by Elena Baturina with the “aim to harness the brainpower of creative leaders through a system of conferences, competitions, exhibitions, master classes and art events.”{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://beopenfuture.com/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=BeOpenFuture |language=en-GB}}

“A long-term, international, multidisciplinary, multi-faceted project, BE OPEN is committed to becoming a bridge between the great minds of our time – philosophers, sociologists, designers, architects, artists, publishers, writers, businessmen and opinion leaders — and the promising new minds of the next generation. It also strives to help leading contemporary thinkers and creatives meet up with those in the media and business, discuss their ideas and visions and ultimately make change happen.”{{Cite press release |last=OPEN |first=BE |title=Taste, Touch, Sight, Sound and Smell |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/taste-touch-sight-sound-and-smell-201466831.html |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}

The foundation was launched at Milan Design Week 2012.{{Cite web |last=Adam |first=Georgina |date=2012-04-29 |title=The pursuit of happiness |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f95ec316-8d35-11e1-8b49-00144feab49a |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=Financial Times}} Working in collaboration with leading design publication Interni, the foundation had significant presence at the Fuori Salone.

BE OPEN revisited Milan Design Week in 2013 with a multi-sensory experience, with a focus on synaesthesia, exploring the overlap between colour and taste, smell and sight represented in the House of the Senses, designed by French architect Christophe Pillet and in 2015 with a mesmerizing Garden of Wonders exposition{{Cite web |date=2015-06-23 |title=Garden of Wonders by Be Open rebrands perfume labels |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2015/06/23/designers-rebrand-defunct-perfume-labels-be-open-the-garden-of-wonders-milan-expo-2015/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=Dezeen |language=en}} dedicated to redesigning defunct perfume brands.{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Wallpaper* |date=2015-04-16 |title=Garden of Wonders creates a feast for the nose and eyes in Milan's Botanical Gardens |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/garden-of-wonders-creates-a-feast-for-the-nose-and-eyes-in-milans-botanical-gardens |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=Wallpaper*}}

In 2014, with support from the Government and ministries of India, BE OPEN created an important exhibition of works by promising local designers in Delhi to encourage artisans to explore alternative ways of using traditional skills and keeping them alive. “Made in…India” became an important milestone for many of the participating designers.{{Cite web |date=2014-02-20 |title=BE OPEN Made In... India Samskara exhibition opens in New Delhi |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2014/02/20/be-open-made-in-india-samskara-exhibition-opens-in-new-delhi/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}

Other significant global design events that BE OPEN has been part of over the years are Design Basel with an exposition of projects by students of European top design schools. Design Miami with a conference on sensory design.{{Cite web |title=At Design Miami, boundaries blur between creative disciplines |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/at-design-miami-boundaries-blur-between-creative-disciplines/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=ZDNet |language=en}} London Design Festival with an installation in Trafalgar square{{Cite web |title=blouinnews.com |url=http://blouinnews.com/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=blouinnews.com - |language=en-US}} Chelsea College of Art roundtable on sound design and others.

BE OPEN has worked with the Mayor’s Fund for London, the Mayor's Office and GLA on a number of charitable programmes.{{Cite web |title=Helping Young Londoners Grow - Impact Report |url=https://www.mayorsfundforlondon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Mayors-Fund-for-London-Impact-Report-2017.pdf}}{{Cite web |title=Why Russia's richest woman is backing Sadiq Khan |url=https://spearswms.com/russias-richest-woman-backing-sadiq-khan/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=spearswms.com |date=30 September 2016 |language=en-GB}}

BE OPEN's every ‘public appearance’ is a multi-faceted event that features celebration of winners of dedicated student competitions with expositions and awards ceremonies.{{Cite web |date=2016-05-13 |title=COMUNICADO: El BE OPEN Young Talent Award es para Chile |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20160513/401776166241/comunicado-el-be-open-young-talent-award-es-para-chile.html |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=designboom |first=andrea chin I. |date=2014-04-24 |title=mischer'traxler wins 2014 BE OPEN young talent award |url=https://www.designboom.com/design/mischertraxler-wins-2014-be-open-young-talent-award-04-24-2014/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine |language=en}}

