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Suleiman Abusaidovich is a well-known billionaire (his fortune as of April 2019 is estimated at $ 6.3 billion), is a member of the Federation Council from the Republic of Dagestan, leads the Nafta-Moscow financial and industrial group, and owns the Anji football club.

Childhood

He was born on March 12, 1966 in Derbent, where Sulik (as his close friends called him) spent his childhood. His father, a lawyer by education, worked in the criminal investigation department, and his mother was an accountant in the Sberbank system. He has a brother, who is now a doctor, and a sister, a teacher of Russian language and literature.

In his youth, he was fond of judo and kettlebell lifting, he was repeatedly the champion of various championships.

Education and military service

He studied very well, and his favorite subject at school was mathematics. In 1983, he graduated with honors from secondary school No. 18 and entered the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute at the Faculty of Civil Engineering.

After all, he was drafted into the army. The young man served in Moscow, in the Strategic Missile Forces. In 1986, being a senior sergeant in the position of head of the calculation, he was demobilized.

Upon returning from the service, he continued his studies, but already at the Faculty of Economics at DSU.

Labor activity

After graduating, in 1989 he got a job at the Eltav plant as an ordinary economist, where in five years of work he managed to get the position of assistant general director for economic issues. In 1993, the management of the plant with partners established a bank and registered it in Moscow. Suleiman was sent to represent their interests in the new Fedprombank. Soon the banker already had a controlling stake in the credit institution.

In 1995, Suleiman Abusaidovich was appointed to the post of head of the Soyuz-Finance trading and financial company.

In the spring of 1997, he became a fellow at the International Institute of Corporations, and two years later he led this autonomous non-profit organization as president.

Business and investment projects

In 1999, a new stage in his life began - he bought shares in the Nafta-Moscow oil trading company and began to actively engage in investment and resale transactions. A year later, the company made its first purchase - Varyoganneftegaz.

In November 2005, it acquired 70% of one of the largest gold and silver miners in Russia, Polymetal. A couple of years later, Polymetal was listed on the London Stock Exchange, after which Nafta resold its stake in this holding.

At the same time, his company continued to develop successfully and, through profitable investments made by him during the first years of her leadership, already had a stake in Gazprom and Sberbank (by 2008 it was 4.25% and 5.6%, respectively). However, by mid-2008, Suleiman Abusaidovich himself completely withdrew from the share capital of both structures.

In 2003-2008 Nafta developed the Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye project, also known in the press as the "city of millionaires". In April 2006, she became a co-owner of Mosstroyekonombank, which owns Smolensky Passage, in June she gained control over SEC Razvitie, which unites three construction companies, and in July she announced that she owns 17% of Mospromstroy. All packages were then also resold.

In 2007, the entrepreneur invested in Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and other foreign financial institutions. At the same time, Forbes named him the largest private investor in Morgan Stanley.

In parallel, he was engaged in completely different projects. So, in 2005, together with the capital's mayor's office, a joint telecommunications open joint-stock company Mosteleset was created - the only shareholder of Mostelecom. Two years later, these assets were merged into the National Telecommunications holding and a year later they were sold to a consortium of investors led by Yuri Kovalchuk's National Media Group CJSC for $1.5 billion.

At the end of 2006, together with the government of the capital, it was announced the creation of the United Hotel Company, to which the shares of more than 20 hotels on the balance of the city were transferred (including Balchug, Metropol, National and Radisson-Slavyanskaya ). Nafta was supposed to be one of the leaders in the Moscow hotel market.

Among the other Russian assets of the businessman at that time were the Metronom AG firms and the operator of the Mercado supermarket chain.

In February 2009, Nafta became the owner of 75% of Glavstroy SPb. In the spring of 2009, under the auspices of the entrepreneur, the reconstruction of the Moskva Hotel began, as a result of which a five-star Four Seasons hotel with offices and apartments was opened there, as well as the Fashion Season shopping gallery. In 2015, he first sold the gallery and then the hotel to Alexei Khotin.

In the second quarter of 2009, its structures bought 25% of PIK Group, the largest developer in Russia, whose financial position at that time was precarious. During the first couple of years of his leadership, the group regained financial stability and strengthened its position in the market. In the winter of 2013, the entire stake (which at that time was 38.3%) was sold to Sergey Gordeev and Alexander Mamut.

In the same 2009, Nafta-Moskva bought 37% of Polus Gold, the largest gold producer in the country, from Vladimir Potanin. Over time, this figure increased to 40.22%. In 2012, Polyus held an IPO on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), and at the end of 2015, the rights to 95% of the holding were transferred to it.

In April 2009, having bought out 19.71% of the shares, he became one of the owners of the IFC bank.

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In June 2010, together with partners, he acquired 53% of Uralkali (the size of the transaction was estimated at $5.3 billion). For this purchase, he had to take a decent loan from VTB. In December 2013, he sold his stake in Uralkali to Mikhail Prokhorov (21.75%) and Dmitry Mazepin (19.99%).

In January 2011, Anji Makhachkala, which is part of the Russian football Premier League, passed into his possession. In addition, near Makhachkala, at the expense of the billionaire, a modern Anji-Arena stadium was built with a functioning children's football academy.

In 2013-2014 he sold most of his resources, while his son, a young businessman Abusaid, bought Cinema Park, a large-scale chain of cinemas, from V. Potanin (the deal was valued at $300 million).

Political activity

From 1999 to 2003, he was a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the III convocation, was a member of its security committee. Then, until 2007, he was a deputy of the Duma of the IV convocation, and also served as deputy chairman of the committee on physical culture, sports and youth affairs.

Since 2008, he has been a member of the Federation Council (SF), since March 2011 he has represented Dagestan in the upper house of the Russian parliament.

At the end of September 2016, it became known that the oligarch was re-elected to the Federation Council. The decision was made at the People's Assembly, all 86 deputies from the republic voted "for".

Charity and patronage

In November 2006, in Nice, he was in a car accident and received severe burns. After that, the entrepreneur donated 1 million euros to the Pinocchio charity, which helps children cope with burn injuries.

At the end of 2013, all the assets of the enterprises owned by him were transferred to the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation, which was founded by the billionaire in 2007. One of his most ambitious undertakings is the reconstruction of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, the annual hajj for several thousand Muslims, international youth and cultural festivals, and more.

In 2014, according to Forbes magazine, he was the third richest person in Russia who provided financial assistance to charity projects in 2013.

Among other things, he has headed the board of trustees since the founding of the Wrestling Federation of the Russian Federation in 2006. For many years, his foundation has been the main sponsor of this organization, financing, along with the New Perspective support fund, the national program for the development of freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.

Awards

On March 10, 2016, he was awarded the badge of honor of the Dagestan Republic "For the love of his native land."

