Suleiman Kerimov with his family. Suleiman Kerimov is one of the richest people in Russia

Family

Born into a prosperous Soviet family: Father is a policeman, worked in the criminal investigation department; mother was an accountant at Sberbank. The older brother is a doctor. My sister is a teacher of Russian language and literature.

Wife Firuza Nazimovna Khanbalaeva (b. 1968) classmate at the Faculty of Economics of DSU named after. V.I. Lenin.

Three children: daughter Gulnara (1990), son Abusaid (1995) - MGIMO student, daughter Aminat (2003).

Biography

In his youth, Kerimov was involved in judo and kettlebell lifting, and was a champion of various competitions.

After graduating with honors from secondary school No. 19 in Derbent in 1983, he entered the construction department of the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute. After the first course he was drafted into the army. In 1984-1986 he served in the missile forces strategic purpose in Moscow, senior sergeant as crew chief.

After returning from the army, Suleiman Kerimov transferred to the Faculty of Economics of the Dagestan state university, who graduated in 1989. He was deputy chairman of the university trade union committee.

While still a student, Suleiman married fellow student Firuza. His wife's father, a major party functionary Nazim Khanbalaev, helped him get a job as an economist at the Eltav plant.

From 1989 to 1995, Kerimov made major steps in his career, going from an ordinary economist to an assistant general director on economic issues.

In 1993, in order to conduct mutual settlements with consumers, Eltav and its associates established the Federal Industrial Bank and registered it in Moscow. Suleiman was sent there to represent the interests of Eltava. Since then, Kerimov has settled in Moscow.

In 1995, Kerimov accepted an offer to become deputy general director of the Soyuz-finance company. This Moscow company worked in the domestic aviation business, raw materials industries and the banking sector.

In April 1997, he began working as a research assistant at the International Institute of Corporations (Moscow), and in February 1999, he became vice-president of this autonomous non-profit organization.

It was in the 1990s that Kerimov earned his initial capital. In October 1998, for $50 million, Kerimov acquired 55 percent of the shares of the investment company OJSC Nafta-Moscow (traded oil and petroleum products, was created on the basis of the Soyuznefteexport association) from its management, within a year he increased his stake in the company to 100 percent and became the owner of the company.

In December 1999, he was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

Having become a deputy, Karimov still had full control of his company, and the source of Kerimov’s capital was the purchase of assets. During that period, according to media reports, a business alliance was formed between Kerimov and, and later business relations were established with.

In 2000, Nafta-Moscow bought the company Varyoganneftegaz. In 2001, Kerimov, together with the structures of Abramovich and Deripaska, received a share in Andreev’s business, which consisted of more than a hundred companies. It is interesting that Kerimov’s company, which was once one of the largest oil traders in Russia, moved away from its original activities and in 2002 practically curtailed oil trading.

At the end of 2003, Nafta began buying land in the Moscow region on Novorizhskoe Highway in order to build 2.7 million square meters of luxury housing and entertainment complexes. The cost of the project was estimated at $3 billion. The project was named the private city "Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye". By 2006, it already occupied 430 hectares of land. However, Kerimov later sold the project to the president of Bin-Bank, Mikhail Shishkhanov.

At the end of 2005, Nafta bought Polymetal, Russia's second gold mining company, for $900 million and planned to list about 25 percent of its shares on the stock exchange. In February 2006, Kerimov decided to turn Nafta-Moscow into a full-fledged investment company, turning it into a leading private equity fund.

By 2006, Nafta, according to official data, owned more than 6 percent of the shares of Sberbank (about $1.6 billion at current prices) and more than 4 percent of the shares of Gazprom ($10.4 billion), cable television operators in Moscow and St. Petersburg - Mosteleset (Nafta owns 59 percent of the shares of the enterprise) and National Cable Networks, almost 20 percent of the shares of Bin-Bank, two percent of the shares of OJSC MGTS and 91 percent of the shares of the Krasnopresnensky Sugar Refinery Plant (in August 2006, shares of the plant, bought by Nafta from two rival companies were sold to the PIK group (according to media reports, Kerimov made money on resale.) In addition, the company owned 50 percent of the shares of the Mercado supermarket chain.

By that time, resale transactions, including in the real estate market, had become Kerimov’s main “trick”. In April 2006, Nafta became a co-owner of Mosstroyekonombank, which owns Smolensky Passage, in June it gained control of the Razvitie SEC, which unites three construction companies, and in July notified the mayor's office that it owns 17 percent of the shares of the Mospromstroy holding. . None of these acquisitions later remained with Nafta: Development was bought by Deripaska's Basic Element, Mospromstroy and Mosstroyekonombank - the BIN group.

In July, Kerimov, together with Deripaska and Abramovich, acquired a stake in the state oil company Rosneft (which, at the end of 2004, bought the former subsidiary of Yukos, Yuganskneftegaz). And in August 2006, reports appeared in the press that Nafta-Moscow intended to buy out the debts of NK YUKOS. It was alleged that Kerimov negotiated such a possibility with Yukos President Stephen Theede. Later, the Nafta press service officially denied these reports.

On November 21, 2006, the Nafta company and the Moscow government announced the creation of the United Hotel Company OJSC (authorized capital - $ 2 billion), to which the shares of more than 20 hotels on the city's balance sheet were transferred (including Balchug, Metropol ", "National" and "Radisson-Slavyanskaya"). It was assumed that participation in the project would make Nafta one of the leaders in the Moscow hotel market.

In June 2008, the Kommersant newspaper reported that structures controlled by Kerimov sold large stakes in Gazprom and Sberbank that they owned. The share price at the beginning of the year was $15.37 and $5.4 billion, respectively.

The newspaper also reported that Kerimov’s structures have sold or are negotiating the sale of other Russian assets of the businessman - the company Metronom AG, the operator of the Mercado supermarket chain (sold to X5 Retail Group in the fall of 2007 for $200 million), National Telecommunications (the acquirer was called the National Media Group, the main shareholder of which was Yuri Kovalchuk's Rossiya Bank) and shares in the Polymetal company (the founder of the ICT group Alexander Nesis, as well as a Russian financier and structures of the Czech PPF fund were mentioned as acquirers). After the sale of land, telecommunications, metallurgical and other assets, according to the publication, the businessman should have virtually no investments left in Russia.

It was also reported that Kerimov would invest the funds freed up as a result of the sale of Russian assets in foreign financial institutions (according to the newspaper, at that time he had already acquired about 3 percent of the shares of Deutsche Bank, as well as securities of Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, UBS).

However, in February 2009, information about Kerimov’s acquisitions in Russia was published. It was reported that his Nafta-Moscow became the owner of 75 percent of Glavstroy SPb, a company that in St. Petersburg owns development projects of the Glavstroy corporation (the construction division of Deripaska's Basic Element).