For the past four years, the foundation has been running a multiyear competition programme{{Cite web |last=Correspondent |first=EU Reporter |date=2021-02-18 |title=Billionaire and sustainability supporter Elena Baturina praises the creative potential of younger generation |url=https://www.eureporter.co/arts/2021/02/18/billionaire-and-sustainability-supporter-elena-baturina-praises-the-creative-potential-of-younger-generation/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=EU Reporter |language=en-GB}} in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Among the partners of the programme are the Cumulus Global Association of Art and Design Education and Student Energy. The upcoming competition Design Your Climate Action will focus on SDG#13.

In 2020, BE OPEN set up a nonprofit online gallery BE OPEN Art to offer emerging artists around the globe an opportunity to be seen, and a starting point for connections to be built between the creators and collectors of today. The gallery opened to help battle the challenges that creative community had to face due to COVID-19.

In 2023, BE OPEN Art expanded its operations to run BE OPEN Regional Art, a series of competitions for emerging artists, aimed to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities. Each regional stage lasts three months, therefore four stages are run a year, with a winner named for each of them. The regional winners get cash prizes, while a selection of artwork best representing the region forms an exhibition, in order to share the art with the wide public and celebrate the artists involved.

In June 2023, at the Centre of Visual Arts and Research in Nicosia, BE OPEN Art hosted an exhibition of artwork selected over the Eastern Mediterranean region. The exhibition was attended by the participating artists and their families, representatives of Cyprus's Ministries of Education and Culture, Nicosia municipality, members of academic, artistic and business communities, guests of the island, etc.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-17 |title=Η Ελένη Μπατούρινα σκοπεύει να φέρει στην Κύπρο τα καλύτερα από την τέχνη της Μεσογείου |url=https://cyprusnews.eu/editors-choice/13947293-%CE%B7-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B7-%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B1-%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%8D%CE%B5%CE%B9-%CE%BD%CE%B1-%CF%86%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%B9-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%BA%CF%8D%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF-%CF%84%CE%B1-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B1-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%87%CE%BD%CE%B7-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85.html |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=cyprusnews.eu |language=el-gr}}{{Cite web |title=Billionairess Elena Baturina Intends to Showcase Mediterranean Art in Cyprus {{!}} Sada Elbalad |url=https://see.news/billionairess-elena-baturina-intends-to-showcase-mediterranean-art-in-cyprus |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=see.news |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-06-19 |title=Η Έλενα Μπατούρινα και το BE OPEN Art βράβευσαν τον πρώτο Καλλιτέχνη της Περιφέρειας σε μια εορταστική τελετή στη Λευκωσία, Κύπρος. |url=https://cyprustimes.com/epiloges/i-elena-batourina-kai-to-be-open-art-vravefsan-ton-proto-kallitechni-tis-perifereias-se-mia-eortastiki-teleti-sti-lefkosia-kypros/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=cyprustimes.com |language=el}}{{Cite web |date=2023-06-16 |title=A Cypriot artist announced the first Artist of the Region for the BE OPEN Regional Art programme at a celebratory ceremony in Nicosia {{!}} Cyprus Mail |url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/06/16/a-cypriot-artist-announced-the-first-artist-of-the-region-for-the-be-open-regional-art-programme-at-a-celebratory-ceremony-in-nicosia/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=cyprus-mail.com/ |language=en-GB}}

In 1991, Baturina married Yury Luzhkov. In 1992 their first daughter, Elena, was born, followed in 1994 by Olga. In November 2010, Luzhkov gave an interview to the Telegraph newspaper stating that the couple were sending their daughters to study in London to protect them from possible persecution by the Russian authorities.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8114663/Former-Moscow-mayor-Yuri-Luzhkov-I-fear-for-my-family.html|title=Former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov: 'I fear for my family'|last=Osborn|first=Andrew|date=7 November 2010|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}} Elena Baturina owns a house in Aurach, Austria, and spends a lot of her time there.{{Cite news |date=2012-04-27 |title=Moscow Property Tycoon Rebuilds in Exile After Husband’s Ouster |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-04-27/moscow-property-tycoon-rebuilds-in-exile-after-husband-s-ouster |access-date=2024-02-15 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2014-01-16 |title=Yelena Baturina is Changing the World Through Design, Apparently |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/yelena-baturina-is-changi_b_4602901 |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}

