Andrey Lazeev will replace Khasan Tatriev as Bashneft's General Director. Lazeev has 28 years of experience in the industry. He has worked at Rosneft for the last 9 years, where he served as the company's vice president and chief geologist from 2013 to 2019 and as Bashneft's vice president of geology and development from 2016 to 2019. In 2020, he was appointed General Director of Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha, and since February 2022 he has been a member of Rosneft's Management Board.