In the same month, it became known that the Moscow government offered Nafta-Moscow a controlling stake in Dekmos OJSC, which was engaged in the construction of the Moscow Hotel. However, Nafta-Moskva gained partial control of Dekmos OJSC only in January 2010, when it acquired 50 percent of the shares of Konk Select Partners, a company that owned 51 percent of Dekmos OJSC shares.

In August 2009, the financial director of Nafta Co confirmed the information that Nafta Co owned almost 100 percent of CJSC Trading House TSVUM. He added that the deal was closed in the fall of 2008. The amount was not mentioned, but Vedomosti's source reported that the department store cost Kerimov's company approximately $300 million - with the condition that it would enter the project only after the reconstruction of Voentorg was completed.

In March 2009, Kommersant reported that the owner of the Interros holding was selling 22 percent of the shares of Polyus Gold OJSC to Kerimov's structures. It was assumed that Kerimov acquired these assets “for a certain period of time for further resale.” In June, the leadership of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) announced that the purchase of a stake in Polyus Gold by Kerimov's company was approved by the government commission on foreign investment.

In July 2009, when Polyus Gold revealed its ownership structure, it became known that Kerimov is the beneficiary of 36.88 percent of the company's shares: it was reported that he controls this stake through Wandle Holdings Limited. Despite the fact that 24.59 percent of the shares from this package were sold under a repo transaction, Kerimov retained the right to vote on it.

In February 2010, the Polyus Gold company, which Kerimov owned together with, acquired 11.4 percent of the shares of RBC Information Systems OJSC, the parent company of the RBC media holding. In April of the same year, Kerimov, having bought 19.71 percent of the shares, became one of the co-owners of the International Financial Club bank (IFC), part of the Onexim group owned by Prokhorov.

In April 2013, Kerimov transferred beneficial rights to his business assets to charitable foundation Suleyman Kerimov Foundation.

In the fall of 2013, after the scandal between Uralkali and Belaruskali, Kerimov began selling assets. The scandal broke out when the Russian company refused to sell potash through a trading joint venture with Belaruskali. After this, criminal cases were opened against the general director of Uralkali, Vladislav Baumgertner, and Kerimov himself in Belarus.

This story acquired political implications; President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that he would not work with Kerimov. As a result, the oligarch sold his officially 21.75% (and unofficially 27%) shares. Also last year, Kerimov’s structures sold about 1% of Alrosa with a market value of $40.8 million.

In December 2014, President V. Putin met with 40 major Russian entrepreneurs, among whom was Suleiman Kerimov. At the meeting, they discussed, in particular, the amnesty of capital.

At the beginning of September 2015, the twenty-year-old son famous businessman Suleiman Kerimov, Said Kerimov, received full control of Wandle Holdings, which owns 40.2% of Polyus Gold shares. At the same time, it became known that Wandle Holdings was considering the possibility of purchasing all shares of Polyus Gold that it did not own. If the deal is concluded, the price per share could be $2.97. The authorized capital of Polyus Gold consists of 3.0322 billion shares.

Polyus Gold is an international company engaged in gold mining and production in Russia. The company's headquarters are located in London. Polyus Gold shares are traded on the premium segment of the London Stock Exchange.

At the end of September 2015, construction of the largest mosque in Europe was completed in Moscow. According to media reports, Kerimov took on the main financial burden in its construction.

Political activity

He was a deputy of the third convocation (2000-2003) on the federal list from the Zhirinovsky Bloc.

In 2003, Kerimov played a prominent role in political processes in Dagestan. On December 7 of this year, in the elections to the State Duma in the Buinaksky single-mandate constituency of the republic, a former high-ranking tax police officer Magomed Gadzhiev, considered a person close to Kerimov, won a convincing victory over a candidate supported by official Makhachkala.

Before the cancellation of the popular elections of the heads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, it was assumed that it would be Kerimov who would promote for the presidency of Dagestan a candidate opposed to the then leader of this republic, Magomedali Magomedov. Subsequently, Kerimov’s visible political activity in his homeland began to decline.

On December 7, 2003, Kerimov was again elected to the State Duma and again from the federal list. Appointed Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on physical culture and sports, and is also included in the safety committee.

On April 6, 2007, it became known that Kerimov wrote a statement about leaving the LDPR faction. As a representative of the State Duma Committee on Regulations stated, Kerimov did not justify his decision in any way. , told reporters that the reason for his departure from the faction was a gross violation of party discipline: the deputy allegedly did not take proper part in election campaigns in his region.

In December 2007, Kerimov was elected as a representative of the People's Assembly of Dagestan in the Federation Council. His candidacy was supported by all 56 deputies present at the meeting of the republican parliament. The speaker of the Dagestan parliament, Magomed Suleymanov, proposed electing Kerimov.

According to him, Kerimov is a fairly well-known politician who provides support to Dagestan, especially to the republic’s athletes. On February 20, 2008, Kerimov became a senator.

In March 2011, Kerimov was elected as a deputy of the People's Assembly of Dagestan on the list of United Russia and was again confirmed as the representative of Dagestan in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.

Suleiman Abusaidovich heads the Board of Trustees of the Russian Wrestling Federation.

Since January 2011, Suleiman Kerimov has been the owner of the Anzhi football club from Makhachkala.

State

With a personal wealth of US$7.8 billion, he was ranked 19th on the 200 list in 2011. richest businessmen Russia (according to Forbes magazine).

In 2012, with a declared family income of 983 million rubles, he took 8th place in the ranking of income of Russian officials compiled by Forbes magazine.

Scandals

At the end of November 2006, he was involved in a serious accident in Nice: a Ferrari Enzo, driven by Kerimov, for an unknown reason drove off the road and crashed into a tree; burning gasoline spilled from the burst fuel tank of the car onto Kerimov’s back. Kerimov ran out, engulfed in flames and rolled on the ground, trying to put out the fire; this was only possible after three teenagers who were playing baseball nearby ran up to him.

The helicopter took Kerimov with severe burns to a specialized department of the Conception hospital in Marseille, where he was connected to a ventilator. The victim was in a state of artificial coma. At the same time, Kerimov’s companion, a famous TV presenter, was practically unharmed.

year 2014. Russian authorities are especially looking at Russian entrepreneurs who have their own business in Ukraine and cooperate with Ukrainian oligarchs who support EuroMaidan. Suleiman Kerimov continues to conduct his business with the Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Pinchuk, one of the sponsors of the Maidan.

On May 12, 2014, it became known that the state-owned Rostelecom could buy the private Wimax operator Freshtel. It is known that the real owners of Freshtel are considered to be the structures of Suleiman Kerimov and Ukrainian billionaire Viktor Pinchuk.

That is, thanks to Kerimov’s influence, part of the Russian budget money, since Rostelecom is owned by the state, can be received by a Ukrainian oligarch who supports EuroMaidan and the current government of Ukraine.

Kerimov, according to experts, was the main culprit in the conflict between Russia and Belarus over the supply of potassium by the Russian company Uralkali, which Kerimov almost destroyed.

Trying to run a company international level using methods inherited from the semi-gangster 90s, they quarreled Kerimov with almost all his partners and noticeably eroded his client base. This was the beginning of the end - the company began to slowly but surely lose its position.

