Suleiman Kerimov is a Russian entrepreneur, co-owner of a number of large companies, shareholder of Uralkali, member of the Federation Council from Dagestan.
On January 30, 2018, Suleiman Kerimov, as a Russian oligarch with a fortune of more than a billion dollars, was included in the so-called “Kremlin list” compiled by the US Treasury at the request of a new law on countering opponents of this country .
In December 1999, Suleiman Kerimov became a deputy of the Russian State Duma of the third convocation on the federal list of the Zhirinovsky Bloc electoral bloc, joining the Security Committee.
On December 7, 2003, Suleiman Kerimov was elected to the State Duma of the fourth convocation on the federal list of the LDPR electoral association. In the State Duma, he joined the LDPR faction and took the post of deputy chairman of the committee on physical culture and sports, and was also included in the security committee.
In April 2007, Suleiman Kerimov left the LDPR faction and became an independent deputy, and a week later he submitted an application to join the United Russia faction. On May 11, 2007, Kerimov became a member of the United Russia faction.
In December 2007, at the proposal of the speaker of the Dagestan parliament Magomed Suleymanov, Kerimov was unanimously elected as a representative of the People's Assembly of Dagestan in the Federation Council. In February 2008, the upper house of the Russian parliament confirmed his powers.
BusinessIn October 1998, Suleiman Kerimov, for $50 million, acquired 55% of its shares from the management of the investment company OJSC Nafta-Moscow - the heiress of Soyuznefteexport, an oil trading monopolist that exported 200 million tons of oil and petroleum products annually during Soviet times. The company was going through difficult times - after the August crisis of 1998, Nafta-Moskva's money was stuck in several collapsed banks, debts amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars, and management led by former Deputy Minister of Oil and Gas Industry Anatoly Kolotilin had to put Nafta-Moskva up for sale . Over the course of a year (according to other sources, one and a half years), Kerimov increased his stake in the company’s shares to 100%.
In June 2000, Nafta-Moscow bought the company Varyeganneftegaz, a subsidiary of SIDANCO, in respect of which bankruptcy proceedings were initiated.
At the end of 2003 and 2004, Nafta began buying land in the Moscow region on Novorizhskoye Highway. On these lands it was planned 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.
In July 2005, Kerimov, together with Deripaska and Abramovich, acquired a stake in the state oil company Rosneft (the company that at the end of 2004 bought the former subsidiary of the Yukos oil company, Yuganskneftegaz).
In 2005, the Nafta-Moscow company became one of the sponsors of the Russian Football Union and the general sponsor of the Russian national freestyle wrestling team. In November 2005, the President of the International Federation of United Wrestling Styles (FILA) Rafael Martinetti presented Suleiman Kerimov with one of the most prestigious awards - the Golden Order.
At the end of 2005, Nafta bought the Polymetal company, which occupies a leading position in Russia in terms of silver production and second place in gold production, for $900 million.
On May 24, 2006, Suleiman Kerimov was elected chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Wrestling Federation. According to the president of the federation, Mikheil Mamiashvili, the decision to establish the Board of Trustees and appoint its head was made because long-term interaction with state sports governing bodies and large national business structures has become crucial for the effective implementation of the tasks facing the federation.
In February 2006, Kerimov decided to turn Nafta-Moskva into a full-fledged investment company, turning it into a leading private equity fund.
On November 21, 2006, the Nafta-Moscow company and the Moscow government announced the creation of OJSC United Hotel Company (OGK), to which the shares of more than 20 hotels on the city’s balance sheet (including Balchug, Metropol) were to be transferred , "National" and "Radisson-Slavyanskaya"). The authorized capital of the new company was to be at least $2 billion: 49% was to belong to the city, 51% to Nafta-Moscow. However, at the end of January 2007, the Moscow government announced its intention to interrupt the joint hotel business with the Nafta-Moscow company. According to officials, the reason for terminating the contract with Kerimov was an accurate assessment of the shareholdings of municipal hotels, which established that the total value of the assets of all Moscow hotels (which were to be included in the OGK) amounted to almost $7 billion.
In the fall of 2007, Suleiman Kerimov unexpectedly began to sell off his Russian assets: the first company to be sold was Metronom AG (operator of the Mercado supermarket chain). In April 2008, it became known that Kerimov had agreed to sell National Telecommunications to the National Media Group. From January to May 2008, through the mediation of foreign banks Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse, S. Kerimov sold large blocks of shares in Sberbank and Gazprom (according to unofficial information, in total the Nafta-Moscow company owned 6% of the shares of Sberbank and 4.5 % shares of Gazprom).
According to experts, Suleiman Kerimov's fortune in 2007 was $14.4 billion. According to the Forbes magazine rating, Kerimov took 35th place in the list of the richest people in the world.
In the second half of May 2008, Polymetal officially announced that Suleiman Kerimov was negotiating the sale of his stake in the company. In addition, Kerimov planned to sell the elite village Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye, which is under construction. The businessman invested the freed funds in foreign financial institutions - as of June 2008, he had already acquired about 3% of the shares of Deutsche Bank, as well as securities of Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, and UBS.
However, since February 2009, publications about Kerimov’s acquisitions in Russia have appeared in the media. It was reported that his Nafta-Moscow became the owner of 75% of Glavstroy SPb (the construction division of Deripaska’s Basic Element). In the same month, it became known that the Moscow government offered Nafta-Moskva a controlling stake in Dekmos OJSC, which was engaged in the construction of the Moscow Hotel.
