[4] Basic Element manages Oleg Deripaska's investments into the six economic sectors of energy and mining, manufacturing, financial services, construction and real estate, agribusiness, and airport and airline management.

[5] Over 150,000 people work at the group's companies in Russia and the CIS, Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, and Latin America as of 2014.

[9] In June 2016, after the United States Treasury listed Basel on its list of Russian Oligarchs, Officials, and Entities in Response to Worldwide Malign Activity, Valery Pechenkin (Russian: Валерий Печенкин) became the general director of Basel, replacing Gulzhan Moldazhanova (Russian: Гульжан Молдажанова).

[18] Basic Element has been managing Oleg Deripaska's personal stake in the amount of 10% of Ingosstrakh's ordinary shares.

Legally most of the assets of the companies included in the "Basic Element" belong to one degree or another to Basic Element Ltd (registered on the island of Jersey), which is 100% owned by A-Finance, a company registered in the British Virgin Islands, the beneficiary of which is Deripaska.