In turn, FILA awarded him with its most prestigious award - the "Golden Order".

According to the Forbes list, the heyday of the businessman's material well-being came in 2007-2008: at first he was the seventh richest businessman in the Russian Federation - his fortune was estimated at $ 12.8 billion. The following year, he took eighth place in the rankings, while his fortune grew to $18.4 billion.

In 2016, he was in 45th place with a mark of $ 1.6 billion, in 2017 he became 21st, increasing his fortune to $ 6.3 billion. In 2018, he climbed one line, taking 20th place (the fortune was estimated at $6.4 billion).

Hobbies

In addition to football and martial arts, he loves to surf the sea - for this he owns two yachts - Ice and Millenium, acquired in 2005-2006. One curious fact is connected with the four-deck ninety-meter yacht Ice - for example, in 2012, her crew saved nine people whose pleasure boat capsized. In the media, the owner of the ship was credited with another medal for this - "For the salvation of drowning people."

To travel by air, they use an equally luxurious vehicle - the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) 737-700.

Family status
He met his future wife, Firuza Nazimovna Khanbalaeva, at the university - they studied at the same faculty. The couple have three children. In 1990, a daughter, Gulnara, was born, five years later, a son, Abusaid. The youngest daughter, Aminat, was born in 2003.

Suleiman Kerimov is one of the "old-timers" of the Forbes domestic 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 Parliament, in which he has represented his native republic of Dagestan for many years. Suleiman Kerimov is not only a major businessman and a successful investor, but also an influential political and statesman 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 activity: 1993
• Type of activity at the start: bank "Fedprombank"
• Current activity: member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation from the Republic of Dagestan
• Current state (2017):$6.3 billion

Suleiman Kerimov enjoys well-deserved authority in his native Dagestan, which he has been representing in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation for many years. At the same time, he managed to build his own business empire, which includes large assets in Russia and abroad. Serious life shocks, such as a terrible car accident and the loss of almost all of his fortune in the 2008 crisis, did not break this strong man. He not only returned to big business, but also restored his leading position in the ranking of the country's richest businessmen.

Dagestan is the small homeland of the Russian oligarch

Suleiman, a Lezghin by nationality, was born on March 12, 1966 in sunny Derbent, into an intelligent family of a lawyer and accountant. A brief biography of Suleiman Kerimov begins with a story similar to many fates of that time.

The Soviet childhood and youth of the future billionaire passed in his native Caucasus. He graduated from high school with honors, gave his military duty to the Motherland, having served in the army, graduated in 1989 from the Faculty of Economics of Dagestan State University.

The young man was seriously fond of weightlifting and wrestling and achieved notable success in this field. The career of a young economist also began quite successfully.

Figure 1. Mathematics and sports are Kerimov's childhood hobbies.
Source: www.uznayvse.ru

Family and clan support is traditionally strong in the Caucasus. Thanks to a successful marriage and the patronage of an 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 an economist to an assistant to the 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, a new round began in the biography of Suleiman Kerimov, his ascent to the financial and political Olympus.

By the way, the older brother and sister of Suleiman Kerimov are representatives of the classical professions of a doctor and teacher and have never had a relationship with big business.

Business Features and Sources of Personal Wealth

Soon Kerimov became the head of Fedprombank, and then headed the Soyuz-Finance company. He has gained invaluable experience in operations in the financial markets, as well as lending to enterprises in leading industrial sectors that are experiencing financial difficulties during a crisis.

After overcoming economic problems with the help of additional financing, the enterprises returned loans to the bank with a large marginal return for the credit institution and personally for Kerimov. Probably, it was at this time that an equally successful investor woke up in a smart 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 on successful transactions for the purchase and sale of various assets.

The first and main acquisition of the oligarch was the Nafta-Moscow company, which still remains the main business structure of Kerimov. He quickly increased his stake in the company to 100% and became its sole owner. Initially, Nafta-Moskva 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 Suleiman Kerimov's business are: commitment to first-tier assets (oil, gold mining, telecommunications and development), the creation of profitable enterprises and the ability to resolve business issues with government agencies.

Figure 2. Kerimov has always been able to resolve issues with banks (pictured with VTB President Andrey Kostin).
Source: new.visualrian.ru

The first major income for Kerimov was brought by transactions for the purchase of shares in Gazprom and Sberbank with specially attracted credit money. The favorable situation on the financial market made it possible to quickly repay loans and withdraw large margins from transactions.

Table 1. A number of successful transactions of Suleiman Kerimov

Name of asset (purchase)
1 Polymetal. A controlling stake was acquired in 2005, in 2007 - an IPO was held on the London Stock Exchange in the amount of $ 2.44 billion	In 2008, 70% (the entire package) of shares was sold to Alexander Nesis (IST Group), Alexander Mamut and Peter Kellner (PPF)
2 The city of millionaires "Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye" - a development project (2003-2008)	The project was sold to Mikhail Shishkhanov (Bin Bank)
3 The five-star Four Seasons Hotel was established in 2009 on the basis of the Moskva Hotel.	In 2015, the hotel was sold to Belarusian entrepreneurs Khotin
4 In 2005, Mosteleseti was created, in 2007 - the National Telecommunications holding	In 2008, the asset was sold to Yuri Kovalchuk for $1.5 billion
5 PIK Group is the largest developer in Russia, in 2009 it acquired almost 40% of the shares. At the time of the purchase, the group's capitalization was $279 million, by 2013 - $1.42 billion	In 2013, a stake was sold to Alexander Mamut and Sergey Gordeev
6 Uralkali, 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 and firmly been among the richest businessmen in the country, although the size of his fortune has periodically undergone significant fluctuations.

Source: Forbes

So, in 2008, a real disaster happened in the financial empire of the oligarch. But it was preceded by an even more terrible event that happened in sunny France.

Two catastrophes: life before and after

This news immediately spread around the world. In 2006, a terrible accident occurred in Nice. An elite Ferrari car crashed into a tree at high speed. Behind the wheel was the Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov. The collision was so strong that the car after the accident could not be restored.

Figure 3. Ferrari after the accident was sent to a landfill.
Source: kpcdn.net

The life of the oligarch was saved by the impeccable security system of an expensive foreign car. But, unfortunately, a fire broke out in the cabin, the fire immediately spread to the driver. Eyewitnesses said that Kerimov was literally on fire 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. They saved him. But ahead was a long treatment and recovery. They say that the consequences of the accident affect the health of the oligarch so far.

Reference. Kerimov's companion on that fateful trip was the well-known Russian television personality Tina Kandelaki, who, surprisingly, was practically not injured.

Despite the terrible consequences of a 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 made grandiose plans to expand investments in foreign companies. Not only built, but also actively implemented.

Although there is practically no open information on the size of the money he placed at that time, one can imagine the scope of the operation if Kerimov was named Morgan Stanly's largest private investor.