In March 2009, Kommersant reported that the owner of the Interros holding, Vladimir Potanin, was selling 22% of the shares of Polyus Gold OJSC to Kerimov's structures. In June, the leadership of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) announced that the purchase of a stake in Polyus Gold by Kerimov's company had been 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% of the company's shares: it was reported that he controls this stake through Wandle Holdings Limited.
In April 2009, one of the country's largest developers - the PIK group of companies - officially admitted that Nafta-Moscow had received 25% of its shares and submitted a petition to the FAS to purchase another 20% of PIK. And in August 2009, it became known that in 2008 the Nafta Co group of companies became the owner of almost 100% of CJSC Trading House TSVUM (Voentorg).
Shareholder of UralkaliIn June 2010, Kerimov became the owner of 25 percent of the shares of the world's sixth largest producer of potash fertilizers, Uralkali OJSC, whose main shareholder was Dmitry Rybolovlev. According to experts, he paid $2.5 billion for a blocking stake in the company.
On September 2, 2013, the Investigative Committee of Belarus put Suleiman Kerimov on the wanted list. Kerimov’s actions were qualified by the investigation as an organization of abuse of power and official authority (clause 4 of article 16 and part 3 of article 424 of the Criminal Code). According to the Investigative Committee of Belarus, a number of managers of the Belarusian Potash Company (a joint venture of Uralkali and Belaruskali) implemented a scheme that caused damage to the interests of Belarus in the amount of $100 million. Investigators suggest that some time before Uralkali broke off cooperation with Belaruskali, managers of the Belarusian Potash Company, secretly from the Belarusian side, provided buyers with discounts and broke lucrative contracts in order to then re-sign them with Uralkali.
On September 3, the Russian bureau of Interpol received information from the organization’s Central Office about the international wanted list for the senator from Dagestan Suleiman Kerimov.
Owner of AnjiIn January 2011, at a meeting between Kerimov and the President of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov, it was decided to transfer the Dagestan football club Anzhi (Makhachkala) to the control of the senator, which enabled the club to acquire such famous players as Yuri Zhirkov (Chelsea London), Roberto Carlos (Corinthians Sao Paulo), Balazs Dzsudzsak, Eindhoven (PSV Netherlands), Odil Akhmedov (Pakhtakor Uzbekistan), Mubarak Boussoufa (Anderlecht Belgium) and the main acquisition - the purchase in August 2011 from Milan Internazionale" Cameroonian super forward Samuel Eto'o. In December 2016, Kerimov transferred FC Anji to the new owner Osman Kadiev.
VTB shareholderIn February 2011, Kerimov acquired about 1.5 percent of the shares of the state-owned VTB Bank for $500 million, becoming its largest private shareholder.
In March 2011, Kerimov took part in the elections to the People's Assembly of Dagestan as part of the United Russia list. On March 31, 2011, the new composition of the Dagestan parliament reaffirmed Kerimov as a senator.
In 2013, Suleiman Kerimov took 20th place in the ranking of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia according to Forbes. His fortune is estimated at $7.1 billion. Kerimov owns large blocks of shares in a number of Russian enterprises - Uralkali (18.1%), VTB (6%), Polyus Gold (40.2%), PIK (47%).
LawsuitsOn April 14, 2015, it was reported that the Nicosia District Court froze some of the assets of Suleiman Kerimov at the suit of entrepreneur Ashot Yeghiazaryan, who was seeking compensation for the costs of building a hotel in the center of Moscow. According to the decision of the London Court of International Arbitration (01/13/2015), Kerimov was ordered to pay Yeghiazaryan $250 million, but the first tranche was not paid in November 2014. The exact list of frozen assets is not known. One of the newspaper's sources claimed, citing a court decision, that the list, among other things, includes shares of Polyus Gold, as well as the Cinema Park cinema chain (formally its owner is the son of businessman Said Kerimov) and FC Anzhi.
Accident in FranceOn November 25, 2006, Suleiman Kerimov was in a car accident in France, in Nice. The Ferrari Enzo car (worth 675 thousand euros), in which Suleiman Kerimov, together with the TV presenter of the STS channel Tina Kandelaki, was driving along the embankment, crashed into a tree and caught fire. Kerimov was taken to the De la Timone specialized hospital in Marseille with severe burns. According to eyewitnesses of the accident, he managed to get out of the car himself and tried to knock out the flames from his clothes. Kandelaki suffered less damage - she was taken to the Saint-Roch hospital and was discharged the same day.
On January 24, 2007, after long-term treatment at the Queen Astrid military hospital in Brussels, Kerimov returned to Moscow and began work.
Arrest in FranceIn November 2017, Suleiman Kerimov was detained by French police in Nice on tax evasion charges. According to the police, Kerimov committed these actions through real estate fraud. The judge decided to launch an investigation against Suleiman Kerimov, as well as a bail of 5 million euros, according to which the senator was released. At the same time, the court decided that Kerimov must surrender his passport, cannot leave the Alpes-Maritimes department, and must also regularly report to the police.
According to French laws, tax evasion and money laundering can be punished with imprisonment for up to ten years, but, as practice shows, the case may not come to trial if the defendant compensates for the damage caused.
On November 28, 2017, Nice prosecutor Jean-Michel Prétre said that an appeal had been filed against Kerimov's release on bail, since the prosecutor's office considers it necessary for the Russian businessman to be in pre-trial detention.
On December 4, 2017, Nice prosecutor Jean-Michel Prétre accused Kerimov of importing between 500 million and 750 million euros into France for the purpose of money laundering.
CharityIn October 2009, Suleiman Kerimov financed a trip to Moscow for the Yakubov family from the Kizlyar region of Dagestan, on the body of whose nine-month-old son, Ali, lines from the Koran appear in an unknown way.