As a result, Kerimov fell out with Lukashenko when Uralkali left the tandem with the Belarusian potassium producer, which led to political disputes between Russia and Belarus. At the same time, Belaruskali, after breaking the agreement with Uralkali, found a Qatari trader for export supplies. That is, a split was introduced in an important area of economic space Customs Union, now transformed into the Eurasian Union.

This conflict spread to the political plane, since the Kremlin believed that it was Kerimov who was to blame for the deterioration of relations between Moscow and Minsk. As a result, Kerimov was forced to sell Uralkali, however, according to rumors, he was forgiven top level“It never happened. In Belarus, a criminal case was opened against S. Kermov.

As soon as economic activity Kerimova went against government policy, legal claims immediately arose against the businessman. On June 10, 2014, journalists, citing a source close to Suleiman Kerimov, reported that the oligarch intended to leave Russia.

The authoritative Forbes magazine conducted its own journalistic investigation regarding the emergence of capital from Kerimov and found out: at the end of 2004, the owner of Nafta, Kerimov, entered into big game- buying up Russian blue chips, primarily Gazprom and Sberbank.

The purchase was carried out first with our own funds, then with borrowed funds. The Russian stock market was constantly growing, so the scheme was a win-win. Kerimov pledged shares against a bank loan, the value of the collateral grew, which made it possible to take out new loans, buy more shares, pledge them, etc.

By 2006, Kerimov had collected 4.25% of Gazprom shares and 5.64% of Sberbank shares. During 2004–2006, the capitalization of Gazprom grew fourfold, and that of Sberbank almost 12-fold. Having borrowed about $3.2 billion to purchase shares, Kerimov became the owner of securities, which by the end of 2006 were worth more than $15 billion and continued to grow.

With loans from Sberbank, Kerimov bought most of its numerous assets: from a controlling stake in Polymetal to shares in Gazprom and Sberbank itself. In those years, the bank approved flawed schemes under which it issued loans for the purchase of its shares on the security of its own shares - under this scheme, Sber worked not only with Kerimov, but also with Vadim Moshkovich and Filaret Galchev.

But just for the sake of Kerimov, Sberbank violated one of the strictest rules by exceeding the loan limit (the bank can issue loans to one borrower in the amount of no more than 25% of its capital).

By May 2005, Nafta Moscow had practically chosen this limit, and Kerimov’s other company, CJSC, began taking loans from Sberbank. New project". And the bank "decided" that these companies were not related to each other. By the end of the year, the limit for the second company was also exhausted: the loan debt of Nafta Moscow amounted to 54.6 billion rubles, of New Project - 59.8 billion rubles , this is 21.5% and 23.5% (45% in total) of Sberbank’s capital at that time.

By mid-October 2007, when it became clear that Sberbank would be headed, Kerimov managed to pay off almost all debts to Sber - more than $4 billion. By that time, investments had brought Kerimov hundreds of percent of profit.

However, according to rumors, with the arrival of Gref at Sberbank, Kerimov’s cooperation with Sberbank only intensified. However, Gref’s contract expires in 2015, which means that Sberbank will soon be headed by a new top manager.

It seems that Kerimov understands that after Gref’s resignation, the security forces will check the validity of lending to his (Kerimov’s) structures in Sberbank. Apparently, this is why he decided to flee Russia in advance, in order to avoid the expected arrest.

Currently he is a member of the Federation Council from the Republic of Dagestan. In the past, he was a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the fourth convocation, a member of the faction " United Russia" Owns the Nafta-Moscow company.

In 2000, Nafta-Moscow acquired the company Varyeganneftegaz, and in 2001 Kerimov acquired a stake in the business of Andrei Andreev, which consisted of several companies at once: Ingosstrakh-Russia (currently Rossiya), Avtobank (in 2006 year, which became part of the Uralsib corporation), Ingosstrakh-Soyuz (currently Soyuz), Ingosstrakh, Nosta and many others. At the same time, Kerimov’s company, which was once one of the largest oil traders in Russia, gradually moved away from its core activities, practically ceasing to be involved in oil trading in 2002.

On December 7, 2003, Kerimov was once again elected to the State Duma, coming to the Duma of the fourth convocation on the federal list from the Liberal Democratic Party. Kerimov was included in the Security Committee and was also appointed Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports.

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In November 2006, information appeared about Kerimov’s desire to start a separate business in Moscow. On November 21, 2006, the Moscow government and Nafta announced the creation of OJSC United Hotel Company, whose authorized capital was $2 billion. Shares of more than 20 hotels on the city’s balance sheet (Metropol, Balchug, Radisson-Slavyanskaya, National) were transferred here.

On November 25, 2006, in Nice, Kerimov was involved in a car accident. As the Nice Matin newspaper reported, Kerimov's car, in which he was traveling with Tina Kandelaki, crashed into a tree and caught fire. The deputy was taken to the Hospital de la Timone in Marseille with serious burns. As eyewitnesses of the incident said, Kerimov was able to get out of the car on his own. His companion suffered less: after undergoing all the necessary examinations at the Saint-Roch hospital, she was discharged as soon as possible.

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Sources from Kerimov’s circle made an official statement that the businessman’s life was not in danger. However, an employee in the management of the hospital de la Timone told about a slightly different state of affairs. The deputy, according to him, is in a coma and connected to a ventilator. He also added that the businessman is “stable and under medical supervision.” In addition, it became known that Kerimov, along with numerous burns, received a traumatic brain injury.

According to the initial opinion of the investigation, Kerimov, who was driving the car, lost control. This version was based on the fact that the speed limit on the embankment was only 70 kilometers per hour. Due to an attempt to overtake, Kerimov's car (Ferrari Enzo, worth 675 thousand euros) collided with the sidewalk, after which the car was thrown into a tree, and the fatal blow fell on the gas tank (as a result of which a fire started).

For some time, Tina Kandelaki in every possible way denied her participation in the accident, insisting that she was at home at that time due to illness. But soon the TV presenter admitted that she was with the businessman in his car at the time of the accident. She talked about her illness only because she wanted to hide the fact of her relationship with the deputy. According to Kandelaki, a man suddenly jumped out onto the road in front of the car. Kerimov sharply turned the steering wheel, which was the cause of the accident.

On December 5, 2006, the Belgian newspaper RTL, citing a representative of the Belgian Ministry of Defense, published information that Kerimov was transported to the Queen Astrid Military Hospital in Brussels. The deputy was sent to Belgium on the initiative of Professor Jean-Louis Vincennes from the Erasme hospital.

On January 24, 2007, information appeared about the deputy’s return to Moscow, where he immediately began his work. According to sources close to the management of OJSC GNK (formerly Nafta-Moscow), Kerimov “has almost completely recovered from the accident” and “works on a daily basis and in full.”