It is understood that the family owns a home in the affluent Kensington area of London, purchased in 2013 through an offshore company domiciled in Gibraltar. The property, near Holland Park, was reported in 2018 to be worth at least £25 million.{{cite magazine|author=|date=22 December 2018|title=Londongrad calling|magazine=Private Eye|location=London|publisher=Pressdram Ltd}} In her interviews Baturina often said that she and Luzhkov were very lucky, as they still loved each other. She enjoys cooking his favourite dish, borscht, and claims that a traditional "Soviet upbringing" made a good housewife of her.{{cite web|url=http://polit.ru/news/2012/04/03/npm/|title=НТВ перестал "мочить" Батурину и Лужкова - ПОЛИТ.РУ|website=polit.ru|access-date=8 February 2019}}

Baturina has had no contacts with her brother since a public conflict on business issues that occurred in 2007.

She was involved in a libel case against a former financial director for her brother. After failing to appear before a court in December 2019, the court declared Baturina a "fugitive".{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-court-declares-late-moscow-mayor-s-widow-wanted-after-failure-to-appear/30348065.html|title=Late Moscow Mayor's Widow 'Wanted' After Failure To Appear in Court|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=27 December 2019 |language=en|access-date=6 March 2020}} The subpoena was rescinded in late January by Elista City Court.{{Cite web|title=Суд в Элисте отменил розыск Елены Батуриной|url=https://www.rbc.ru/business/28/01/2020/5e305bac9a7947d99fc1dd18|access-date=2 July 2020|website=РБК|language=ru}} Allegedly, the subpoena was issued under instruction from the A1 investment company as part of its financial claim to Elena Baturina.{{Cite web|title=Суд отменил решение о розыске Батуриной|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/realty/news/2020/01/28/821670-sud-otmenil-roziske|access-date=2 July 2020|website=Ведомости|language=ru}} In May 2021, Viktor Baturin, his financial director and his representatives have lost their final case in a series of litigations in the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow. As of today, Viktor Baturin is in a detention facility in Moscow, he was detained for a suspected attempt at fraud and admitted committing the crime.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-22 |title=Виктор Батурин на пути признания |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5318434 |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru}}

In 2017, another case was initiated against Viktor Baturin for attempted fraud of a large scale and two counts of evidence falsification in a civil case. In 2021 he was formally accused and arrested. In 2022, Viktor Baturin pleaded guilty to fraud and falsification of evidence and in November 2023, found guilty by the Simonovsky court of Moscow and sentenced to six years imprisonment and a fine of 500 thousand rubles.{{Cite web |title=Батурина В.Н. приговорили к 6 годам лишения свободы {{!}} Новости {{!}} Симоновский районный суд {{!}} Официальный портал судов общей юрисдикции города Москвы |url=https://mos-gorsud.ru/rs/simonovskij/news/baturina-vn-prigovorili-k-6-godam-lisheniya-svobody |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=mos-gorsud.ru}}

From 1999 to 2005, Baturina was President of the Equestrian Federation of Russia.[http://gazeta.aif.ru/_/online/moskva/482/05_01] Yelena Baturina breeds horses - Arguments and Facts, Moscow[http://lenta.ru/lib/14159324/full.htm#87] Baturina Yelena, Lenta.ru[http://lenta.ru/lib/14159324/full.htm#87] Baturina, Lenta.ru Baturina succeeded in raising funds for developing equestrian sport in Russia to the sufficient level for such competition.[http://www.kdvorik.ru/kks/index.php3?mag=1:1:2001&a=8] Equestrian Russia at the turn of the third millennium, the magazine "Horse Breeding and Equestrian Sport"