Kerimov is a regular at Moscow bohemian clubs. He enjoys hosting lavish social events, parties with pop stars, and sailing on his own yacht, Ice, off the coast of Spain (built at the Lürssen shipyard in Bremen, Germany; this four-deck vessel is 90 meters long). Suleiman Kerimov's personal aircraft is the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) 737-700 - a luxuriously finished medium-haul passenger airliner with a non-stop flight range of up to 12,000 km (in the standard commercial configuration, the Boeing 737 carries more than 100 passengers, but in the BBJ modification it takes on board only 16 people , and on board there is an office, a shower room and a bedroom).
Marital status: wife Firuza is the daughter of a high-ranking Dagestan official. The family has three children - a son and two daughters.
Hajj according to Kerimov's programSuleiman Kerimov is involved in charity work, donating large sums to social events, in particular to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In April 2007, Kerimov donated $100 million for the construction of the Cathedral Mosque in Moscow, and in May of the same year he allocated funds to send 5 thousand Russians to the Hajj.
Every year the number of pilgrims going on Hajj to Mecca from Dagestan through the charity of Senator Suleiman Kerimov ranges from 2.5 to 3 thousand people. Their exact number depends on the general hajj quotas allocated to the republic. The charity project is carried out by the Marva-Tour company.
BiographyBorn on March 12, 1966 in the city of Derbent (according to other sources - in the village of Karakyure, Dokuzparinsky district) of the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. By nationality - Lezgin. Father is a lawyer, worked in the criminal investigation department; mother is an accountant at Sberbank of Russia. In his youth, Suleiman Kerimov was fond of judo and kettlebell lifting, and was a repeated champion of various championships.
After graduating from high school in Derbent in 1983 (certificate with honors, favorite subject - mathematics), he entered the construction department of the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute. In 1984, after completing the first year of the institute, Suleiman Kerimov was drafted into the army and completed compulsory military service in the Strategic Missile Forces of the USSR Armed Forces (Strategic Missile Forces of the USSR Armed Forces), where he was a crew chief with the rank of senior sergeant. During his military service, Kerimov was the division champion in kettlebell lifting.
After being transferred to the reserve in 1986, Kerimov continued his studies at the Faculty of Economics of the Dagestan State University (DSU) named after. IN AND. Lenin, who graduated in 1989 with a degree in Accounting and Analysis of Economic Activities. In parallel with his studies, Kerimov served as deputy chairman of the trade union committee of the DSU.
In 1989-1995, Suleiman Kerimov worked in positions from economist to assistant general director for economic issues of the Eltav plant of the Ministry of Electronic Industry.
Since 1995, Suleiman Kerimov has been the general director of the investment company Soyuz-finance LLC (Moscow). This Moscow company worked in the domestic aviation business, raw materials industries and the banking sector. It was during this time (from 1995 to 1998) that Kerimov, according to media reports, earned his initial capital.
In April 1997, Kerimov became a researcher at the International Institute of Corporations (Moscow), and in February 1999 he was appointed vice president of this non-profit organization.
NotesSuleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov is a Russian businessman and politician, a member of the Federation Council from the Republic of Dagestan, one of the richest people in Russia.
Suleiman Kerimov is one of the richest citizens of Russia. According to Forbes for 2017, he ranks 21st in the country in terms of wealth, and 226th in the world. He owns the largest companies in oil production - Nafta Moscow - and gold production - Polyus Gold. Founder of the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation for the support of youth, development of medicine, culture and sports.
Kerimov was born on the western shore of the Caspian Sea in Derbent, Lezgin by nationality. The parents of the future businessman were ordinary Soviet people: his father was a criminal investigation lawyer and his mother was an accountant at Sberbank. Suleiman had an older brother and sister, by profession a doctor and a teacher of the Russian language, respectively.
ChildhoodAs a child, Kerimov studied well and loved sports. He was considered the best student in his school. Suleiman showed particular interest in mathematics, which he studied in depth. He graduated from school with a gold medal and entered the Dagestan Polytechnic University at the Faculty of Construction. Suleiman managed to complete one course, and then received a summons to the army and went to serve in the missile forces. Having been demobilized, Kerimov was reinstated at the university, but not at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, but at the Faculty of Economics.
In the photo, young Suleiman Kerimov In 1989 he graduated from the Dagestan Polytechnic and began working as an economist at a plant. "Eltav" was at that time the best defense enterprise of the Union. Over the course of five years of work, Kerimov rose through the ranks to General Director for Economic Affairs.
BusinessIn 1993, Eltav sent Kerimov to Moscow to manage Fedprombank, which was created for the convenience of settlements between the plant and clients. While working at the bank, Suleiman provided loans to several large companies that found themselves in crisis and made a number of useful contacts.
Kerimov’s own business has taken off since 1999. His first asset - a controlling stake in Nafta Moscow - became 100 percent within a year. And to this day, the businessman continues to single-handedly manage this holding.
Since the early 2000s, Kerimov begins to participate in politics. He becomes a State Duma deputy from the LDPR faction. In 2007, the entrepreneur left Zhirinovsky’s party without explaining the reasons, and continues his political career with United Russia. From the party in power, Kerimov enters the Federation Council as a representative of his home region - the Republic of Dagestan. Suleiman served in the upper house of parliament for two convocations.
Nafta Moscow, meanwhile, was buying up the assets of large enterprises with subsequent profitable resale. During this period, Kerimov began cooperation with major Russian businessmen and. Subsequently, Kerimov entered into several successful deals with them.