On April 6, 2007, information appeared in the media about Kerimov’s voluntary departure from the LDPR faction. The businessman did not justify his decision in any way. And on April 12, 2007, it became known that Kerimov wrote a statement about his desire to join the United Russia faction.

Said Suleymanovich Kerimov is a Russian entrepreneur, owner of the gold mining company Polyus and the Cinema Park cinema chain. Family Said Kerimov was born in 1995 in the family of a famous Russian businessman of Dagestan origin, Senator Suleiman Kerimov and Firuza Kerimova (nee Khanbalaeva). His parents got married in student years, their family has three children: Said - middle child And The only son, his sisters' names are Gulnara and Aminat. MGIMO and first business projects Said Kerimov - graduate of the Faculty of International Business and Business Administration of Moscow state institute international relations(MGIMO). He is said to have studied in the same course as Ilya Medvedev, the son of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Kerimov Jr., who inherited a clear entrepreneurial talent from his father, began doing business while still studying at the university. Initially, he invested his own funds in small projects, and in 2014 he bought, according to various estimates for $300–400 million, the Cinema Park cinema chain from billionaire Vladimir Potanin.

Kerimov planned to develop the business by expanding the network: in 2015, he set his sights on acquiring Formula Kino from Alfa Group structures. However, the deal, which in the future was supposed to give the young entrepreneur control over 13.7% of the Russian film distribution market, did not take place. In 2017, Kerimov sold Cinema Park to Alexander Mamut.

Assets of Said Kerimov Currently, Kerimov Jr. is the owner of the largest gold mining company in Russia, Polyus PJSC, which develops deposits in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Yakutia, Magadan and Amur regions. The entrepreneur became one of its owners in 2015.

In 2016, together with his sister Gulnara, he also became a member of the board of directors of this company. Under his management, Polyus' assets were almost completely consolidated by the Kerimov family. In 2015, the companies Wandle Holdings Ltd and Sacturino L, controlled by Said, carried out a buyback of the gold miner's shares from minority shareholders, bringing their stake to 98%.

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At the beginning of 2017, Said Kerimov became the main shareholder of Makhachkala International Airport.

It is worth noting that Kerimov Jr. shows interest in business projects of various types. So, in the real estate sector, he owns the elite cottage village “Zarechye-Estate” near Moscow. The businessman has not lost interest in cinema. True, he is now focusing on the relatively new and promising direction of video filming using drones. This, in particular, is done by Kerimov’s company with the self-explanatory name “Air Cinema”.

Interest in high technologies If Suleiman Kerimov is known as a brilliant financial investor, then Said Kerimov shows a special interest in strategic investments in the field of science-intensive and information technologies. In 2017, he was eyeing two similar assets. In June, National KinoNet, another company of Kerimov Jr., planned to acquire a 51.6% stake in the integrator and developer of information security tools Russian high technology"and even agreed on the purchase with the FAS. However, the businessman later abandoned the deal due to the lack of investment attractiveness of this market sector.

In the spring of 2017, Kerimov’s company Air Cinema received approval from the Federal Antimonopoly Service for the acquisition of a 51% stake in Eltech SPb, a designer for industrial and scientific purposes. Among the engineering company's customers are Roscosmos, Rusnano and Aeroflot. The approximate volume of investment by Kerimov Jr.’s structures in the development of the project is estimated at approximately 80 million rubles.

Personal life of Said Kerimov Said Kerimov is distinguished by good manners, distinguished appearance and modesty. He does not like publicity and practically does not appear at social events. They say that in personal communication, Kerimov Jr. gives the impression of being rather closed young man. This opinion is confirmed by the fact that the businessman’s profile in in social networks protected by privacy settings.

Almost nothing is also known about the heartfelt affections of one of the most eligible bachelors in Russia. Based on this, we can assume that the young entrepreneur adheres to the well-known rule that has not yet let anyone down: happiness in personal life, like success in business, loves silence and a serious approach.

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At the same time, as a true Eastern man, he is distinguished by his generosity and recognition of the inviolability of the institution of family.

At the same time, as a true Eastern man, he is distinguished by his generosity and recognition of the inviolability of the institution of family. A little biography A native of Derbent, Dagestan, turned 10 in March. Since childhood, the young man was fond of sports, which did not prevent him from studying well. The patronage was his father-in-law, because while still a student the young man married a girl named Firuza. She was and remains main woman in his life, giving birth to three children: Over the course of 6 years, an ordinary economist rose to the rank of assistant general director and was transferred to Moscow to represent interests in the Federal Industrial Bank, of which the company was one of the founders.

Later he will represent Dagestan in the Federation Council. The connections he made in government agencies helped solve problems in the companies he acquired. A photo of the first beauty, singer Natalya Vetlitskaya, can be seen in the article.

The peak of her career also occurred in E. The ascent to Olympus began with a career as a dancer, and then as a backing vocalist. A few years later, the singer left the group. Before meeting Kerimov, the woman had three official marriage and civil relations with Vlad Stashevsky, Mikhail Topalov, Dmitry Malikov. Vetlitskaya brought to the stage the image of a socialite, which the temperamental Lezgin simply could not resist.

Romance with the singer The success of the pop diva on stage is associated with businessman Pavel Vashchekin. After breaking up with him, the singer began to experience real creative stagnation. The oligarch returned the star to the pop Olympus, investing money in her promotion. Suleiman Kerimov and his women always appeared together at social events; fortunately, his wife preferred the comfort of home to public life.

The two-year union with Vetlitskaya was no exception, creating the impression that the couple was married. On his friend’s birthday, the billionaire threw a grand party in a 19th-century estate with the invitation of world pop stars.

A pendant worth 10 thousand was presented as a gift.

In m Vetlitskaya gave birth to a daughter, Ulyana. Her real father is unknown. The intrigue is reinforced by the fact that outwardly the girl is a copy of her mother. The dizzying romance ended in a break, but as a parting gift, Kerimov left his former passion an apartment in New Riga and a plane.

Today the woman lives as a recluse in Spain, does not keep in touch with colleagues in show business and does not give interviews.

But the press managed to find out that Vetlitskaya’s affairs are still being handled by the Swiss lawyer Kerimova. Anastasia Volochkova The young Anastasia Volochkova replaced her peer. Before that, Vetlitskaya still performed and lived in Russia, so she witnessed a new romance. According to rumors, she encountered the newly-made couple in one of the restaurants, where she promised to take revenge on the ballerina by hiring bandits.

Volochkova was truly frightened and demanded that the oligarch strengthen security. Suleiman Kerimov's women knew about him marital status, what we had to put up with. But Anastasia Volochkova made an attempt to take the billionaire away from the family, for which she paid by breaking off relations. Her problems with the Bolshoi Theater coincided with their separation.

Accident in Nice In the fall, Kerimov’s car had an accident in Nice, crashing into a tree. The airbags softened the impact, but burning fuel splashed out of the fuel tank, causing a fire.