The oligarch believed so much in the success of his undertakings that, despite the alarming news from the world's largest stock exchanges, a steady decline in stock prices, he continued to buy securities of large enterprises. But this time, Kerimov's impeccable business sense let him down. The global financial market collapsed, burying about 20 billion dollars of Kerimov under the ruins.

Many experts even assumed the end of Suleiman Kerimov's success story after such losses. But Suleiman Abusaidovich earned a reputation as a strong and intelligent player for a reason. Big business carries big risks. And to be able to adequately survive the loss, collapse - this 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 over his assets.

It is noteworthy that Kerimov was able to triumphantly return to the leaders of the Forbes rating literally within a couple of years.

To date, he has practically managed to enter the top twenty of the richest businessmen in Russia. Over the past year, Kerimov's fortune has grown by more than 200%. The oligarch gradually transfers his assets to his son Said, including Polyus Gold and the airport in Makhachkala, increasingly focusing on social activities and charity.

Political career

Karimov is not only a successful businessman who knows how to adequately survive the fall and take off again. The uniqueness of his personality lies in the fact that for a long time he has been a political centenarian, 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 represents his native Dagestan in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.

Of course, formally Kerimov transferred the management of business assets to a fund named after himself, having entered the civil 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 various activities.

Strong family and beautiful personal life

Suleiman met his wife Firuza in his youth. For a long life together, they raised three children, who are currently continuing their father's work. The wife of the oligarch has always been for him a reliable rear and a true friend. 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, the family for Kerimov is sacred. His marriage is strong and indestructible, although attempts to destroy it were still made by other women. For the sake of justice, it should be noted that Suleiman Abusaidovich himself gave rise to such attempts, being a connoisseur and lover of beautiful women.

But his relationship outside the family cannot be called adventures in the vulgar sense of the word. Firstly, as a true Caucasian, Kerimov knows how to romantically and on a grand scale to care for women. Secondly, next to him were some of the most famous and beautiful women in the country. Thirdly, he never really hid his romantic relationship from the public, which, as you know, greatly reduces her interest in such stories.

The oligarch's friends at various times were the singer Natalia Vetlitskaya, the scandalous ballerina Anastasia Volochkova, Tina Kandelaki already mentioned in the article, and the actress Olesya Sudzilovskaya. Each story resembles a fairy tale about a handsome prince, but with the same ending: the prince ends his relationship and stays with his family. The memory of a beautiful girl is apartments, planes, jewelry and boutiques.

Early years.
Education, service

In 2001, Kerimov became the owner of the Nosta steel plant (today Ural Steel), the Ingosstrakh insurance company and Avtobank.

In 2005, through the joint efforts of Suleiman Abusaidovich and the Moscow City Hall, the telecommunications company Mosteleset appeared. Kerimov also owned shares in the PIK developer, Polyus Gold, Uralkali and others, was engaged in the restoration of the Moscow Hotel, invested in foreign projects and companies, and financed the Anji football club.

Politics

car accident

Charity

If you are interested in learning more about the oligarchs on our planet, then you should familiarize yourself with one of the representatives of the oligarchs - Kerimov Suleiman. This man once had a rather interesting position as a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the fourth convocation. At the age of 50, he managed to achieve a lot.

celebrity family

1. Suleiman was born in a prosperous Soviet family in 1966, in the spring, in the month of March, more precisely, on the 12th. His father is a policeman, he worked in the criminal investigation department. Mother is an accountant at Sberbank. The family also has an older brother and sister. Brother is a doctor, sister teaches Russian language and literature.

1. Wife - Firuza Nazimovna Khanbalaeva, she is a couple of years younger than a Russian businessman, a senator from Dagestan.

1. Suleiman's family has three children - daughter Gulnara born in 1990, son Abusaid born in 11995, and daughter Aminat born in 2003.

Successes while serving in the army

Suleiman Abusaidovich since 1984 served for two years as a rocket scientist in the strategic forces. He became a senior sergeant, was the head of the calculation of the Strategic Missile Forces. This man was not lazy - he went in for sports in the army. As a result, he won and became a real champion. This applies to kettlebell lifting.

He returned from the Kerimov army in 1986. After that, he transferred to the Faculty of Economics of the Dagestan University.

This man's life is full of ups and downs. But he never gave up. All the time I tried to move only forward, up, towards the intended goal. that's what every person should do.

Suleiman Kerimov - one of the richest people in Russia

After all, with our hands down, we will go to the bottom - does anyone need it?

This man managed to work at the plant - until 1995, from an ordinary economist, he became an assistant to the general director, dealing with economic issues.

Already in 1995, Suleiman became deputy general director. It was a well-known company "Soyuz-Finance". A couple of years later, he became a research fellow at the International Institute of Corporations, and then vice president of a non-profit organization. This person began to earn initial capital in the 90s. Using the example of this hero, you can make sure that everyone can achieve their goal. The main thing is to believe that everything will work out, to strive to achieve what you want. Stock up on willpower, patience, and you will definitely succeed - you can rest assured.

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Kerimov Suleiman Abusaidovich is a Russian businessman, politician, philanthropist.

Early years.
Education, service

Suleiman Kerimov, a Lezgin by nationality, was born in Derbent on March 12, 1966. His father was engaged in legal activities, worked in the criminal investigation department. Mother was an accountant. In addition to Suleiman, his brother (became a doctor) and sister (became a teacher of Russian language and literature) were also brought up in the family.
In adolescence and youth, Suleiman was fond of sports and mathematics. He was engaged in judo and kettlebell lifting, participated in mathematical Olympiads. Repeatedly won prizes in sports and scientific competitions.
In 1983, Kerimov graduated from high school with honors and entered the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute at the Faculty of Civil Engineering. A year later, Kerimov was drafted into the army. Until 1986, Suleiman served in the Strategic Missile Forces. He held the rank of senior sergeant, served as head of the calculation. Returning from the army, Kerimov was restored at the institute, but transferred to another faculty - economics. During his studies, he was engaged in social activities - he was deputy chairman of the trade union committee of the university. In 1989 he graduated from the university.

Entrepreneurial activity

Immediately after defending his diploma, Suleiman Kerimov, not without the help of his newly minted father-in-law, chairman of the Dagestan Council of Trade Unions, got a job as an economist at the Eltav plant. By 1995, Kerimov took the post of Assistant General Director for Economic Affairs.
In 1993, Suleiman Abusaidovich was sent to work in Moscow, where the partners of the Eltav plant opened the Fedprombank bank. Very soon, Kerimov became the controlling owner of the bank, and in 1995 he took the position of head of the Soyuz-Finance trading and financial company.
In the spring of 1997, Suleiman Kerimov became a research fellow at the International Institute of Corporations in Moscow. Two years later, he became vice president of this enterprise.
In the late 1990s, Suleiman Kerimov began to actively engage in business. At the end of 1999, he bought shares in the oil company Nafta-Moscow. The company existed until 2009, after which it was liquidated. During his work at Nafta, Suleiman received a huge profit.
In 2001, Kerimov became the owner of the Nosta steel plant (today Ural Steel), the Ingosstrakh insurance company and Avtobank. In 2005, through the joint efforts of Suleiman Abusaidovich and the Moscow City Hall, the telecommunications company Mosteleset appeared.