Also in the early 00s, a businessman bought land in the Moscow region to build luxury housing. The project was called “Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye”. But in 2006, Suleiman parted with him, selling him to Mikhail Shishkhanov.
Kerimov continued to accumulate assets: he acquired part of the shares of Gazprom and Sberbank, a sugar factory and television networks in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
In 2008, the businessman entered the international market: he bought shares in Volvo, Boeing, Barclays, Deutsche Bank and several other large Western companies. However, this did not bring success. An economic crisis soon began, which robbed Suleiman of at least $20 billion held abroad. The business was in danger, but with the help of new projects, Kerimov managed to “get back into the game.”
In 2009, he bought a 37% stake in Polyus Gold, the largest Russian gold miner (renamed simply Polyus in 2016). By the end of 2015, Kerimov included his children on the board of directors of Polyus and now has a consolidated stake of 95%.
Now Suleiman Kerimov remains the owner of Nafta, whose assets, in addition to Polyus, also include shares in Rostelecom and the PIK group of construction companies.
In recent years, one of Kerimov’s largest investments was a $200 million investment in the Snapchat messenger. The messenger, which began to grow immediately after the public offering of shares, then sharply lost ground, and its investors were losers, including Kerimov.
Personal lifeSuleiman Kerimov is married to a fellow student, the daughter of a nomenklatura official named Firuza. She gave birth to three children to the businessman. Firuza never appears in public with her husband. Suleiman attends social events with other women. According to rumors, Kerimov had affairs with Anastasia Volochkova, Tina Kandelaki and Ksenia Sobchak. According to unofficial sources, Kerimov is a generous suitor; he showers his chosen ones with diamonds and presents other expensive gifts, including a personal plane.
HobbiesKerimov is a big sports fan. From 2011 to 2016, he owned the Anzhi football club, which became one of the most famous clubs in Russia thanks to the financing of the oligarch. After his arrival, the team acquired world-famous stars Samuel Eto'o and Robert Carlos. Later, Anzhi, which before Kerimov’s arrival usually finished the championships at the bottom of the standings, was joined by several more Russian stars, such as Yuri Zhirkov, Igor Denisov and others. According to them, the transfers were determined by interest in playing for this particular Dagestan team, and not by large salaries.
The businessman also invested in culture - with his $170 million, the largest mosque in Europe was built - the Moscow Cathedral.
In 2006, Kerimov was involved in a serious car accident in Nice, which caused widespread public outcry. Firstly, the businessman himself, while driving a Ferrari, lost control on the track and was seriously injured. Three quarters of his body was covered in burns. Kerimov underwent rehabilitation at a burn center in Marseille, and later at a military hospital in Brussels.
The public was actively interested in the passenger of this car, as there was a rumor that TV presenter Tina Kandelaki was with Kerimov. She herself denied this information.
Having recovered, Kerimov decided to engage in charity work. He donated a million euros to the Pinocchio organization, which helps children affected by the fire.
In November 2017, Suleiman Kerimov was detained in France. The prosecutor's office accused the businessman of non-payment of taxes when purchasing real estate on the Cote d'Azur and of illegally transporting cash across the border. According to the prosecution, he took from Russia to France from 500 to 750 million euros.
Russian politicians stood up for Kerimov (he is still a member of the Federation Council). Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, on behalf of the Kremlin, promised that the state would protect the rights of its senator. French prosecutors responded that the businessman did not have diplomatic documents at the time of his arrest.
Suleiman Kerimov spent under house arrest virtually until the summer of 2018, spending most of the time in France, periodically asking for leave for several days in Russia for personal and family reasons. Only in June 2018 was Kerimov completely acquitted.
Upon returning to Russia, Suleiman Kerimov again began his duties as a parliamentarian. He is also actively involved in charitable activities and spends a lot of time on working trips around the Republic of Dagestan.
Activities todayThe senator’s main concerns today, like many years before, are related to the development of Dagestan. Suleiman Kerimov helps build schools and mosques, provides support to pilgrims who annually make the Hajj to Mecca, and his son’s company is developing the Makhachkala International Airport.
In the summer of 2018, the authorities of Derbent, where the senator is from, announced the creation of a tourism cluster centered in this oldest city in Russia. Kerimov will take a direct part in the development of tourism in the region, including by transferring 1.5 billion rubles to the budget of Derbent. Additional funds will be used for infrastructure development - construction of hotel complexes, construction and repair of roads, etc.
StateIn the past few years, according to Forbes, Kerimov's fortune has fluctuated from $7.8 billion in 2011 (maximum) to $1.6 billion in 2016 (minimum).
At the end of 2017, the oligarch’s fortune was estimated by the publication at $6.3 billion.
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Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov was born on March 12, 1966 in Derbent (Dagestan). In 1983 he graduated from high school (with a gold medal) and entered the construction department of the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute. After the first year, he was drafted into the army (deferment for full-time university students was then cancelled). In 1984-1986 he served in the Strategic Missile Forces. He received the rank of senior sergeant and was the head of the Strategic Missile Forces crew. In the army I did a lot of sports - I became the champion of the division in kettlebell lifting.
Returning from the army in 1986, Kerimov transferred to the Faculty of Economics of the Dagestan State University (DSU). During his studies, he was deputy chairman of the university trade union committee. In 1989, he graduated from high school with a diploma in "Accounting and Analysis of Economic Activities" and went to work at the Eltav plant of the Ministry of Electronic Industry - one of the best enterprises in the defense industry. He worked at the plant until 1995, rising from an ordinary economist to assistant general director for economic issues.
In 1995, thanks to the established circle of acquaintances among Moscow businessmen and officials, Kerimov received 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. Kerimov accepted the offer.