The dazzling brunette was in the car next to the oligarch, but fortunately did not receive serious injuries. Being married to businessman Andrei Kondrakhin, the woman carefully tried to hide her relationship with the oligarch, but the fact was made public. A few years later, Kandelaki’s marriage broke up. Katya Gomiashvili At the same time, Moscow was whispering about the oligarch’s affair with youngest daughter successful restaurateur Archil Gomiashvili, who created the unforgettable image of Ostap Bender in cinema.

Having received an excellent European education, Katya created her own clothing brand, Mia Shvili, with her father’s money. Things were going mediocre until an influential patron got involved. Their romance lasted 4 years, during which the girl managed to open a boutique in London, designed by world-famous designer Ab Rogers, and gain a name in Moscow by attracting celebrities such as Chloë Sevigny and Kate Moss to show collections.

It turned out that this was due to her pregnancy. The birth of her daughter Maria forced the woman to sell her boutiques, for which she received compensation of a million dollars from Kerimov. He established a monthly boarding house for the newborn and gave his ex-mistress a villa in France. Following Nastya Volochkova, the oligarch had a short relationship with actress Olesya Sudzilovskaya.

The photograph demonstrates a certain female type, to which the ladies' man is partial. But the film star’s demands turned out to be too great for him, so the couple quickly broke up.

For about two hours, the businessman affectionately stroked his companion’s hand, whispering compliments in her ear. History is silent whether this was an isolated incident, or whether they had any relationship. Today's crisis of the year has led to Kerimov's loss of more than $20 billion due to investment in Western projects. The businessman not only recovered from financial setbacks, but also again took a leading position in domestic business. Photos show that the oligarch is no longer accompanied by young beauties at social events.

This is associated with illness and the consequences of the accident in Nice. The oligarch resigned from the Federation Council and left the Duma. The last woman, about whom the press wrote as the businessman’s main favorite, was his daughter Gulnara, who married the son of wealthy parents named Arsen.

The oligarch arranged a luxurious wedding for her in a private golf club with the invitation of Italian and local celebrities.

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The richest people of Dagestan

The richest people always attract attention. You can often hear about the construction of expensive yachts, the purchase of football clubs and the vacation of Russian billionaires at famous resorts. Only residents of the South of Russia, in particular, the richest people of Dagestan, prefer to remain in the shadows. But, despite the fact that it is rare to find mention in the press about the richest people of this republic, they do not go unnoticed by Forbes magazine.

Suleiman Kerimov

Thus, according to the magazine, Suleiman Kerimov, a Kremlin-friendly politician and owner of the Nafta-Moscow company, has a fortune of $7.8 billion and ranks 19th in the list of the richest businessmen in Russia in 2011. Compared to last year, his fortune increased by $3.5 billion. This richest member of the Federation Council received scandalous fame after an accident in Nice, in which he was involved in famous TV presenter Tina Kandelaki. Currently, Suleiman Abusaidovich is also the owner of FC Anzhi and seeks to change the face of Dagestan by allocating money for the construction of sports centers and football stadiums.

Gabriel Yushvaev, Sefer Aliev

In 83rd place in the list of the most richest people Russia is a native of Dagestan, Gavriil Yushvaev, his fortune is estimated by Forbes magazine at $1.2 billion. Having successfully invested in juice bottling lines known as Wimm-Bill-Dann, Gavriil Abramovich is currently a member of the company’s board of directors Wimm-Bill-Dann.

Suleiman Kerimov's son Said goes into big business

Compared to last year, the welfare of this Dagestani has not changed. It is noteworthy that in 1980, one of the richest people in Dagestan did not have a higher education and spent nine years in a colony, serving a sentence for robbery. In February 2011, the first stage of the deal to purchase Wimm-Bill-Dann PepsiCo was completed: the American company received 66% of the shares for $3.8 billion (42% was purchased from the founders and management of the company and 24% from subsidiaries).

It is very difficult to determine the richest (officially) Dagestanis, because you can find out either from the Forbes list or based on data from the tax authorities. However, the information provided by the richest people of Dagestan to the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan does not always correspond to reality. Thus, according to official data, in 2007, the owner of the AS empire, Sefer Aliyev, the founder of nine legal entities, owning five land plots, four houses, two dachas and garages with seven cars, received income from only one legal entity in the amount of 20 thousand rubles per month. Currently, one of the richest people in Dagestan holds the position of Minister of Land and Property Relations. And such examples " official statistics" a bunch of.

Denis Dvurechensky, Samogo.Net

Senator Suleiman Kerimov: personal life - what is known? Wife, children, their photos?

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Suleiman Kerimov and his women: photos

Kerimov Suleiman Abusaidovich and his women are a subject of interest to Russians, because we are talking about one of the richest businessmen in the country, known for his passion for the fair sex. At the same time, as a true Eastern man, he is distinguished by his generosity and recognition of the inviolability of the institution of family.

A little biography

A native of Derbent (Dagestan) turned 50 in March 2016. Since childhood, the young man was fond of sports, which did not prevent him from studying well. After going through the army and graduating from university with a degree in economics, Kerimov began his career at the Eltav plant. The patronage was his father-in-law, because while still a student the young man married a girl named Firuza. She was and remains the main woman in his life, giving birth to three children:

Gulnara born in 1990;
Abusaid born 1995;
Aminat born in 2003

Over the course of 6 years, an ordinary economist rose to the rank of assistant general director and was transferred to Moscow to represent interests in the Federal Industrial Bank, of which the company was one of the founders. The topic “Suleiman Kerimov and his women” is being discussed in the press, because the aspiring entrepreneur has made a huge capital from investments in assets that have growth potential. Having entered the oil and gas industry, he became the owner of Nafta-Moskva, acquired shares of Gazprom, Sberbank, and Polymetal, subsequently selling them at a favorable price.

The appearance of Natalia Vetlitskaya

Having earned initial capital in the 90s, Kerimov formally retired, becoming a State Duma deputy from the LDPR (1999). Later he will represent Dagestan in the Federation Council. The connections he made in government agencies helped solve problems in the companies he acquired.

It was during these years that a series of novels began called “Suleiman Kerimov and his women.” A photo of the first beauty, singer Natalya Vetlitskaya, can be seen in the article. The peak of her career also occurred in the 90s. The ascent to Olympus began with a career as a dancer and then as a backing vocalist. At the age of 24, she joined the Mirage group thanks to producer Andrei Razin.

A few years later, the singer left the group. Before meeting with Kerimov, the woman had three official marriages and civil relationships with Vlad Stashevsky, Mikhail Topalov, Dmitry Malikov. Vetlitskaya brought to the stage the image of a socialite, which the temperamental Lezgin simply could not resist.

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The pop diva’s success on stage is associated with businessman Pavel Vashchekin. After breaking up with him, the singer began to experience real creative stagnation. The oligarch returned the star to the pop Olympus, investing money in her promotion. Suleiman Kerimov and his women always appeared together at social events; fortunately, his wife preferred the comfort of home to public life. The two-year union with Vetlitskaya was no exception, creating the impression that the couple was married. On his girlfriend’s 38th birthday, the billionaire threw a grand party in a 19th-century estate with the invitation of world pop stars. A pendant worth 10 thousand dollars was presented as a gift.

