Alexander Shenin, who had previously served as the Deputy Director General of Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Sangtudinskaya GES-1 for Economics and Finance, has been appointed Director General of OJSC Sangtudinskaya GES-1, replacing Pavel Lavrov, according to the OJSC Sangtudinskaya GES-1 press center.

Pavel Lavrov has reportedly been relieved of his post of Director General of OJSC Sangtudinskaya GES-1 in connection with transfer to other job.  

Alexander Shenin graduated from Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Construction in 2003 and the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation in 2009.  

OJSC Sangtudinskaya GES-1 operates the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in Tajikistan. 

Russia’s Inter RAO YeES and the Ministry of Energy and Industries of Tajikistan signed an agreement on the establishment of Russian-Tajik OJSC Sangtudinskaya GES-1 in Dushanbe on February 16, 2005.  The company was established to complete the construction of the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power plant (HPP).

The Sangtuda-1 HPP is located on the Vakhsh River.  Construction commenced during the Soviet period in the 1980s, but halted in the beginning of the 1990s due to lack of financing when the station was about 20% complete.  An agreement with Russia allowed restarting the construction, with four units entering service in 2008–2009.  The plant was officially commissioned on July 31, 2009.  The plant now reportedly provides around 15% of Tajikistan’s electricity output.