In April 1997, Kerimov became a researcher at the International Institute of Corporations (Moscow), and in February 1999 he was appointed vice president of this non-profit organization.
It was in the 1990s that Kerimov, according to media reports, 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 This is how he became the owner of the company.
In December 1999, Kerimov was dismissed from the post of vice-president of the International Institute of Corporations in connection with his election as a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (he entered the Duma of the third convocation on the federal list from the Zhirinovsky Bloc).
Having become a deputy, Karimov did not retire. According to his friends, he still had full control of his company, and the source of Kerimov’s capital was the purchase of assets. At that time, according to media reports, a “soft” (without affiliated structures) business alliance developed between Kerimov and Roman Abramovich, and later business relations were established with the owner of Basic Element, Oleg Deripaska (according to some reports, the alliance existed by November 2006).
In 2000, Nafta-Moscow bought the Varyeganneftegaz company. In 2001, Kerimov, together with the structures of Abramovich and Deripaska, received a share in the business of Andrei Andreev, which consisted of more than a hundred companies: Avtobank (by 2006 it became part of the Uralsib corporation), Ingosstrakh, Ingosstrakh-Russia Insurance Company (now Russia"), Ingosstrakh-Soyuz Bank (now Soyuz), Nosta and others. At the same time, Kerimov’s company, which was once one of the largest oil traders in Russia, moved further and further from its original activities and in 2002 practically curtailed oil trading.
On December 7, 2003, Kerimov was re-elected to the State Duma. He entered the Duma of the fourth convocation on the federal list from the LDPR. The deputy was appointed deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, and was also included in the security committee.
At the end of 2003 and in 2004, Nafta began buying land in the Moscow region on Novorizhskoye Highway. On these lands it was planned 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.
In November 2005, the International Federation of United Wrestling Styles (FILA) presented Kerimov with one of the most prestigious awards - the Golden Order. FILA President Rafael Martinetti expressed a desire to personally present the award to the deputy in order to “express gratitude and respect to the person who supports wrestling in Russia and around the world” (by 2005, Nafta-Moscow became the general sponsor of the Russian national freestyle wrestling team).
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 strong point. In April 2006, his 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 of Moscow that it owns 17 percent of the holding's shares." Mospromstroy". None of these acquisitions remained with Nafta: Development was bought by Deripaska's Basic Element, Mospromstroy and Mosstroyekonombank - the BIN group.
In May 2006, Kerimov headed the Board of Trustees of the Russian Wrestling Federation. According to the president of the federation, Mikhail Mamiashvili, the decision to establish a Board of Trustees and appoint its head was made because, for the effective implementation of the tasks facing the Russian Wrestling Federation, long-term interaction with state sports management bodies and large national business structures has become crucial.
Soon after this, information appeared in the press that the Dynamo football club could be bought by Kerimov, since the owner of this club and the Fedcominvest company, Alexey Fedorychev, intended to completely abandon his sports business in Russia. This information was based on the fact that Kerimov had already tried to enter the football business more than once. In 2004, representatives of Nafta-Moscow negotiated the purchase of a controlling stake in the Italian Roma (the deal did not take place); a little later, Kerimov almost concluded an agreement with the government of the Moscow region on financing the Saturn football club (a deal worth 60 million dollars fell through at the last moment). In 2005, the Nafta-Moscow company became one of the sponsors of the Russian Football Union.
In July, Kerimov, together with Deripaska and Abramovich, acquired a stake in the state oil company Rosneft (the company that at the end of 2004 bought the former subsidiary of the Yukos oil company, Yuganskneftegaz). And in August 2006, reports appeared in the press that Nafta-Moscow intended to buy out the debts of NK YUKOS (On August 1, the Moscow Arbitration Court declared YUKOS bankrupt, and from that moment on, any third-party investor could pay off creditors " Yukos" to actually gain control over its assets). It was alleged that Kerimov negotiated such a possibility with Yukos President Stephen Theede. Later, the Nafta press service officially denied these reports.
In mid-November 2006, journalists learned that Kerimov had decided to start a hotel business in Moscow. 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 the list of the richest people in the world compiled by Forbes magazine in 2006, Kerimov took 72nd place. His fortune, according to the magazine, reached $7.1 billion. In addition, according to media reports, back in August 2005, Kerimov became one of the 50 richest Russians who own their own aircraft - he purchased a BBJ airliner (a business version of the Boeing 737-700, worth approximately $50 million).
On November 25, 2006, Kerimov was in a car accident. According to the newspaper Nice Matin, the car in which the deputy and his companion were driving along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice crashed into a tree and caught fire. Kerimov was taken to the specialized hospital de la Timone in Marseille with severe burns. According to eyewitnesses of the accident, he managed to get out of the car himself and tried to knock out the flames from his clothes. The businessman's companion, TV presenter of the STS channel Tina Kandelaki, according to journalists, suffered less. She was taken to Saint-Roch Hospital and discharged the same day.
Sources close to Kerimov told reporters that his life was not in danger. At the same time, an employee in the management of the hospital de la Timone told Vedomosti that Kerimov was connected to an artificial respiration apparatus and was in an induced coma. The doctor did not predict the patient’s condition, saying only that Kerimov “is stable and is under medical supervision.” It was also reported that in addition to burns, the deputy also received a traumatic brain injury. As for Kerimov’s companion, according to Alexander Rodnyansky, president of CTC Media (the company where Kandelaki works), on November 26 she was already in Moscow.