Baturina runs the BE OPEN Foundation she set up in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/interviews/2012/06/21/elena-baturina-be-open.html|title=Elena Baturina: Be Open|website=www.domusweb.it}}{{cite web |title=Russian Billionaire Launches Project to Create a Better World - New Earth Daily |url=http://newearthdaily.com/russian-billionaire-launches-project-to-create-a-better-world |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131030110438/http://newearthdaily.com/russian-billionaire-launches-project-to-create-a-better-world |archive-date=30 October 2013 |access-date=10 July 2013}} BE OPEN works in close partnership with the Mayor's Fund for London.{{Cite news |title=Creativity Works - Mayors Fund for London |language=en-US |work=Mayors Fund for London |url=http://www.mayorsfundforlondon.org.uk/programme/creativity-works/ |access-date=13 June 2017}} Baturina was a trustee for the Mayor's Fund for London from 2017 to 2019.{{Cite web |title=Elena BATURINA – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House) |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/9MEVaYuOHBY6cg8-iA83EA8Ntek/appointments |access-date=26 September 2019 |website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |language=en}}

In 2021, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated Baturina's net worth to be £1.133 billion.{{Cite web |title=The Sunday Times Rich List 2021 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list |access-date=17 November 2021 |website=The Times |language=en}} In 2018 and 2019, her net worth was estimated at $1.2 billion.{{Cite web |title=Billionaires 2019 |url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/ |access-date=4 July 2019 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/elena-baturina |title=Forbes profile: Elena Baturina |work=Forbes |access-date=15 October 2019}} In 2020, Forbes announced that Baturina's position as the richest woman in Russia was overtaken by Tatyana Bakalchuk, the founder of Wildberries, with a net worth of $1.4 billion.

According to Forbes, Baturina's net worth was US$4.2 billion in 2008,{{cite news |last=Halpin |first=Tony |date=12 March 2009 |title=Russia's richest woman asks for state bailout |work=The Times |location=London |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5891719.ece }}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} up from US$3.1 billion in 2007, US$2.3 billion in 2006{{cite news |date=13 February 2006 |title=#335 Elena Baturina |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/GXNS.html |access-date=14 May 2011}} and US$1.1 billion in 2004.{{cite news |title=Russia's 100 Richest 2004 |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/75/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=75&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=GXNS&datatype=Person |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201030719/http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/75/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=75&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=GXNS&datatype=Person |archive-date=1 December 2008}} According to magazine Finans, her wealth fell during the credit crunch to just US$1 billion in February 2009, causing her to ask the Russian government for a bailout for Inteko.{{cite news |date=17 March 2009 |title=Russia's richest woman appeals for state bailout |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/5006132/Russias-richest-woman-appeals-for-state-bailout.html}} Her wealth, as of 2012, was listed as US$1.1 billion.

In the noughties, Baturina owned hotels in the Black Sea tourist resort of Sochi, over 72,000 hectares of agricultural land in the Belgorod Oblast and also a factory that produces a million cans of sweetened condensed milk each year. In the following decade - a hotel in Dublin through a private foundation in Austria, other hotels in Austria and the Czech Republic,{{cite news |date=5 March 2010 |title=Austrian company buys Morrison Hotel for €22m |work=Sunday Business Post |url=http://www.businesspost.ie/austrian-company-buys-morrison-hotel-for-e22m/}} But now all the assets except for the hotel in Dublin are no longer associated with Baturina.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

