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The court rejected Ismailov's claim against Rosbalt ... the leader of the Koptev group, but they were not taken into account. Telman Ismailov filed a lawsuit against Rosbalt Ismailov filed a lawsuit for the protection of honor, dignity and business ... on the agency's website, five of which were written by journalist Yuri Vershov. Ismailov demanded compensation for moral damage in the amount of 1 million rubles ... in the case of the kidnapping of singer Avraam Russo. Currently Ismailov is on the international wanted list. He himself stated that he "did not commit ... The lawyer announced the return to the investigation of the case of the abduction of Abraham Russo ... Mardanov. The organizer of the kidnapping, according to the investigation, is the main owner of the AST Ismailov- he financed Rousseau's concert activity until between ... . As stated in the materials of the investigation, at the end of January 2004 Ismailov invited Russo to Prague, and then, together with Mardanov, beat ... The Investigative Committee completed the investigation into the case of the abduction of Abraham Russo The Investigative Committee of Russia has completed an investigation into the criminal case of the kidnapping of singer Abraham Russo. This was reported on the SK channel in Tam-Tam. "The investigation is completed, the criminal case has been sent for approval of the indictment," the report says. In September, Kommersant reported that Russo wrote a statement to law enforcement agencies, in ... The ex-owner of the Cherkizovsky market called his “letter” to Putin a provocation ... Telman Ismailov denies writing a letter to the president. Wanted businessman explains criminal cases against himself as a slander Former owner of the Cherkizovsky market, businessman Telman Ismailov... Rosbalt reported, citing law enforcement sources, that Telman Ismailov wrote a letter to Vladimir Putin stating that "former partners... Ismailov's lawyer denied sending him a letter to Putin's administration Telman Ismailov did not write a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the lawyer told RBC ... the agency's articles based on information from a law enforcement source. Ismailov previously was the owner of the Cherkizovsky market, which existed until 2009. In ... the circulation of weapons. The Basmanny Court ordered his arrest in absentia. Ismailov was put on the international wanted list, the Investigative Committee also sent to the Prosecutor General's Office ... Lawyer announced Ismailov's absentee accusation of kidnapping singer Russo ... To the former owner of the Cherkizovsky market Telman Ismailov was charged in absentia with organizing the kidnapping of singer Avraam Russo, ... cases that were at the disposal of Kommersant, January 31, 2004 Ismailov invited the singer to his office in Prague, where, together with ... Telman Ismailov's nephew will be released on bail of 10 million rubles. ... his house was searched. According to the publication, the organizer of the kidnapping was Ismailov, who financed the singer's concert activity until they quarreled. According to the investigation, on January 31 Ismailov invited Russo to the Prague restaurant. After that, he and CEO...Society, 18 Sep 2018, 20:21
Telman Ismailov's nephew charged with kidnapping ... conflict. The materials of the investigation state that on January 31, 2004 Ismailov invited Russo to dine at Prague, after which he beat the singer together ...Society, 18 Sep 2018, 04:42
Telman Ismailov was suspected of ordering the kidnapping of singer Abraham Russo ... . However, the organizer of the kidnapping, according to investigators, was the main owner of AST Telman Ismailov. The latter at one time financed Russo's concert activity, but then between ... to organize the search for Ismailov through Interpol. "According to the investigation, Telman Ismailov is the organizer of the murder of two entrepreneurs - [owner shopping malls] Vladimir Savkin... Consideration of Ismailov's claim against Rosbalt transferred to St. Petersburg ... the city of St. Petersburg for further consideration,” Judge Yulian Lebedev announced. Ismailov sued for the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation to ... articles on Rosbalt, five of which were written by journalist Yuri Vershov. Ismailov demands from the publication compensation for moral damage in the amount of 1 ... Telman Ismailov filed a lawsuit against Rosbalt ...reputation is likely to go unsatisfied. "Considering the fact that Telman Ismailov V currently is on the international wanted list on charges of... Telman Ismailov Marina Rusakova. Another brother of Ismailov, Vagif, was arrested in absentia. Telman Ismailov put on the international wanted list. The Investigative Committee also sent materials to the Prosecutor General's Office... Avangard Bank bought the Ismailov shopping center in Moscow for 1.55 billion rubles. ... 2000, which belonged to the structures of the AST group of Telman Ismailov and his family. Telman Ismailov was declared bankrupt in December 2015 after the statement of the creditor ... by decision of the authorities due to violation of sanitary standards. Before bankruptcy Ismailov repeatedly included in the list of the richest people in Russia. In 2015...Business, 13 Feb 2018, 14:48