Initially, the investigation assumed that Kerimov, who was driving the car, lost control when he overtook. The police were inclined to this version because the speed limit on the embankment was 50 miles per hour, that is, about 70 kilometers per hour. According to the police, as a result of Kerimov's maneuver, the car - a Ferrari Enzo, worth 675 thousand euros - hit the pavement, then it was thrown into a tree, and the impact hit the gas tank.
Kandelaki did not confirm her participation in the road accident for some time, insisting that she had not been to Nice at all, but was at home in Moscow because she had contracted the mumps. Later, the TV presenter admitted that she was with Kerimov in his car, and added that she told about the mumps only to hide her relationship with the deputy. Kandelaki told reporters that a man suddenly jumped out onto the road in front of Karimov’s car. To avoid hitting him, the deputy turned the steering wheel sharply, and this caused the accident.
On December 5, 2006, the Belgian newspaper RTL, citing a representative of the Belgian Ministry of Defense, announced that Kerimov was transported to the Queen Astrid military hospital in Brussels. According to the publication, Kerimov was transported to Belgium at the request of Professor Jean-Louis Vincennes from the Erasme hospital, who even asked the Belgian Defense Minister Andre Flahaut to allocate “as an exception” a specially equipped aircraft and a team of Belgian military doctors to transport “one patient.” In addition, the professor promised that all costs associated with transportation “will be fully reimbursed by the patient or his relatives.”
On January 24, 2007, it became known that Kerimov returned to Moscow and began work. As a source close to the management of OJSC GNK (formerly Nafta-Moscow), which Kerimov owns, told the Interfax news agency, the businessman has “almost completely recovered after the accident” and “works on a daily basis and in full.”
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. According to the Rules Committee, Kerimov did not write any additional statements about joining another Duma faction. On the same day, it became known that deputy Oleg Malyshkin, who ran for the presidency of Russia in 2004 from the LDPR, left the faction (and at the same time the LDPR party). The parliamentarian told reporters that he intends to continue to remain an independent deputy. Vice Speaker of the State Duma, leader of the Liberal Democrats Vladimir Zhirinovsky, commenting on Kerimov’s departure, told reporters that the reason for his departure from the faction was a gross violation of party discipline. According to Zhirinovsky, the deputy did not take proper part in election campaigns in his region.
On April 12, 2007, the media reported that Kerimov wrote another statement - this time about joining the United Russia faction (its consideration was scheduled for April 17).
On April 19, 2007, the Russian version of Forbes magazine published a ranking of the richest citizens of Russia. The list of the hundred richest Russians was headed by Chukotka Governor Roman Abramovich, whose fortune by the spring of 2007 reached $19.2 billion. Kerimov took seventh place with $12.8 billion.
On May 11, 2007, it became known that the presidium of the United Russia faction decided to accept the deputy into the faction. Formally, the issue of accepting Kerimov should have been discussed at a meeting of subgroups of factions, but in fact the issue could already be considered resolved.
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: the Federation Council confirmed his powers as a representative of the People's Assembly of Dagestan.
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 “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 the National Media Group, the main shareholder of which was Bank Rossiya of Yuri Kovalchuk) and shares in the Polymetal company (the founder of the ICT group Alexander Nesis, as well as Russian financier Alexander Mamut and structures of the Czech fund PPF were mentioned as acquirers). In addition, according to Kommersant’s sources, Kerimov was going to sell the elite village of Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye, which is under construction. 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). A source close to Kerimov’s company from the Kommersant newspaper, which reported on the purchase, confirmed that Nafta-Moscow was “interested in consolidating” all shares of Glavstroy SPb LLC, whose portfolio of projects was estimated at 6 million square meters of various real estate. 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-Moscow gained partial control over 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. Subsequently, Kerimov continued to buy up Russian development companies. Thus, in April 2009, one of the country's largest developers - the PIK group of companies - officially admitted that Nafta-Moscow had received 25 percent of its shares and submitted a petition to the FAS to purchase another 20 percent of PIK. In May of the same year, a source from the Vedomosti newspaper reported that Nafta Co. Kerimova became a co-owner of the Moscow Voentorg, and several of its representatives joined the board of directors of CJSC Trading House TSVUM, which owns Voentorg. In August, the financial director of Nafta Co. confirmed the information that Nafta Co. owns almost 100 percent of CJSC Trading House TSVUM (Voentorg). He added that the deal was closed in the fall of 2008. Amount it was not named, 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, Vladimir Potanin, was selling 22 percent of the shares of Polyus Gold OJSC to Kerimov's structures. The amount of the transaction was not reported, but the newspaper provided data on the value of Polyus shares based on market quotes on the date of the transaction - 22 percent cost $1.42 billion. Analysts agreed 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 block were sold under a repo transaction (a type of loan, a transaction for the sale of securities with a mandatory subsequent repurchase of securities of the same issue in the same quantity after a certain period at a predetermined, higher price - editor's note), Kerimov retained the right to vote on it. It was not reported with whom the repurchase agreement was concluded and when the businessman has the right to return these shares.
In February 2010, Polyus Gold, which Kerimov actually owned together with Mikhail Prokhorov, 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.
Suleiman Kerimov is the youngest child in the family. He has a brother, a doctor by profession, and a sister, a teacher of Russian language and literature. Kerimov's parents and other relatives live in Moscow. The entrepreneur's wife Firuza Kerimova is the daughter of a CPSU functionary; According to some reports, it was to his marriage with her that Kerimov owed much of his early career. According to various sources, Suleiman and Firuza have two or three children. Pop singer Natalya Vetlitskaya, who, according to some sources, has a daughter from him, was also mistakenly indicated as Kerimov’s wife. In 2008, it was reported that another passion of Kerimov, designer Katya Gomiashvili, was expecting a daughter from him.