Suleiman Kerimov: statesman and professional investor

Kerimov also owned shares in the PIK developer, Polyus Gold, Uralkali and others, was engaged in the restoration of the Moscow Hotel, invested in foreign projects and companies, and financed the Anji football club.
In the 2000s, Kerimov took over the Razvitie construction holding, and a few months later he sold it, earning about $200 million.

Politics

From 1999 to 2007, Suleiman Kerimov was a deputy of the State Duma from the Liberal Democratic Party. For several years he was deputy chairman of the committee on physical culture, sports and youth affairs. In 2008, Kerimov became a member of the Federation Council of Russia of the upper house of the Federal Assembly, became the representative of Dagestan.
For some time, Kerimov was a deputy in the People's Assembly of Dagestan. In early autumn 2016, Suleiman Abusaidovich was re-elected as a senator from Dagestan in the Federation Council.

car accident

November 26, 2006 Suleiman Kerimov had an accident in Nice. The businessman was driving his Ferrari Enzo, and the company was, by the way, Tina Kandelaki. Suleiman was badly injured, he received severe burns. After that incident, Kerimov began to wear flesh-colored gloves to hide his crippled hands from prying eyes.

Charity

Suleiman Kerimov is a famous philanthropist. In 2007, he founded the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation, whose main activity is to financially and otherwise support initiatives aimed at improving the lives of young people around the world. The Foundation is engaged in promoting projects to improve the situation in the areas of health, sports, and culture. In addition, the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation helps those in need, closely cooperates with many Russian and foreign charitable organizations.
Since 2006, Suleiman Kerimov has been the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Wrestling Federation. Also, the businessman is a member of the Board of Trustees of the educational center for gifted children "Sirius" in Sochi and "Sirius-Altair" in Makhachkala.
After the accident in 2006, Suleiman donated one million euros to the Pinocchio Foundation, which works with children affected by burns.

P.S. At one time, Suleiman Kerimov, among many regions of Dagestan, provided charitable assistance to the Rutul region. In particular, comfortable small mosques were built in our area on the territory of sacred places so that travelers on the road would have a place to pray. He also provided funding for the Hajj for the residents of our Rutul region for several years in a row, for which the entire jamaat of the multinational Rutul region expresses its gratitude to him!

A couple of years ago, in an interview with ND, the director of the Dagagropromproekt Institute, Nazim Khanbalaev, speaking about the cost of mistakes and miscalculations in the design of urban areas, spoke about a certain Grigoriev, who headed the Daggiprovodkhoz design institute many years ago. This comrade, when preparing the project for the reconstruction of the KOR, decided to save three million rubles and did not include in it the work on the improvement of the territory of the canal's water protection zone. And although Grigoriev was removed from work for this miscalculation, the consequences of his mistake as a designer are still echoing today. Thanks to him, today we have a vulnerable, constantly polluted KOR, which has turned into a branch of the city's garbage dump.

For many years, Makhachkala was built up without a master plan, solely at the whim of our mayors. At the same time, the requirements for the quality of construction were regularly reduced, and as a result, the city was given to the Maalinsky developers - specialists in the construction of life-threatening, low-quality, but at the same time very cheap housing. I have written more than once about the direct consequences of such an "urban planning policy", so I will not repeat myself. I will tell you about only one indirect.

This week, the Ministry of Construction and Housing of the Russian Federation calculated the average market price per square meter of housing in the regions for the third quarter of 2018. For Dagestan, this figure has not changed, remaining at the same level - 29 thousand 665 rubles.

This indicator is calculated as follows: builders submit reports to the Statistical Office, which indicate the cost per square meter of housing in the houses they have built. It is clear that cheap Maalinsky housing has greatly corrected this indicator. So much so that the former Minister of Construction Ibragim Kazibekov, at a meeting with the builders, tearfully asked the developers to urgently redo the reports, maximizing the cost of the "square". They say that with the same request he turned to the employees of the Statistical Administration, who got their hands on the preparation of agricultural reports. As a result, with common efforts, they came out with difficulty for 29,665 rubles.

Kazibekov's concern is easily explained. After all, according to this indicator, all federal tranches in the field of construction are calculated, and first of all, funds for the construction of houses under the program for the resettlement of citizens from dilapidated and dilapidated housing.

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The cheaper the "square", the less money the republic will receive.

The real cost of building a reliable frame in Dagestan today is estimated at about 28-29 thousand rubles per square meter. The most budgetary "finishing" will cost another 6-7 thousand rubles. It turns out that even at the stage of financing in Dagestan, this same finishing money was stolen from immigrants from dilapidated and dilapidated housing (after all, housing must be handed over on a turnkey basis).

And if we take into account the appetites of our officials and developers who won the tender, for the "square", as the experience of building the "poor fellows' quarter" at the Hippodrome shows, less than 20 thousand rubles remain. And it turns out that the Maalins not only disfigured the city, but also set new construction standards for many years to come. Such are the things.

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New evidence has been found linking Russian businessman Suleiman Kerimov to villas on the Cote d'Azur in France.

At the end of November, Russian senator and billionaire Suleiman Kerimov was detained in France. He is suspected of fraud when buying luxury villas, from which he could not pay "tens of millions of euros" in taxes. Karimov himself denies that he owns any real estate on the Cote d'Azur. However, the statements of the official owner of the property indicate that the houses are managed by the holding, which in the 2000s “closed the business” of the Russian businessman. In addition, the Dozhd TV channel found mention of three possible inhabitants of the villa in the architectural plans of one of the French residences.

Russian senator Suleiman Kerimov was detained on November 20 at Nice airport. Two days later, the billionaire (worth $6.3 billion, according to Forbes) was taken to court and charged with tax evasion and money laundering, said Nice prosecutor Jean-Michel Pratre. As a result, Kerimov's passport was taken away and he was released on bail of 5 million euros. In addition, the senator must fulfill a number of conditions. “Remain on the territory of the Alpes-Maritimes department, go to the police several times a week and not come into contact with some persons, the list of which I cannot tell you,” the prosecutor listed.

According to a Reuters source, Kerimov was charged with laundering money hidden in tax evasion. The senator is charged with buying several residences on the Cote d'Azur through shell companies, thanks to which he allegedly saved on taxes. The total damage could be "tens of millions of euros," Le Temps wrote, citing AFP, who cite a source close to the investigation.