The court confirmed the debt of the ex-owner of the Cherkizovsky market for another 9 billion rubles. ... to BM-bank (former Bank of Moscow) and to Deutsche Bank. Telman Ismailov, who controlled the AST group of companies, in 2009, law enforcement officers presented ... violations discovered there. In 2016, at the suit of BM Bank Ismailov was declared bankrupt. In March 2017, the Moscow region arbitration with its ... claims of creditors - 31 billion rubles. In November of the same year Telman Ismailov was put on the international wanted list by Interpol. In a relationship... Investigative Committee asked to put Telman Ismailov on the wanted list through Interpol ... a murder and arms trafficking case. "According to the investigation, Telman Ismailov is the organizer of the murder of two entrepreneurs - [owner of shopping malls] Vladimir Savkin ... Russian Federation", - concluded in the UK. On November 13, it became known that Telman Ismailov put on the international wanted list. Where is the businessman currently located? The Moscow City Court upheld the arrest in absentia of brother Telman Ismailov ... . It is reported by Interfax. The appeal was thus dismissed. Telman Ismailov declared his non-involvement in the organization of the murders to Vagif Ismailov in absentia ... the investigation knows, but he did not receive summons. The Moscow City Court rejected the appeal. Telman Ismailov was arrested in absentia on 30 October. He was accused of organizing the murder... Telman Ismailov declared his non-involvement in the organization of the murders ... Ex-owner of the Cherkizovsky market Telman Ismailov stated that he was not involved in the organization of the murders in which the court arrested the businessman in absentia in this case. Ismailov called such a decision illegal Former owner of the Cherkizovsky market Telman Ismailov declared his non-involvement in the crimes ... in custody). Later, on November 13, it became known that Telman Ismailov was put on the international wanted list. Where is it currently located... The court upheld the arrest in absentia of Telman Ismailov ... lawyer Razin. Marina Rusakova, another lawyer for the accused, told the court that Ismailov did not hide from anyone. “He has been living for the last three years ... it is known that on October 30, the ex-owner of the Cherkizovsky market Ismailov arrested in absentia on charges of organizing the murder of two persons and ... for a crime in November 2016, businessman Rafik was detained Ismailov, brother of Telman Ismailov, and businessman Mehman Karimov. Rafik Ismailov and... Court arrests Telman Ismailov's brother in absentia ... two persons and arms trafficking was also arrested in absentia Telman Ismailov. This was then told by the lawyer of the businessman Marina Rusakova. After that... . Telman Ismailov put on the international wanted list Both were charged under Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of the murder of two or more persons). Rafik Ismailov refused to admit his guilt. Kerimov, on the contrary, recognized her (both are in custody). Later, on November 13, it became known that Telman Ismailov announced... Telman Ismailov put on the international wanted list ... businessman Telman Ismailov put on the international wanted list Former owner of the Cherkizovsky market Telman Ismailov put on the international wanted list, the press secretary of the Basmanny Court told RBC ... added that Telman Ismailov Ismailov never... Murder on the sidelines: what businessman Telman Ismailov is accused of ... Telman Ismailov, in the past one of the wealthiest businessmen in the capital, is accused of ... his arguments are justified, Ismailov faces life imprisonment Russian businessman Telman Ismailov arrested in absentia on suspicion of double murder and illegal trafficking ... be in absentia, the lawyer believes. The rise and fall of Telman Ismailov's business Telman Ismailov was born in 1956 in Baku, began to engage in trade even... Court confirms Ismailov's arrest in absentia The press secretary of the Basmanny Court, Yunona Tsareva, confirmed to RBC the information about Ismailov's arrest in absentia. “On October 30, 2017, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow granted the petition of the investigating authorities to take a preventive measure in the form of detention against Telman Mordanovich Ismailov,” she said. According to Tsareva, the businessman ... Telman Ismailov considered illegal the decision of the court on his arrest ... Ex-owner of the Cherkizovsky market Telman Ismailov considers the court decision on his arrest in absentia unlawful. About such ... that he is hiding from the investigation. This information is not correct because Telman provided the investigation with data on where he is, on what ... Rafik was detained on suspicion of involvement in the murder of two people Ismailov, brother of Telman Ismailov, as well as the alleged accomplice of Mehman Karimov. Their... Telman Ismailov arrested in absentia on charges of organizing murders ... of the market Telman Ismailov arrested in absentia, his lawyer said. He is accused of organizing murders and arms trafficking Former owner of the Cherkizovsky market Telman Ismailov in absentia... added that Telman Ismailov was not called by the investigation