Ex-Senator Alexander Verkhovsky bought Transfiguration of the trawling fleet (PBTF) from the family of the governor of the Sakhalin region Oleg Kozhemyako. As a result of the transaction, Verkhovsky became the second fishery operator in Russia in terms of quotas and sales, and relatives of Kozhemyako could keep the fish business no less profitable than PBTF.
The family of the Governor of Sakhalin Oblast Oleg Kozhemyako could get $ 430 million for this.