Suleiman Kerimov is one of the “old-timers” of the domestic Forbes rating. For many years he has been not only one of the richest businessmen in Russia, but also the richest member of the Upper House of the Russian Federation Parliament, in which he has represented his native republic of Dagestan for many years. Suleiman Kerimov is not only a major businessman and successful investor, but also an influential political and government figure with many years of experience and experience.
- Full name: Kerimov Suleiman Abusaidovich
- Date of birth: March 12, 1966
- Education: Dagestan State University, Faculty of Economics (graduated in 1989)
- Start of business: 1993
- Type of activity at start: Fedprombank bank
- Current activity: member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation from the Republic of Dagestan
- Current net worth (2017): $6.3 billion
Suleiman Kerimov enjoys well-deserved authority in his native Dagestan, which he has represented in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation for many years. At the same time, he managed to build his own business empire, which included large assets in Russia and abroad. Serious life shocks, such as a terrible car accident and the loss of almost his entire fortune in the 2008 crisis, did not break this strong man. He not only returned to big business, but also regained his leading position in the ranking of the country's richest businessmen.
Dagestan is the small homeland of the Russian oligarchSuleiman, a Lezgin by nationality, was born on March 12, 1966 in sunny Derbent, into an intelligent family of a lawyer and accountant. A short biography of Suleiman Kerimov begins with a story similar to many destinies of that time.
The future billionaire spent his Soviet childhood and youth in his native Caucasus. He graduated from school with honors, gave his military duty to his homeland, served in the army, and graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Dagestan State University in 1989.
The young man was seriously interested in weightlifting and wrestling and achieved notable success in this field. The career of the young economist also began quite successfully.
Figure 1. Mathematics and sports are Kerimov’s childhood hobbies.
Source: uznayvse.ru
In the Caucasus, tribal and clan support is traditionally strong. Thanks to a successful marriage and the patronage of his influential father-in-law, Kerimov began his career at the Eltav plant, which produces electronic equipment.
The purposeful young man quickly rose through the ranks from economist to assistant general director. In 1993, Suleiman Kerimov was sent to represent the interests of shareholders in the newly established Fedprombank. Kerimov moved to Moscow. From that moment on, a new round began in the biography of Suleiman Kerimov, his ascent to the financial and political Olympus.
By the way, Suleiman Kerimov’s older brother and sister are representatives of the classic professions of doctor and teacher and have never had anything to do with big business.
Features of business and sources of personal wealthSoon Kerimov became the head of Fedprombank, and then headed the Soyuz-Finance company. He gained invaluable experience dealing with operations in financial markets, as well as lending to enterprises in leading industrial sectors experiencing financial difficulties during the crisis.
After overcoming economic problems with the help of additional financing, the enterprises returned the loans to the bank with a large marginal return for the lending institution and for Kerimov personally. Probably, it was at this time that an equally successful investor awakened in an intelligent and successful economist.
The basis of Kerimov’s business was transactions for the acquisition of stakes in enterprises of the most promising and profitable industries, and his personal fortune grew through successful purchase and sale transactions of various assets.
The oligarch’s first and main acquisition was the Nafta-Moscow company, which still remains Kerimov’s main business structure. He quickly increased his share in the company to 100% and became its sole owner. Initially, Nafta-Moscow was engaged in oil transportation, but soon reduced this activity to a minimum and turned into a full-fledged investment company.
The main features inherent in the business of Suleiman Kerimov: commitment to first-tier assets (oil, gold mining, telecommunications and development), creation of profitable enterprises and the ability to resolve business issues with government agencies.
Figure 2. Kerimov always managed to resolve issues with banks (pictured with VTB President Andrei Kostin).
Source: new.visualrian.ru
Kerimov’s first major income came from transactions involving the purchase of shares in Gazprom and Sberbank using loan money specially raised for this purpose. The favorable situation in the financial market made it possible to quickly repay loans and remove large margins from transactions.
| 1 "Polymetal". A controlling stake was acquired in 2005, and an IPO was held on the London Stock Exchange in 2007 in the amount of $2.44 billion. | In 2008, 70% (the entire stake) of shares was sold to Alexander Nesis (IST Group), Alexander Mamut and Peter Kellner (PPF) |
| 2 City of millionaires “Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye” - development project (2003-2008) | The project was sold to Mikhail Shishkhanov (Bin Bank) |
| 3 The five-star Four Seasons Hotel was created in 2009 on the basis of the Moscow Hotel | In 2015, the hotel was sold to Belarusian entrepreneurs Khotin |
| 4 Mosteleseti was created in 2005, and the National Telecommunications holding was created in 2007. | In 2008, the asset was sold to Yuri Kovalchuk for $1.5 billion |
| 5 PIK Group of Companies is the largest developer in Russia; in 2009, almost 40% of the shares were acquired. At the time of purchase, the group’s capitalization was $279 million, by 2013 - $1.42 billion | In 2013, a stake in shares was sold to Alexander Mamut and Sergei Gordeev |
| 6 Uralkali is the world's largest producer of potash fertilizers, acquired in 2010 | The company's shares were sold in 2013 to Mikhail Prokhorov and Dmitry Mazepin |
Suleiman Kerimov has long been firmly among the richest businessmen in the country, although the size of his fortune periodically underwent significant fluctuations.
Source: Forbes
So, in 2008, a real disaster happened in the oligarch’s financial empire. But it was preceded by an even more terrible event that happened in sunny France.