How did they get to Kerimov

The local publication Nice-Matin links Kerimov's arrest to the searches at the Hier villa, which took place in February this year. The publication wrote that then the police seized the bill to the draper for 580 thousand euros, as well as family photographs and documents that may indicate that the villa actually belongs to Kerimov. French authorities launched an investigation in 2014 when they were tracking a lawyer linked to Karimov, suspected of fraud and money laundering. From his wiretapping, it followed that the cost of the villa could be 127 million euros, and the purchase price was deliberately understated to reduce taxes.

Suleiman Kerimov - biography, information, personal life

61 million euros could be transferred to the seller's Swiss bank account, Nice-Matin wrote, citing case files.

According to the documents, the owner of the villa is Swiss businessman Alexander Studhalter. He confirmed that he bought it in 2008 for 35 million euros. “Suleiman Kerimov, with whom I have also had business and personal relationships for many years, is neither the owner nor the economic beneficiary of Villa Hier,” Studhalter replied.

The French authorities suspect that through the "maze" of offshore companies, French banks and Luxembourg companies, the villa actually belongs to Kerimov, Nice-Matin wrote, citing documents from the investigation. The senator himself, through a representative, denied these accusations, emphasizing that all of Karimov's property is indicated in his declaration. In 2016, it listed two apartments in Russia, with an area of ​​37 and 53 square meters.

Four villas in the "bay of billionaires"

The area in the south of Cape d'Antibes, where Villa Hier is located, is called by the locals "the Bay of Billionaires". The most expensive residences are located here, some of which are owned by Russian oligarchs and businessmen from the Middle East, real estate agent Olivier Maugeri-Pont told The Telegraph. Roman Abramovich, Andrey Melnichenko and the Minister for North Caucasus Affairs Lev Kuznetsov live in neighboring villas, who indicates the site in France in his declaration. Realtors call Kerimov "Russian Gatsby" - for the parties that he threw here. At Cape d'Antibes in 2005, a search was carried out at the residence of Boris Berezovsky. The fact that one of the neighboring villas belonged to Kerimov, Forbes wrote in 2015.

According to Nice-Matin, the French authorities suspect that the senator owns four villas at once: Hier, Medy Roc, Florella and Lexa. Their total area is more than 90 thousand square meters. One of the most famous villas - Medy Roc - is included in the French list of cultural heritage sites. After the change of ownership in 2008, a separate exhibition was assembled from the interior items removed from it in New York.

At the nearby Villa Hier, where searches took place in February of this year, director Frank Oz filmed the film "Inveterate Scoundrels" in 1988. All four villas are located next to each other and according to the documents belong to the Swiss entrepreneur Alexander Studhalter.

familiar name

As follows from the French registry, the villa Hier, where the searches took place, is issued to the company VH Antibes SAS, registered to the Swiss entrepreneur. The name of the Swiss is also indicated in the founding documents of the nearby villas Medy Roc, Florella and Lexa.

As follows from the words of Studhalter, he manages the villas through the Swiss holding Swiru. Studhalter is the only beneficiary of the Swiru holding and “the property that he manages through subsidiaries,” including villas, the businessman said.

The name of this company appeared in publications about Kerimov's business in the 2000s. Since 2008, the Swiss has also headed Kerimov's charitable Suleyman Kerimov Foundation, which since 2013 has been managing the senator's assets, including through a complex network of offshore companies in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Cyprus and the United States. The fact that the villas in the "Bay of billionaires" and the Kerimov fund are managed by the same person is evidenced by Studhalter's signatures under the companies' documents:

Studhalter said that he came to the Russian market back in the 90s, and then, having created the Swiru holding (from the two words SWIss and RUssian), he began investing in Gazprom, Nafta Moscow OJSC, Vnukovo Airlines and Sberbank. All these assets were somehow connected with Kerimov: in 1997-1998 he owned Vnukovo Airlines, in 1999 he acquired the oil trader Nafta-Moscow, and in the period from 2003 to 2008 he owned 4.24% of the shares Gazprom and 5.6% of Sberbank.

In 2005, Kommersant wrote, citing sources, that Kerimov's business was closing up on the Swiru holding. In 2012, both Kommersant and Forbes also, citing sources, claimed that the entrepreneur's personal assets were registered with this holding. “Mansions in France and England, two yachts, several planes, perhaps some money in the accounts,” Forbes specified. At that time, Studhalter was already listed as the owner of villas on the Cote d'Azur.

Even more about Kerimov's connection with Studhalter and Swiru became known after the publications in 2016 and 2017 of the "Panamanian" and "Paradise dossier". From these documents it followed that Swiru was the founder of the Bermudian company Altitude 41, co-owned by Kerimov. The fact that he owns 5% of the Altitude company in Bermuda, the senator reported in a declaration in 2011.

Swiru is connected with Russia by another offshore with a similar name - Altitude X3 Ltd, whose shareholder was a Swiss holding. As it became known after the publication of the Panama Archive, this company owned the plane, which, according to Alexei Navalny in his investigation, is used by Igor Shuvalov and his wife. Another owner of the offshore was Nariman Gadzhiev, the namesake of the ex-Minister of Press and Information of Dagestan, whom Forbes calls a relative of Kerimov.

Home for Guli, Amina and Said

In 2009, London-based design firm MMM architects was approached by a "client" to design his residence in Antibes. It was just about Villa Medy Roc. The bureau published the proposed design on its website, along with handwritten notes. Among them, including the signatures "Gulas bedroom" (Guli's room), "Eminas bedroom" (Emina's room) and "entrance to Saids" (entrance to Said). Kerimov has three children: daughters Gulnara and Amin and son Said. The description of the villa says that the offer to develop the design came during the work on the London project of the same client. Forbes wrote in 2012 that Kerimov also has real estate in London.

To Dozhd's written question about who the customer was, MMM architects did not respond.

Works on this and neighboring villa in 2010 were also carried out by the architectural bureau CAP Architecture group. In the portfolio of the company, the Medy Roc villa garden project is signed simply - “oligarch”. The following year, the bureau published another project, this time at Villa Florella, the description says that this is the territory of Medy Roc.

Kerimov's spokesman Alexei Krasovsky did not respond to Dozhd's emailed questions.

In total, four people are involved in the Kerimov case: in addition to the Russian senator and Studhalter, Philippe Borgetti and French tax lawyer Philippe Chiaverini were charged, Le Temps wrote, citing the lawyer of one of them. If Kerimov's guilt is proven, he faces up to 10 years in prison, writes Forbes.

