[21][22]  In 2002, SUAL constructed the first private railway in Russia to connect a bauxite mine in the Komi Republic with Ural Aluminium Plant through Trans-Siberian Railroad.

[23] SUAL was the first major Russian company to pursue a consistent social policy in regions, offering support to local communities and small entrepreneurs.

[28][29][30][31] In order to jointly hold oil assets, Alfa Group, Access Industries (a company owned by Blavatnik) and Vekselberg's Renova established AAR consortium.

[40] In 2006, Renova Group decided to diversify its business and divest form oil and gas sector to expand its footprint in manufacturing, hi-tech, and renewable energy.

[41] In 2007, Standard & Poor's assigned a 'BB' long-term corporate credit rating to Renova Holding Ltd. and that spoke for the Group's significant progress in portfolio diversification and liquidity improvement.

[49] The Board of the Skolkovo Foundation was led by two elected co-chairs, namely Viktor Vekselberg and ex-Chair of Intel Craig Barrett.

[50] As its president, Vekselberg signed a deal for Cisco Systems to invest $1 billion over ten years into Skolkovo Foundation projects.

[52] Lucia Ziobro, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston office published in a column of trade journal that  the Skolkovo Foundation may being used by the Russian government to gain access to classified American technology.

[53][54] In April 2007, Everest Beteiligungs GmbH, a joint venture of Renova Group and Victory, acquired approximately 18% in shares and additional 14% in physical delivery options in Sulzer.

[59][60] The world financial crisis 2008 fully impacted Oerlikon company in November 2009 when it became apparent that the group would not have enough liquidity to repay loans.

The company arranged a bank waiver to negotiate with all lenders and shareholders for a long-term solution and at AGM in April 2010 Renova Group agreed to inject capital in Oerlikon as part of the restructuring plan.

Michael Süss, Oetlikon CEO, recently noted it has saved the company, this view is supported by the local expert community.

Next year Renova Group had to be initiated a capital increase in the company for it can continue to develop in the long term and on a solid financial basis.

[68] Vekselberg is one of many Russian "oligarchs" named in the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2017.

[69] In March 2018, members from Robert Mueller's team of special counsel investigators questioned Vekselberg at a New York area airport.

[71][72] In April 2018, the United States Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on Vekselberg and Renova Group through designation under Executive Order 13662 ("Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine").

[73][74] United States imposed sanctions on him and 23 other Russian nationals in relation to Russia's annexation of Crimea, officially freezing up to $2 billion in assets.

[75][76] Also he has been sanctioned by The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) “for operating in the energy sector of the Russian Federation economy”.

[77] In February 2021, Vekselberg complained that approximately $1.5 billion of his funds were frozen in American and Swiss bank accounts and that he was not allowed to send at least part of them to charity.

[87] Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, United States President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14068, "Prohibiting Certain Imports, Exports, and New Investment With Respect to Continued Russian Federation Aggression," an order of economic sanctions under the United States International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

With his support, Synagogues and Jewish Community centers have been restored, built and renovated in Ekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Moscow, and Saratov.

[105] In June 2018, a synagoge in Drogobych, Vekselberg’s native town in Western Ukraine, was restored from ruins and reopened its doors to public.

In a 2013 BBC Four documentary, Vekselberg revealed that he had spent just over $100 million purchasing the nine Fabergé Imperial eggs from the Forbes collection.