to bring charges, and the defense did not receive notice of the trial. " Ismailov never... The date of the sale of the assets of the ex-owner of the Cherkizovsky market became known The sale of the assets of the Rusline 2000 company, which belonged to the structures of the ex-owner of the Cherkizovsky market Telman Ismailov, is scheduled for December 8, follows from the data of the United federal register bankruptcy information. The company was declared bankrupt in 2016 due to its debts. A shopping center with an area of 20.9 thousand square meters was put up for auction. m... The court declared bankrupt the company that owns the restaurant "Prague" ... the owner of the Cherkizovsky market (until 2009) and the founder of the AST group Ismailov was declared bankrupt in December 2015. In March 2016 ... a lawsuit against VTB. By decision of the court, the procedure for restructuring the debt of the entrepreneur began. Ismailov proposed his debt restructuring plan, however, in February 2017 ... early March 2016, the total amount of claims of creditors against Telman Ismailov exceeded 160 billion rubles. The entrepreneur's debt to VTB was estimated ...Society, 14 Sep 2017, 16:18
Lawyer reported on searches at 12 addresses of Telman Ismailov ... on the sixth morning today I have searches at 14 addresses,” said Telman Ismailov calling them a "provocation". “I have children, grandchildren at home. It is not clear, with ... UK], they did not show who they are and what they are, ”emphasized Ismailov. According to some reports, searches in the apartments of Telman Ismailov's family are connected ... , Rafik Ismailov refused to admit his guilt. According to a RIA Novosti source in law enforcement agencies, Telman Ismailov does not appear in his brother's case. Telman Ismailov...Business, 09 Sep 2017, 10:00
Telman Ismailov's family left the alcohol business ..., - and I did not reduce by one staffing". Myself Telman Ismailov was the owner of the company until 2013, when he distributed... could be related to claims against Telman Ismailov and his structures. What did you earn Telman Ismailov Telman Ismailov started trading at the end ..., had an annual turnover of about $ 2 billion. The value of AST assets itself Ismailov estimated at $ 3 billion. The most profitable were construction assets. Myself... The Moscow Arbitration Court declared bankrupt AST Trans Market LLC, which is part of the AST group of companies, the former owner of the Cherkizovsky market, businessman Telman Ismailov. It is reported by RIA Novosti. Thus, the court granted the petition of BM-Bank, which is part of the VTB Group, to declare Ismailov's company bankrupt under a simplified liquidation procedure ... The media learned about the arrest of a shopping center in Las Vegas owned by Telman Ismailov ..., owned by the former owner of the Cherkizovsky market and the founder of the AST group, a businessman Telman Ismailov, according to Kommersant. The arrest of Ismailov's foreign property was made at the request of Ismailov's creditors from the Bank of Moscow (part of the VTB group). Telman Ismailov and his offshore company Vesto Trading Limited acted as guarantors for... The media reported on the absence of Telman Ismailov in the murder case of his brother ... Entrepreneur Telman Ismailov, former owner of the Moscow Cherkizovsky market, does not appear in his case ... a source in law enforcement agencies, RIA Novosti reports. That Telman Ismailov became a defendant in the investigation of eight contract killings, in which an unnamed person is suspected ... . 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Kerimov, according to TASS, pleaded guilty. Telman Ismailov controlled the AST group of companies and was among the 200 richest ... The court found the application for bankruptcy of Ismailov's company justified ... from BM-bank in the amount of $185.4 million. Funds raised Ismailov directed to debt restructuring. He expected to pay off the bank for ... stopped. However, BM-Bank failed to collect collateral, and Ismailov as a result, he tried to remove problem assets from the balance sheets of companies. TO...Business, 21 Mar 2017, 15:08
The court recovered $ 331 million from Telman Ismailov's company in favor of VTB's subsidiary The Moscow Arbitration Court satisfied the claim of BM-Bank, which is part of the VTB Group, to recover more than $331 million from Telman Ismailov from Praga-AST LLC, RIA Novosti reports. In its lawsuit, BM-Bank demanded that Prague-AST, as a guarantor, repay the debt on a loan of more than $185 million to Rusline 2000, issued in December 2013. Claim to... ... is available to RNS, it follows that from January 2017 Telman Ismailov holds the position of vice president of the parent company AST - OOO AST Group ... 1 million rubles. The document also states that Ismailov entered into a preliminary sale agreement with Small Island Capital Group in August 2016 in connection with a lawsuit filed by VTB Bank, which Ismailov owed 17.4 billion rubles. In December 2015, the court...“Hello, Eynulla! - the voice of a barely familiar person comes from the tube.- This is Telman Ismailov. I really want to meet and give your publication an interview. Dozens of journalists from different countries, but you know, I want to give an interview about my case only to you.
