The next year, Alexei was appointed Chief Executive of Systemy Upravleniya, a state company launched to develop automated management systems for the military-industrial organizations. In 2011, the Ananyev brothers purchased the office complex Alfa Arbat Center, in the centre of Moscow, for $230 million, and they also own a 21.5-acre business area along the Moscow River, which is known as Novospassky Dvor. Moreover, the brothers were proud owners of Synterra, a telecom company, which they sold for $745 million to Megafon, owned by fellow billionaire Alisher Usmanov. In addition, Alexei holds the enormous art collection of Socialist realism-style, and in 2011, he opened a museum in order to display his art collection.