Two disasters: life before and afterThis news instantly spread throughout the world. In 2006, a terrible accident occurred in Nice. An elite Ferrari car crashed into a tree at high speed. Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov was driving. The collision was so strong that the car could not be restored after the accident.
Figure 3. The Ferrari was sent to the scrapyard after the accident.
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The oligarch’s life was saved by the impeccable security system of the expensive foreign car. But, unfortunately, a fire broke out in the cabin and the fire instantly spread to the driver. Eyewitnesses said that Kerimov was literally engulfed in flames when he got out of the car and tried to put out the flames on his own. Suleiman Abusaidovich was urgently taken to the clinic. He was saved. But there was a long treatment and recovery ahead. They say that the consequences of the accident still affect the oligarch’s health.
Reference. Kerimov’s companion on that fateful trip was the famous Russian TV personality Tina Kandelaki, who surprisingly was practically unharmed.
Despite the terrible consequences of the terrible accident, Suleiman Kerimov did not let go of managing his business empire for a minute. By that time, he had transferred almost all of his assets abroad and was making grandiose plans to expand investments in foreign companies. Not only built, but also actively implemented.
Although there is practically no open information on the amount of money he placed at that time, one can imagine the scale of the operation if Kerimov was named the largest private investor in Morgan Stanley.
The oligarch believed so much in the success of his endeavors that, despite the alarming news from the world's largest exchanges and the steady decline in stock prices, he continued to buy securities of large enterprises. But this time, Kerimov’s impeccable business sense failed him. The global financial market collapsed, burying about 20 billion dollars of Kerimov under the ruins.
Many experts even assumed the end of the success story of Suleiman Kerimov after such losses. But it was not for nothing that Suleiman Abusaidovich earned the reputation of a strong and smart player. Big business carries with it big risks. And to be able to survive a loss or collapse with dignity is a quality inherent in large-scale personalities. The battle was lost, but not the war. Kerimov continued his business, slightly adjusting his strategy. He now sought to acquire operational control of his assets.
It is noteworthy that Kerimov was able to triumphantly return to the top of the Forbes ranking within just a couple of years.
Today he has managed to practically enter the top twenty richest businessmen in Russia. Over the past year, Kerimov's fortune has grown by more than 200%. The oligarch is gradually transferring his assets to his son Said, including Polyus Gold and the airport in Makhachkala, increasingly focusing on social activities and charity.
Political careerKerimov is not only a successful businessman who knows how to survive falls with dignity and take off again. The uniqueness of his personality lies in the fact that he has been a political centenarian for a long time, and of the highest level.
Suleiman Abusaidovich - deputy of the State Duma of 2 convocations (1999-2003, 2004-2007) from the Liberal Democratic Party. From 2008 to this day, Kerimov has represented his native Dagestan in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.
Of course, Kerimov formally transferred the management of business assets to a foundation named after himself, having entered the public service. But in fact he continued to control and influence the processes in his structures. Moreover, as time has shown, he successfully combines all areas of his varied activities.
Strong family and beautiful personal lifeSuleiman met his wife Firuza in his youth. Over their long life together, they raised three children, who are currently continuing their father’s work. The oligarch's wife has always been a reliable support and loyal friend for him. Firuza Kerimova is a non-public figure, but, in addition to maintaining a home and raising children, she takes part in her husband’s charitable activities, especially in Dagestan.
As for any Caucasian, family is sacred for Kerimov. His marriage is strong and indestructible, although attempts to destroy it were still made by other women. For the sake of fairness, it is worth noting that Suleiman Abusaidovich himself gave reason for such attempts, being a connoisseur and lover of beautiful women.
But his relationships outside the family cannot be called adventures in the vulgar sense of the word. Firstly, like a true Caucasian, Kerimov knows how to court women romantically and on a grand scale. Secondly, some of the most famous and beautiful women in the country were next to him. Thirdly, he never really hid his romantic relationships from the public, which, as we know, greatly reduces their interest in such stories.
The oligarch's friends at different times were singer Natalya Vetlitskaya, scandalous ballerina Anastasia Volochkova, Tina Kandelaki already mentioned in the article, and actress Olesya Sudzilovskaya. Each story is reminiscent of a fairy tale about a handsome prince, although with the same ending: the prince ends the relationship and remains with his family. Apartments, planes, jewelry and boutiques remain as souvenirs for the beautiful girl.
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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 the main woman in his life, giving birth to three children: In 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 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.
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 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, 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 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. 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 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 got into with the 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.
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In 83rd place on the list of the richest people in 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, Gabriel Abramovich is currently a member of the board of directors of Wimm-Bill-Dann.
Suleiman Kerimov's son Said goes into big businessCompared 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 there are many such examples of “official statistics”.
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Suleiman Kerimov and his women: photoKerimov 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 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 VetlitskayaHaving 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.
Video on the topic Romance with a singerThe 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. 
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 NiceIn 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 RussiaThe 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 French doctors fought for it for a long time. 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 GomiashviliAt 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.
EpisodesWhat 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 dayThe 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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“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.
StartSuleiman 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 obvious inclinations in the 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 the Missile Forces and, by the way, their elite 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 startAfter 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.
FedprombankAs 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-MoscowThe end of the 90s in Russia was the era of a great war for resources.
Kerimov Suleiman AbusaidovichAt 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 healthNow 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: he certainly strove to take what was “bad,” and he needed forceful actions psychologically. Hot Dagestan mentality of a calm, pretty businessman.
Investing in RussianIf 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.
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Suleiman Kerimov gave his son an airportThe 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 KerimovSuch alienation is the 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 Makhachkala International Airport company 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 Alexey 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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