Simple Russian oligarchs. Non-trivial success story: Suleiman Kerimov

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

Suleiman Kerimov (according to his entourage)

Suleiman Kerimov became, according to many experts, the true cause of the “potash war” between Belarus and Russia, it was because of Kerimov that it was allegedly decided to organize the United Football Championship (OC) at all costs, which we will talk about separately . And also - a scandalous accident on a chic supercar with Tina Kandelaki, a dozen and a half billion (at least) dollars of personal assets at the peak of a business career, and many, many, even too many other aspects. The success story of this man is quite worthy of attention.

Start

Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov was born on March 12, 1966 in a far from the simplest family of 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 prosperous life both then and today.

Suleiman was an athletic and intelligent child: he was engaged 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 Rocket Forces and, by the way, their elite unit. After the army, Kerimov recovers at school, but is transferred to the Faculty of Economics, where he meets his future wife Feruza. Feruza's father was a match for the parents of Suleiman himself: a prominent party worker who helped his son-in-law take the place of an economist at the prestigious Dagestan enterprise Eltav. The plant produced products from the category of a large deficit - electronic equipment. In 1993, this successful enterprise needed its own bank. Such was created and received the name of the "Federal Industrial Bank" (Fedbank), its representative was sent to Moscow. The representative was none other than Suleiman Kerimov.

Moscow. Big start

After a couple of years of Moscow life, Suleiman Abusaidovich became the general director of Soyuz-Finance. In 1998, the businessman invested fifty million dollars in the acquisition of 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 it is necessary to analyze what is happening in much more detail.

Fedprombank

As we remember, Suleiman Kerimov was in Moscow a representative of Fedprombank, created for the Eltav plant. Its "compatriots" helped the Dagestan bank extremely actively, as a result of which the financial institution grew and developed rapidly. And Kerimov actively bought up 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 for himself, and even participated in the sale of Vnukovo Airlines. True, the Accounts Chamber had a lot of uncomfortable questions about the deal, but Suleiman Abusaidovich avoided trouble.

Over a “couple of years,” buying up shares in an ever-growing bank gave an excellent increase in the initial capital of the future billionaire.

Oil and Naphtha. Nafta-Moscow

The end of the 90s in Russia is the era of a big war for resources. Suleiman Kerimov at that time did not yet have enough "muscles" in business for big wars, so he concentrated his efforts on a relatively "small" facility by the standards of billionaires - the company "Varioganneft", naturally engaged in oil. Having won the object, Kerimov did what he would do with all the seized assets in the future: he sold it (in this particular case, to Mikhail Gurtsiev).

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

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

Suleiman Abusaidovich did not like trading oil. The assets of the company, bought for 50 million, Karimov soon enough sold for 400 million dollars. And then a new campaign for money began.

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

Now this is called "hostile takeover", no one complains about anything to law enforcement agencies, silence remains. But such a business name hid 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 a whole steel plant, Ingosstrakh, Ingosstrakh-Soyuz, etc. No luck with the other: the attention of the three main sharks of the time: Roman Abramovich, Oleg Deripaska and, of course, Suleiman Kerimov. The latter eventually won, and the owner of Avtobank, Andrey Andreev, according to him, received nothing except for the prefix "ex" to the status of the owner.

In 2005, Kerimov already became the owner of billions of dollars, but he still begins to hunt for another object: Mosmontazhspetsstroy, Glavmosstroy, Mospromstroy - all three corporations were part of the Razvitie SEC, whose office was 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 pointedly demonstrated: “Come on, you, a simple economic dispute that has nothing to do with us.” True, it was Luzhkov himself who asked Suleiman to “sort things out a little” with the presumptuous leadership of Razvitie, who loved forceful methods. Kerimov "figured it out", very quickly reselling the mined object for 80-85 million dollars.

Forbes once wrote that the acquaintances of the businessman often mentioned one ethnic trait of Suleiman Abusaidovich: he certainly strove to take what was “bad”, and he needed psychological actions to use force. The hot Dagestan mentality of a calm, pretty businessman.

Investments in Russian

If Kerimov had relied on "acquisitions" alone, then he would not be the Kerimov he is.

Do you remember how it all started in Moscow? Connections and investments in 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, where there is enough capital, but it's another thing to buy "packs" of shares of 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 its beginning) has 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 a pledge ... Purchased shares. Shares rose in price, the amount of collateral increased, 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 a pledge - and again buy shares from it. All risks - to Sberbank, all profits ... That's right.

Filaret Galchev and Vadim Moshkovich worked with Sberbank according to a similar scheme, but this bank made real curtsy to Kerimov. For example, Sberbank does not consider it possible to issue loans to one creditor for more than 25% of its capital.

Suleiman Kerimov ...

Nafta approached the limit, and when it seemed that it was absolutely impossible to take out new loans, the rule worked: if you can’t, but you really need it, then you can. Since 2005, loans were taken by ZAO Novy Proekt instead of Nafta-Moskva, and although the owner was the same there, the bank did not notice this. Why? Firstly, business in Russian allows this, and secondly, re-read the words in the epigraph.

In 2007, it became clear that Sberbank of Russia was going under the control of German Gref. Karimov repays $4 billion in loans (which saves him from the uncomfortable questions “who authorized?”, “who will be responsible?”, etc.) and keeps huge profits for himself.

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

Will foreigners help us?

Indeed, somehow frivolous: everything is Russia and Russia. But what about the expansion of capital to the West? In fact, the question was not about the desire of Kerimov himself: he wanted something, he believed that "there will be more." By 2006, his affairs were going so well that it was possible to take on the world. But ... "There" was 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 Vine was not just a top manager, but the director of the Russian branch of Merrill Lynch. In the future, he gets to know Kerimov, they develop a friendship, and eventually a partnership. Vine 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 "key" to enter those offices in which the young and wealthy Dagestanis were not particularly willing to see before.

The task was simple: Morgan Stanley was the first to decide to check the "purity" of Kerimov's assets. In part, this decision of the bank was due to the fact that Vine and John Mack, who headed MS, were old friends, and in part, the natural disposing charisma of the oligarch. In addition, no one dug particularly 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 thrills gets into a serious accident with Tina Kandelaki. A businessman gets severe burns, he is treated in the best clinics in the world, he maintains a 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 by buying assets abroad. 26 billion was received, 20 billion went to debts and other expenses, 6 billion went "for 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 there 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 because of the actions of a businessman and an epic with Anji Makhachkala, a story with OC and other scandals. Nobody has written about much of what we will tell you before, but it will be in the next article.

Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov (Lezg. Kerimrin Abusaidan hwa Suleiman). Born March 12, 1966 in Derbent (Dagestan). Russian businessman and politician.

By nationality - Lezgins.

Father is a policeman.

Mother is an accountant, worked in the Sberbank system.

Suleiman is the youngest in the family. Has a brother, a doctor by profession. He also has a sister, she is a teacher of Russian language and literature.