She owns a private jet. She claims to own one of the largest private collections of Russian Imperial porcelain, preferring the porcelain of the era of Nicholay I.[http://tvrain.ru/articles/Yelena_baturina_pri_luzhkove_takogo_ne_bylo_iz_londona_o_sobjanine_putine_vzjatkah_bolotnoj_i_plastikovyh_kreslah-336248/] Dozhd TV channel In April 2011, Yelena Baturina donated about 40 pieces of art – a part of her collection of rare porcelain – to the "Tsaritsyno" museum in Moscow.{{cite web |title=РИА Новости - Центр - Культура - Елена Батурина подарила музею "Царицыно" коллекцию раритетного фарфора |url=http://center.ria.ru/culture/20110427/82379961.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130807092513/http://center.ria.ru/culture/20110427/82379961.html |archive-date=7 August 2013 |access-date=7 August 2013}} Up to early 2010s, she owned the "Veedern" horse breeding estate founded in the 18th century. In 2020, Alexander Luzhkov, Yury Luzhkov's son from his previous marriage, became the sole owner of the estate.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-16 |title=Глава минсельхоза региона рассказала, чем живет хозяйство Юрия Лужкова |url=https://kaliningrad.rbc.ru/kaliningrad/16/11/2021/6193b8d89a79476f351efc8a |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=РБК |language=ru}} After a major reconstruction the estate is now successfully breeding Hanoverian and Trakehner horses.

In 2011, Baturina won a lawsuit against the British newspaper "The Sunday Times", which attributed to the Russian businesswoman the acquisition of Witanhurst estate in London, which is the second value after Buckingham Palace. As a result, the newspaper published a retraction and apologized.{{Cite web |date=17 October 2011 |title=Russia's richest woman wins Sunday Times libel battle |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/oct/17/russia-richest-woman-sunday-times |website=TheGuardian.com}}

Baturina won the State Prize of the Russian Federation for Science and Technology in 2003. Inteco and its projects have won numerous awards and competitions, including: the "Russian Building Olympus" prize for "Architecture and Design Planning" (2008);{{cite web |title=РОССИЙСКИЙ СТРОИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ОЛИМП |url=http://www.stroyolimp.ru/laureats_show.php?c=18 |access-date=8 February 2019 |website=www.stroyolimp.ru}} "Brand of the Year/EFFIE 2007"; national prize for "Construction and Real Estate" (2008);http://www.interfax.ru/realty/realtyinf.asp?sec=1461&id=8112 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} International Star of Leadership award for quality at the 13th Business Initiative Directions (BID) international convention (Paris, 2009), "Company of the Year" national prize for business for "The Best Investment and Construction Company in Russia in 2009" (2009);http://www.interfax.ru/realty/realtyinf.asp?id=113177&sec=1458 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} International Award for Technology & Quality (Madrid, 2010);http://www.interfax.ru/realty/realtyinf.asp?sec=1458&id=136621 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} International Construction Award (France, 2011).{{cite web |title=«ИНТЕКО» получило в Париже международную премию INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION AWARD. ИА «Интерфакс» (май 2011) |url=http://magistrat.ru/press/detail.php?ID=7559 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012164913/http://magistrat.ru/press/detail.php?ID=7559 |archive-date=12 October 2011 |access-date=4 November 2013}}

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• [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f95ec316-8d35-11e1-8b49-00144feab49a.html#axzz2YftMjFuJ Elena Baturina is the creator of a design think-tank devoted to improving the world]
• [https://archive.today/20130710201752/http://www.spearswms.com/family-business/35397/elena-baturina-russias-richest-womanon-making-her-fortune.thtml Russia's Richest Woman on Making Her Fortune]
• [https://archive.today/20130710201759/http://newearthdaily.com/russian-billionaire-launches-project-to-create-a-better-world/ Russian Billionaire Launches Project to Create a Better World]
• [http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/design/art438347 BE OPEN launch new design initiatives at Sounding Space Symposium, London]
• [http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/design/art402326 Landing in London: Elena Baturina talks about the BE OPEN Sound Portal]
• [http://www.billionaire.com/articles/225/elena-baturina-open-to-ideas Elena Baturina: Open to Ideas]
• [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/386276/20120920/elena-baturina-open-sound-portal-young-designers.htm Russia's Richest Woman Has Designs on Youth to Take Industry Forward]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070823110720/http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/75/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=75&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=GXNS&datatype=Person Forbes profile]
• [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article430274.ece Times article on corruption allegations]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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