In 2004, Vetlitskaya gave birth to a daughter, Ulyana. Her real father is unknown. The intrigue is reinforced by the fact that outwardly the girl is a copy of her mother. The dizzying romance ended in a break, but as a parting gift, Kerimov left his former passion an apartment in New Riga and a plane. Today the woman lives as a recluse in Spain, does not keep in touch with colleagues in show business and does not give interviews. But the press managed to find out that Vetlitskaya’s affairs are still being handled by the Swiss lawyer Kerimova.

Anastasia Volochkova

The young Anastasia Volochkova replaced her the same age. Until 2009, Vetlitskaya was still performing and living in Russia, so she witnessed a new romance. According to rumors, she encountered the newly-made couple in one of the restaurants, where she promised to take revenge on the ballerina by hiring bandits. Volochkova was truly frightened and demanded that the oligarch strengthen security.

Suleiman Kerimov’s women knew about his marital status, which they had to put up with. But Anastasia Volochkova made an attempt to take the billionaire away from the family, for which she paid by breaking off relations. Her problems with the Bolshoi Theater coincided with their separation.

Accident in Nice

In the fall of 2006, Kerimov’s car was involved in an accident in Nice, crashing into a tree. The airbags softened the impact, but burning fuel splashed out of the fuel tank, causing a fire.

Suleiman Kerimov is one of the richest people in Russia

The businessman, engulfed in flames, fell to the ground, trying to extinguish his flaming clothes. Teenagers playing baseball on the lawn came to his aid. This saved his life, although they fought for it for a long time French doctors. Today, the incident is reminded of the skin-colored gloves that the businessman has been wearing since then.

What does this have to do with the story called “Kerimov Suleiman Abusaidovich and his women”? A photo of TV presenter Tina Kandelaki spread across the media. The dazzling brunette was in the car next to the oligarch, but fortunately did not receive serious injuries. Being married to businessman Andrei Kondrakhin, the woman carefully tried to hide her relationship with the oligarch, but the fact was made public. A few years later, Kandelaki’s marriage broke up.

Katya Gomiashvili

At the same time, Moscow was whispering about the oligarch’s affair with the youngest daughter of successful restaurateur Archil Gomiashvili, who created the unforgettable image of Ostap Bender in the cinema. Having received an excellent European education, Katya created her own clothing brand, Mia Shvili, with her father’s money. Things were going mediocre until an influential patron got involved. Katya became part of the project “Suleiman Kerimov and his women.” Their romance lasted 4 years, during which the girl managed to open a boutique in London, designed by world-famous designer Ab Rogers, and gain a name in Moscow by attracting celebrities such as Chloë Sevigny and Kate Moss to show collections.

Her painted sheepskin coats, towel dresses and sequined swimsuits were bought up with pleasure by the “golden youth” until the girl lost interest in the modeling business. It turned out that this was due to her pregnancy. The birth of her daughter Maria forced the woman to sell her boutiques, for which she received compensation of a million dollars from Kerimov. He established a monthly boarding house for the newborn and gave his ex-mistress a villa in France.

Episodes

What other beauties of our time are included in the story called “Suleiman Kerimov and his women”? Following Nastya Volochkova, the oligarch had a short relationship with actress Olesya Sudzilovskaya. The photograph demonstrates a certain female type, to which the ladies' man is partial. But the film star’s demands turned out to be too great for him, so the couple quickly broke up.

The paparazzi spotted the oligarch's seclusion in the Stork restaurant with the beautiful Zhanna Friske. For about two hours, the businessman affectionately stroked his companion’s hand, whispering compliments in her ear. History is silent whether this was an isolated incident, or whether they had any relationship.

Today's day

The 2008 crisis led to Kerimov losing more than $20 billion due to investment in Western projects. The businessman not only recovered from financial setbacks, but also again took a leading position in domestic business. However, today the topic “Suleiman Kerimov and his women” is practically closed. Photos from 2016 show that the oligarch is no longer accompanied by young beauties at social events. This is associated with illness and the consequences of the accident in Nice. In 2016, the oligarch resigned from the Federation Council and left the Duma. Previously, he left his favorite brainchild - the Anzhi football club.

The last woman about whom the press wrote as the businessman’s main favorite was his daughter Gulnara, who in 2013 married the son of wealthy parents named Arsen. The oligarch arranged a luxurious wedding for her in a private golf club with the invitation of Italian and local celebrities.

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Ordinary Russian oligarchs. A story of non-trivial success: Suleiman Kerimov

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“You love money, but I have a lot of it, and I part with it easily”

Suleiman Kerimov (according to his entourage)

Suleiman Kerimov became, as many experts believe, the true cause of the “potassium war” between Belarus and Russia; it was because of Kerimov that the decision was allegedly made to organize the United Football Championship (UCF) at all costs, which we will talk about separately. . And also - a scandalous accident in a luxury supercar with Tina Kandelaki, fifteen billion (at least) dollars of personal assets at the peak of her business career and many, many, and even too many other aspects. The success story of this man is quite worthy of attention.

Start

Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov was born on March 12, 1966 in a far from simple family in Derbent (Dagestan): his mother held a very significant position in Sberbank, and his father was an employee of the criminal investigation department. In the North Caucasus, a child with such parents was automatically guaranteed a secure life, both then and today.

Suleiman was a sporty and intelligent child: he was involved in weightlifting, wrestling, and had clear inclinations in exact sciences. Admission to the Polytechnic Institute (not in Moscow - in Dagestan) after school ended a year later with conscription into the army and service in Rocket Forces and the elite, by the way, their unit. After the army, Kerimov resumes his studies, but is transferred to the Faculty of Economics, where he meets his future wife Feruza. Feruza’s father was a match for Suleiman’s own parents: a prominent party worker who helped his son-in-law take the position of economist at the prestigious Dagestan enterprise Eltav. The plant produced products from a category of great shortage - electronic equipment. In 1993, this successful enterprise needed its own bank. This was created and received the name “Federal Industrial Bank” (Fedbank), its representative was sent to Moscow. The representative was none other than Suleiman Kerimov.

Moscow. Great start

After a couple of years of Moscow life, Suleiman Abusaidovich became the general director of the Soyuz-Finance company. In 1998, the businessman invested fifty million dollars in acquiring a controlling stake in the future Nafta-Moscow holding. After another 2 years, cooperation with Roman Abramovich and Oleg Deripaska allows Kerimov to receive part of the profits from companies such as Ingosstrakh, Avtobank, Nosta and others - no less successful. Stop! Here we need to analyze what is happening in much more detail.

