Putin had plan to make himself and his friends richest people in the world. According to this plan, Gazprom must be valuated at $1T at the end of 2016[0]. [0]:

Putin had plan to make himself and his friends richest people in the world. According to this plan, Gazprom must be valuated at $1T at the end of 2016[0]. [0]: https://politua.org/ekonomika/30270-gazprom-ostanavlivaemyj/ https://politua.org/ekonomika/30270-gazprom-ostanavlivaemyj/