Russia's Property Agency becomes owner of Domodedovo Airport's operating companies

MOSCOW. June 20 (Interfax) - Russia's Federal Property Agency (Rosimushchestvo) has received 100% of shares in DME Holding LLC, the holding company that owns the assets of Domodedovo Airport, changes made in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities on June 19 show.

The company was previously controlled by Dmitry Kamenschik, who owned 1% directly and 99% through JSC Alamo Holding.

According to updated Unified Register data, Rosimushchestvo has also gained ownership of other companies involved in Domodedovo's management. These include Domodedovo Fuel Facilities LLC, Domodedovo IT Services LLC, Development and Construction Management LLC, Domodedovo Commercial Services LLC, Domodedovo Airfield LLC and others.

A total of 30 companies within the Domodedovo group and two individuals - Kamenshchik and Valery Kogan (officially listed as chairman of the supervisory board in recent disclosures, though long-standing and repeatedly denied rumors suggest he is a co-owner of Domodedovo) - are defendants in a lawsuit filed by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office last January with the Moscow Region Arbitration Court. The office demanded the recovery of 100% shares of DME Holding LLC to state ownership, along with the invalidation of transactions related to the redomiciliation of several Domodedovo entities. 

The lawsuit claimed that the airport's beneficiaries, Kamenschik and Kogan, being residents of other countries in violation of Russian law, controlled the assets of an enterprise that is of strategic importance to Russia and funnelled its profits abroad. The court completely satisfied this lawsuit on June 17 and ordered immediate enforcement of its ruling.

Domodedovo's press service told Interfax that the airport is maintaining "stable operation of all services and complete fulfilment of obligations to passengers and partners."

Domodedovo is one of Russia's largest airports. Its main anchor airlines are S7, Ural Airlines and Red Wings, and foreign carriers it serves include Emirates, Air Arabia and Egypt Air. The airport saw passenger traffic fall 9% to 4.2 million in the first four months of 2025 after a drop of 23% to 15.6 million in 2024, data from the Federal Air Transport Agency showed.