Fedprombank

As we remember, Suleiman Kerimov was in Moscow a representative of Fedprombank, created for the Eltav plant. His “countrymen” helped the Dagestan bank extremely actively, as a result of which the financial institution quickly grew and developed. And Kerimov actively bought his shares. At the same time, the charismatic businessman acquired useful connections in the Russian capital, tried to seek happiness in large and new projects, and even took part in the sale of Vnukovo Airlines. True, the Accounts Chamber had many uncomfortable questions about the deal, but Suleiman Abusaidovich avoided trouble.

Over the course of “a couple of years,” the purchase of shares in an ever-growing bank gave excellent growth to the initial capital of the future billionaire.

Oil and Naphtha. Nafta-Moscow

The end of the 90s in Russia was the era of a great war for resources.

Kerimov Suleiman Abusaidovich

At that time, Suleiman Kerimov did not yet have sufficient “muscles” in business for large wars, so he concentrated his efforts on a relatively “small” object by the standards of billionaires - the Varieganneft company, which, of course, dealt with oil. Having won the property, Kerimov did what he would do in the future with all captured assets: he sold it (in this particular case, to Mikhail Gurtsiev).

And then there was the Nafta company. Suleiman Abusaidovich got this once powerful flagship of the business “on the cheap”: for $50 million in 1998. The businessman acted in the style of Sam Zell's "Bone Dancer", taking advantage of other people's problems.

Remark: Nafta was initially headed by CEO Anatoly Kolotilin. His son worked at the Unibest bank, through which Kolotilin thought it was profitable for his family to circulate money. But - 1998, crisis. Unibest collapsed, and Nafta lost $400 million of its funds because of this and still remained $100 million in debt to Surgutneft. In a word, Nafta would be happy to sell itself to anyone, just to resolve the issue of its debts.

Suleiman Abusaidovich did not like trading oil. The assets of the company, purchased for 50 million, were quickly sold by Kerimov for $400 million. And then a new campaign for money began.

Raiding and takeovers: find the differences if you have enough health

Now this is called a “hostile takeover”, no one goes to the law enforcement agencies to complain about anything, silence remains. But behind such a businesslike name were hidden boys with bats and crowbars, decisions of courts in very distant regions on the appointment of new boards of directors, criminal cases against intractable owners and things that are generally not customary to talk about out loud.

year 2001. Avtobank was lucky with the assets of dozens of promising enterprises, including an entire iron and steel plant, Ingosstrakh, Ingosstrakh-Soyuz, etc. I was unlucky with something else: the attention of the three main sharks of that time: Roman Abramovich, Oleg Deripaska and, of course, Suleiman Kerimov. The latter eventually won, and the owner of Avtobank, Andrei Andreev, according to him, received nothing except the prefix “ex” to the status of the owner.

In 2005, Kerimov already became the owner of billions of dollars, but still begins the hunt for another object: Mosmontazhspetsstroy, Glavmosstroy, Mospromstroy - all three corporations were part of the Razvitie SEC, whose office was located a couple of hundred meters from the Kremlin . But cute boys with heavy bats and crowbars came to visit this office, while Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov demonstrably demonstrated: “Come on, it’s a simple economic dispute that has nothing to do with us.” True, it was Luzhkov himself who asked Suleiman to “sort out a little” with the presumptuous leadership of Development, who loved forceful methods. Kerimov “figured it out,” very quickly reselling the extracted object for $80-85 million.

“Forbes” once wrote that the businessman’s acquaintances often mentioned one ethnic trait of Suleiman Abusaidovich: what was “badly laid out,” he certainly strove to take, and forceful actions he needed psychologically. Hot Dagestan mentality of a calm, pretty businessman.

Investing in Russian

If Kerimov had relied on “takeovers” alone, he would not have been the Kerimov he is.

Do you remember how it all began in Moscow? Connections and investments in your own bank. And also my mother, who worked at Sberbank. It was along this line that Suleiman Abusaidovich began to build an interesting game.

It’s one thing to buy shares in Fedprombank, which has enough of its own capital, but it’s another thing to buy “bundles” of shares in Gazprom and Sberbank of Russia. From 2004 to 2006, the cost of the first increased by 4 times, and the second - by all 12, and the businessman during this period (or rather, at the beginning) already managed to buy 4.25% and 5.26% of their shares, respectively. How? Very simple. He borrowed money and bought shares with it. And he left as collateral... Purchased shares. The shares rose in price, the amount of collateral increased, the opportunities grew - and so on in a circle.

And who borrowed, you ask? Well, first VEB, then “some other” banks. But the bet was made on Sberbank. It was so simple: you take money from Sberbank, buy its shares, leave them as collateral - and again buy shares from it. All risks go to Sberbank, all profits... That's right.

Filaret Galchev and Vadim Moshkovich worked with Sberbank according to a similar scheme, but it was to Kerimov that this bank paid real curtsies. For example, Sberbank does not consider it possible to issue more than 25% of its capital to one lender. “Nafta” approached the limit and, when it seemed that it was absolutely impossible to take out new loans, the rule worked: if it is impossible, but it is strongly necessary, then it is possible. Since 2005, the company ZAO New Project took out loans instead of Nafta-Moscow, and although the owner was the same, the bank did not notice this. Why? Firstly, business in Russian allows this, and secondly, re-read the words in the epigraph again.

In 2007, it became clear that Sberbank of Russia was coming under the control of German Gref. Kerimov repays loans (which eliminated the awkward questions “who sanctioned?”, “who will be responsible?”, etc.) for 4 billion dollars and leaves himself a huge profit.

In addition, there is another state bank that is ready to lend to a dear client with all generosity - VTB. Maybe Kerimov’s connections at that moment were already extremely powerful, or maybe it was just an accident and VTB credited all the businessman’s ideas without a second thought and “just like that.”

Will foreign countries help us?

Indeed, it’s somehow frivolous: everything is Russia and Russia. But what about the expansion of capital to the West? In fact, the question was not the desire of Kerimov himself: he wanted, he believed that “there will be more there.” By 2006, his business was going so well that he could take on the world. But... “There” were not particularly in a hurry to cooperate with the oligarch “from the dashing Russian 90s.”

And here we must certainly introduce a new character: Allen Wine was not just a top manager, but a director of the Russian branch of Merrill Lynch. Later he met Kerimov, they struck up a friendship, and over time, a partnership. Wine leaves Merrill Lynch and heads one of the oligarch’s structures, the Millennium Group. Vine became Kerimov’s guide to the West. He will be his translator and the “key” to enter those offices in which the young and rich Dagestani was not particularly wanted to be seen before.

The task was simple: Morgan Stanley was the first to decide to check the “purity” of Kerimov’s assets. This decision of the bank was partly due to the fact that Wine and the head of MS, John Mack, were old friends, and partly due to the natural charisma of the oligarch. In addition, no one dug very hard, and it was impossible to find real buyers for a number of transactions. After the first “due diligence”, 12 more banks in Europe and the USA began to cooperate with Suleiman Abusaidovich.

At this time, a lover of fast driving and thrilling experiences gets into a serious accident together with Tina Kandelaki. A businessman receives severe burns, he is treated in the best clinics in the world, he maintains the business rhythm against all odds and partly thanks to a special silicone suit.