During his school years he went in for sports - judo and kettlebell lifting. Repeatedly became the winner of various competitions. He studied well at school, the exact sciences were easy for him, and mathematics was his favorite subject.

After the first course, he was drafted into the army and served in the Strategic Missile Forces in 1984-1986. He was demobilized with the rank of senior sergeant as head of the calculation.

After demobilization, he transferred to the Faculty of Economics of the Dagestan State University, from which he graduated in 1989. While studying at DSU, he was a public activist, deputy chairman of the trade union committee of the university.

After graduation, he worked as an economist at the Eltav defense plant. He went from being an economist to assistant general director for economic affairs, which he became in 1995.

The growth of Suleiman Kerimov: 182 centimeters.

Personal life of Suleiman Kerimov:

Married. His wife's name is Firuza, she is his classmate at DSU. Father-in-law in the past, a major party functionary, chairman of the Dagestan Council of Trade Unions Nazim Khanbalaev. With his help, Karimov took the first steps in the career of a successful businessman.

Has three children.

Suleiman Kerimov, wife Firuz, children and mother

Had many high-profile novels. His scandalous personal life is constantly in the spotlight of the media.

He was in a relationship with a 1990s star singer. He, without hiding, appeared with the artist at social events. At one time they were even considered almost husband and wife. The businessman showered Natalya with expensive gifts and literally overwhelmed her with money. “He spares nothing for me. He gives money in bags,” Vetlitskaya boasted to her friends.

After the affair with Kerimov, Vetlitskaya left a huge house in New Riga with 3,000 square meters. There were also rumors about an apartment in Paris donated to her and various expensive jewelry.

Natalia Vetlitskaya

Anastasia Volochkova

However, the affair with Volochkova quickly ended. Persons familiar with the situation explained this by the excessive greed of the ballerina, which pushed the businessman away from her. After the break with Kerimov, Volochkova started having problems in the theater.

Nastya tried to return her rich lover, even publicly confessed her love to him, but to no avail.

Anastasia Volochkova about Suleiman Kerimov

Olesya Sudzilovskaya

Zhanna Friske

The businessman had an affair with a TV presenter. This became known after November 26, 2006 in Nice (France) Kerimov got into an accident on his Ferrari Enzo - crashed into a tree. The airbags cushioned the impact, but burning fuel erupted from the fuel tank, starting a fire. The businessman, engulfed in flames, fell to the ground, trying to put out the burning clothes. He was helped by teenagers playing baseball on the lawn. This saved his life, although French doctors fought for it for a long time. He received severe burns, which is why he is now forced to wear flesh-colored gloves.

Together with Kerimov, Tina Kandelaki was in the car. As a memento of this incident, Tina received two tattoos. On the left wrist is one of the Reiki symbols - chokurei (jap. 超空霊 cho: kurei), the meaning of which has several interpretations, one of which allows you to speed up the healing process. On the left thigh is a Chinese character that means "mother". The tattoos are inflicted on the places of burns received as a result of the accident.

Tina Kandelaki

For 4 years he was in a relationship with designer Katya Gomiashvili (born 1978) - the daughter of a famous actor (he played Ostap Bender in Gaidai's 12 Chairs).

Ekaterina Gomiashvili, at the time of relations with Kerimov, opened a number of boutiques in Moscow and London. Top models Kate Moss and Devon Aoki took part in advertising Gomiashvili's clothing collections.

After parting with Kerimov, Ekaterina retired and left for Bali, where she gave birth to a daughter. There were rumors that it could be Kerimov's child, but officially a certain Italian is the father.

Entrepreneurial activity of Suleiman Kerimov

Since 1993, he has been living and working in Moscow - since the Eltav company and its subsidiaries established the Federal Industrial Bank. Suleiman was sent to him to represent the interests of Eltava.

In Moscow, the circle of his business acquaintances is expanding dramatically. The energy of the young businessman, the professionalism of the manager, the desire for independence did not go unnoticed.

In 1995, Kerimov accepted an offer to become deputy general director of the Soyuz-Finance company in Moscow.

Since April 1997 - Researcher at the International Institute of Corporations (Moscow).

At the end of 1999, Suleiman Kerimov bought shares in an oil trading company "Nafta-Moscow"- the successor of the Soviet monopoly Soyuznefteexport. Subsequently, this company became the main business tool of Kerimov.

In 2003, Nafta-Moskva received a loan from Vnesheconombank, which was invested in the shares of OAO Gazprom. Over the next year, Gazprom's share prices doubled and the loan was repaid within four months. In 2004, Sberbank provided Kerimov's structures with a loan in the total amount of 3.2 billion US dollars, which was also invested in shares, and subsequently fully repaid. By 2008, Nafta-Moskva owned 4.25% of the shares of Gazprom and 5.6% of the shares of Sberbank. In mid-2008, Kerimov completely withdrew from the share capital of Gazprom and Sberbank.

In November 2005, Nafta-Moskva acquired a 70% stake in "Polymetal"- one of the largest gold and silver mining holdings in Russia. In 2007, Polymetal successfully completed an IPO on the London Stock Exchange, after which Nafta-Moskva sold the company's shares.

In 2005, the Moscow City Hall and one of Kerimov's structures created a joint telecommunications venture Mosteleset, which became the sole shareholder of Mostelecom, the largest cable operator in Moscow. In 2007, the telecommunications assets were merged into the National Telecommunications holding and a year later they were sold to a consortium of investors led by Yuri Kovalchuk's National Media Group for $1.5 billion.

In 2003-2008, Nafta-Moskva developed the Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye project, which was called the "city of millionaires" in the press, the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bcreating belonged to Kerimov. Later, the project was sold to the president of Binbank, Mikhail Shishkhanov.

In the spring of 2009, Kerimov's structures took up the reconstruction project of the Moskva Hotel. After the completion of the reconstruction, a five-star Four Seasons hotel with a shopping center, offices and apartments was opened in the building. In 2015, Belarusian businessmen, the Khotin brothers, bought the hotel from Kerimov's structures.

In the spring of 2009, Kerimov's structures bought 25% of the shares "PEAK"- the largest developer in Russia. At that time, the PIK group of companies needed additional financial resources: the debt reached $1.98 billion, and capitalization fell to more than $279 million. Nafta-Moskva later increased its stake in PIK Group to 38.3%.

During the first 2 years of Kerimov's ownership (from 2009 to 2011), PIK restored financial stability and strengthened its position in the market. In December 2013, Kerimov sold the entire stake to Russian businessmen Sergey Gordeev and Alexander Mamut.