From 2007 to 2008, Western bankers helped the oligarch sell off assets in Russia, buying assets abroad. 26 billion were received, 20 billion went to debts and other expenses, 6 billion went “as change.”

The package of new acquisitions by Suleiman Kerimov looked like an exhibition: there were shares of almost all structures with large assets and a big name. Deutsche Bank, British Petroleumm, Royal Bank of Scotland, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, E.On, Deutsche Telekom, Barclays, Boeing, Credit Suisse, Fortis and more, more, more...

Then it was a big game, Kerimov became the largest private shareholder in the history of Morgan Stanley itself, he began to play a significant role in voting in the key concerns of the planet. And then there was ruin and revival, a conflict between Moscow and Minsk due to the actions of a businessman and the epic with Anzhi Makhachkala, the story of the OC and other scandals. No one has written about much of what we will tell before, but this will be in the next article.

Andrey Slivka

Suleiman Kerimov gave his son an airport

The senator is actively transferring business assets to the 21-year-old heir Said Kerimov.

When Suleiman Kerimov first created a charitable foundation named after himself, he promised to “help socially vulnerable and needy young people.” However, the only young man today who has fully experienced the generosity of Suleiman Abusaidovich is his son Said, to whom the tidbits of Kerimov’s business empire are written.

Suleiman Kerimov

Such alienation - best choice for a senator who simultaneously wants to do business and sit in the upper house of parliament. The last of the assets transferred to Said Kerimov was the Makhachkala airport.

Cinema and "Polyus"

The fact that the son of a senator from Dagestan, 21-year-old Kerimov Jr. became the main shareholder of the company " international Airport“Makhachkala”, became known from the SPARK-Interfax database. On January 11, 2017, 99.5% of the shares of the Grandeco company, which owns the airport, were transferred to it.

A representative of the Makhachkala airport confirmed that Grandeco is the owner of the airport, refusing to name the owners of the company. Employees of the press services of Grandeco and Suleiman Kerimov’s holding company Nafta-Moscow did not comment on information about the owners.

By the age of 21, the MGIMO graduate (according to the institute’s website, Said Kerimov was supposed to receive his diploma in the summer of 2016) already had two large assets, including the largest gold mining company in Russia, Polyus, which he became the owner of in April 2015. Previously it belonged to the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation. In January 2017, Polyus received a license to develop Russia's largest gold deposit, Sukhoi Log.

Said Kerimov also owns the Cinema Park cinema chain, which he bought from Vladimir Potanin in 2014. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed, but, according to experts, it could be $300-400 million. In March 2016, it became known that Kerimov Jr. decided to expand this business by purchasing the Formula Kino chain, but the negotiations were not successful. In mid-January 2017, as media reported, businessman Alexander Mamut became interested in the Cinema Park network. Mamut's representative declined to comment.

At the end of 2016, Forbes magazine estimated Suleiman Kerimov’s wealth, excluding the airport, at $1.6 billion (the total value of Polyus and Cinema Park). It was not possible to obtain an estimate of the cost of the airport at the time of publication.

Sky of Makhachkala

The joint stock company Makhachkala International Airport became the airport operator in 2014, according to a message on the airport’s website. Before that, it was owned by the Dagestan Airlines company, which was deprived of its license to fly in December 2011 by the Federal Air Transport Agency. In 2012, Nafta-Moscow, affiliated with Kerimov, became interested in the airport. And on September 11, 2013, the arbitration court of the republic declared the Dagestan Airlines company bankrupt, all its property was put up for auction, it follows from the case materials. According to the file of the arbitration courts of Moscow and Dagestan, in 2012-2013, Dagestan Airlines was a defendant in a bankruptcy case, one of the plaintiffs in which was Arolia Holdings, affiliated with Nafta-Moscow.

The auction took place in June 2014, with two companies participating. The first application came from Makhachkala International Airport OJSC, the main owner of which was then Doxa Investments Ltd, registered in the British Virgin Islands. The second application was submitted by the Northern Sea Route Bank (SMP Bank OJSC) of Arkady and Boris Rotenberg. The auction took place in one step, the asset went to the Makhachkala International Airport company for 300 million rubles. A bank representative did not comment on participation in the auction and interest in the asset.

Formally, at that time there was no connection between Kerimov and Doxa, but in October 2016, the FAS agreed on the transfer of shares from offshore to Grandeco, which belonged to Said and Suleiman Kerimov on a parity basis, RBC reports.

OJSC Makhachkala International Airport has not yet disclosed financial indicators for 2016. However, according to the company’s accounting report, in 2015 its revenue amounted to only 632.2 thousand rubles, net profit - 3.27 thousand rubles.

In 2016, 869.2 thousand passengers passed through the airport - 23% more than in 2015, according to the company’s message. In 2016, the airport served 7.7 thousand flights, 9% more than in 2015. The capacity on domestic lines is 200 passengers per hour, on international lines - 60 passengers per hour. Every day, eight to ten planes fly from the airport to Moscow, flights to St. Petersburg are made four times a week, and from here you can also get to Surgut, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Kazakhstan and Turkey.

What was Kerimov Sr. selling?

In 2009, Kerimov bought the Voentorg building on Vozdvizhenka from Telman Ismailov’s AST group. At that time, the deal was valued at $300 million. In 2010, Kerimov transferred the asset to Rybolovlev’s structures in exchange for the Uralkali shares purchased from him. In 2013, Kerimov sold a 36% stake in the PIK group to businessmen Sergei Gordeev and Alexander Mamut. At that time, the transaction amount was estimated at approximately $500-600 million. Also in 2013, Kerimov sold a 21.75% stake in Uralkali to the owner of ONEXIM, Mikhail Prokhorov. The cost of the package was estimated at 115 billion rubles.

In October 2015, Kerimov sold the Moscow Hotel, which was valued at more than 10 billion rubles, to the owners of Gorbushkin Dvor, Yuri and Alexei Khotin. Later, in August 2015, Kerimov sold the Fashion Season gallery located in the hotel to the Khotins. In July 2016, Kerimov was interested in purchasing 17% of UC Rusal from ONEXIM, but after some time he left the race, giving way to Sual Partners of Viktor Vekselberg and Leonid Blavatnik.

In December 2016, Kerimov Sr. said goodbye to the Anzhi football club, which he had owned since 2011, handing it over to the president of Dynamo Makhachkala Osman Kadiev with all debts. From 2010 to 2013, the football club was an unprofitable asset, but at the end of 2014 it turned out to be the most successful sports business in Russia: profit for this period amounted to 4.2 billion rubles.

As the Ruspres agency previously reported, before leaving Russia last year, the Fitch rating agency assigned Said Kerimov's Polyus company a long-term rating at the speculative class level of "BB-" (the level of creditworthiness is below sufficient) with a negative outlook. The rating was later withdrawn, officially for “commercial reasons.” It is worth noting that the low rating closed the possibilities for Polyus to invest NPF funds.

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