After losses during the economic crisis of 2008-2009, Kerimov changed his investment strategy and began to buy large enough blocks of shares to be able to influence the strategies of the companies in which he invests. In 2009, Nafta-Moskva bought a 37% stake in the company from Vladimir Potanin for $1.3 billion. "Polyus Gold"- the largest gold producer in Russia. Later, the stake was increased to 40.22%.

In 2012, the company held an IPO on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). At the end of 2015, Kerimov's structures consolidated the rights to 95% of the shares of Polyus Gold by redeeming shares from minority shareholders. The offer was followed by the delisting of Polyus Gold from the London Stock Exchange.

In April 2016, the children of the entrepreneur - Said and Gulnara - were included in the board of directors of PJSC Polyus Gold.

In June 2010, Kerimov and his partners Alexander Nesis, Filaret Galchev and Anatoly Skurov acquired a 53% stake in the potash giant Uralkali from the previous owner Dmitry Rybolovlev. The deal was valued at $5.3 billion. For this purchase, Kerimov received a significant loan from VTB.

As the world's largest producer of potash fertilizers, Uralkali sold products on the world market jointly with Belaruskali through a common sales company (BPC). In July 2013, Uralkali announced that it was withdrawing from the marketing agreement with Belaruskali, cutting prices and increasing production to maximum capacity in order to increase market share. On September 2, 2013, the Investigative Committee of Belarus opened a criminal case against Kerimov and a number of employees of Uralkali in the abuse of power and authority. On the evening of September 2, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus defiantly sent an application to Interpol to put Kerimov on the international wanted list, but Interpol denied the message of the Belarusian authorities about putting Kerimov on the “red list”, seeing a political motive in the request. Subsequently, the Belarusian authorities withdrew the request and closed all criminal cases.

In December 2013, Kerimov sold a 21.75% stake in Uralkali to businessman and 19.99% to Uralchem ​​owner Dmitry Mazepin.

Invested outside of Russia, but unsuccessfully. In 2007, as markets around the world began to tumble, Kerimov reduced his holdings in Gazprom and other Russian blue chips and approached Wall Street to invest much of his fortune. In exchange, Kerimov was to receive more favorable credit terms for future loans. In 2007, Kerimov invested billions of dollars in Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and other financial institutions. Although neither Kerimov nor Western banks have disclosed the exact size of his investments, they are quite significant. Forbes magazine called Kerimov the largest private investor in Morgan Stanley. By 2008, according to Forbes, he withdrew the bulk of his capital from Russia by investing in shares of foreign corporations. Analysts estimate that during the economic crisis, this decision led to a loss of almost $20 billion as a result of margin calls.

Suleiman Kerimov's fortune: In the Forbes ranking of "200 richest businessmen in Russia" for 2017, he took 21st place with $ 6.3 billion. In 2016, according to Forbes magazine, his fortune was $6.1 billion. In previous years: 2013 - $7.1 billion; 2012 - $6.5 billion; 2011 - $7.8 billion; 2010 - $5.5 billion

Criminal prosecution of Suleiman Kerimov in France:

November 20, 2017 . Later it was clarified that - several tens of millions of euros. Four other alleged accomplices were also detained with him. He was ordered to hand over his passport of a Russian citizen to the French police and pay a bail of 5 million euros in order to avoid detention. In addition, he is obliged "to refuse meetings and contacts with a list of persons that we cannot disclose," the prosecutor said. This means that the billionaire senator will not be able to leave France.

Earlier in March 2017, the Nice Matin newspaper reported on a search at the Hier villa in France, which allegedly belongs to Kerimov. The searches took place on February 15 in connection with the investigation into the acquisition of real estate in France. According to the publication, the senator owns real estate in Antibes, the total area of ​​​​which is 90 thousand square meters. The area of ​​the villa itself reaches 12 thousand square meters. The billionaire's assistant then stated that Kerimov had no property outside of Russia. According to him, the newspaper's information is unreliable.

In June 2018, he himself was transferred to the category of witnesses.

From January 2011 to December 2016, Suleiman Kerimov was the owner of the Anji football club (Makhachkala), which plays in the Russian Football Premier League. Under him, the club acquired such well-known players as Yuri Zhirkov (Chelsea London) and Roberto Carlos (Corinthians Sao Paulo), super-forward Samuel Eto'o (Internationale, Milan).

In 2013, as part of the development of a new long-term strategy for the development of the club, it was decided to reduce the club's annual budget to the level of 50-70 million dollars, compared with the previous budget of 180 million dollars per season. Most of the expensive foreign stars were sold, and the club made a bet on young Russian players.

In addition to financing Anji, a modern Anji Arena football stadium for 30,000 spectators was built near Makhachkala at the expense of Kerimov, and the Anji Children's Football Academy operates.

Political activities of Suleiman Kerimov

In 1999-2003, Suleiman Kerimov was a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the III convocation from the Liberal Democratic Party, was a member of the State Duma Committee on Security. In the period from 2003 to 2007, Kerimov was a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the IV convocation from the Liberal Democratic Party, and also served as deputy chairman of the committee on physical culture, sports and youth affairs.

Since 2008, Kerimov has become a member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation of the upper house of the Federal Assembly and represents the Republic of Dagestan.

The entire period of Kerimov's stay as a member of parliament, and then as a senator, the shares of enterprises owned by him, as well as other business assets, were in trust management, and since the end of 2013 they have been transferred to the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation.

In September 2016, he was re-elected as a senator from Dagestan in the Federation Council. In this regard, he prematurely terminated his powers as a deputy in the People's Assembly of Dagestan.

Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov married his eldest daughter Gulnara. The grandiose wedding took place on June 25 at the elite golf club Agalarov Club in the Moscow region, the SUPER tabloid reports. The chosen one of 24-year-old Gulnara was a young man named Arsen.

Among the stars invited to the celebration were both Russian and foreign artists. The audience was entertained by the famous Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, the LMFAO group, the hip-hop artist Flo Rida, the duet of Angelica Varum and Leonid Agutin. Philip Kirkorov surprised the newlyweds and guests with a song in the Lezgi language. Also at the wedding was seen the oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov.

The bride was dressed in an exquisite modest dress. The girl behaved in public with restraint and dignity, and the number of compliments addressed to her surpassed the uncountable number of fragrant fresh flowers in the hall, the newspaper notes.

According to Caucasian customs, the tables were bursting with treats. And a wedding cake several meters high was decorated with many flowers and pendants playing in the light. After enthusiastic exclamations, the guests were given chocolate bowls, inside of which there was the same raspberry filling as in the cake.

Suleiman Kerimov, 48, is a member of the Federation Council from Dagestan. Controls the financial and industrial group "Nafta Moscow", owns the football club "Anji". His fortune is estimated at 7.1 billion dollars. Married to Firuza Khanbalaeva. The couple have three children - daughter Gulnara (born in 1990), son Abusaid (1995), younger daughter Aminat (2003).