Without hesitation, I collect my bag, rush on the road, and now I'm already at the airport of Podgorica - the capital of the wonderful Balkan Montenegro. It seems that here only near the boundless black mountains, which merge with the sparkling sea waves, there is some incredible power, striking in its power and grandeur. But the flickering silence of Montenegro is very conditional, especially if we recall the events of six months ago - an attempted coup and the assassination of the legendary Yugoslav politician Milo Djukanovic ...
Telman Ismailov should fly to Montenegro any minute. He made an appointment for me in this quiet and cozy corner of the Old World. I have dinner with Telman Mardanovich's friends at one of the popular restaurants in Podgorica. Suddenly everyone turns around - a tall, strong man entered the restaurant. T.Ismailov's friends briefly introduce: "Meet the president." Why the president? Company or bank? However, what is it - an obsession or a momentary clouding of consciousness? .. No, everything is in order with me - in front of me is really Milo Djukanovic himself. One of the most famous European and Yugoslav politicians. So, modestly, like all residents of Podgorica, the president and his wife came to a restaurant for dinner, saw his good friend and, of course, went to his table to greet him. Having overcome my stupor, enchanted by the simplicity and humanity of power, I take this opportunity to express my respect to one of the architects of the modern Balkan regional security system. Intuition did not deceive me, here only majestic mountains have unlimited power ...
But why is one of the powerful businessmen and patrons modern Russia Telman Ismailov found refuge in Europe? What happened? Why did you leave Russia? Why did he leave such a beloved Mother See?
For several years now, the Russian media have been almost in unison describing the blasphemous story that strikes the mind and imagination about the rise and fall of Cherkizon, the misadventures of the most luxurious Mardan Palace hotel in history, new criminal cases against Telman Ismailov ... Documentary video chronicles about evil genius, who drove Luzhkov's Moscow into the power of the medieval slave trade and the Chinese vise of the production of counterfeit products. In Russia, they quickly found a new culprit of all troubles and suffering - Telman Ismailov ...
What's happening? Why did the oligarch, who has always been loyal to the Russian authorities, suddenly have monstrous problems in Russia itself? What made Telman Ismailov leave Moscow?
Here I waited. T. Ismailov himself is walking towards me with a quick step. With a smile on his face and jokes in his mouth. Ismailov, as always, is brief: “I have no political problems. And from the first day I oppose the politicization of my case.”
So who is persecuting the oligarch and why? Why investigating authorities with such zeal churn out fake accusations? What could happen if he does not and did not have political problems in Moscow?
“Many countries offer me political asylum, but I refuse,” the oligarch assures. - I am more than sure that some people who pursued the obvious goal - a raider seizure, misled the political authorities. And I will speak frankly about everything at a high-profile press conference. In the very near future… I very much count on the support of Azerbaijani journalists.”
Finally, we are in the office of T. Ismailov's friends in Podgorica. Not far from the EU Delegation in Montenegro. The oligarch, as in his best times, is accompanied by a string of armored vehicles, armed guards everywhere. Apparently, Ismailov, as in the hurricane 90s, which personified the heyday of his empire, fears for his life. At the entrance to the apartment, where there is not even a shadow of the former luxury of the Moscow baroque, I casually escaped: “Yes, this headquarters is in the current strict European style.”
Forced going through the torment did not affect the character of the oligarch in the least. He is just as emotional, hot, energetic, adamant, and most importantly, uncompromising. People like him never give up and never dutifully accept what fate has prepared for them.
Telman Ismailov talks ambitiously and colorfully about his new project - construction seaport. But his thoughts, or maybe nostalgia and even despair, now and then return him to Russia, Moscow, the days of the past. From him, firsthand, so to speak, I learn that the “King of Cherkizon,” as Moscow journalists called him, is now on the international wanted list. But why?
“And go to Moscow, see my lawyer, raise all the criminal cases and make sure that they are all fabricated. And the last - in general, sheer nonsense, ”- Ismailov smiles bitterly.
Mountain Jew Ismailov has always been more Azerbaijani than many Azerbaijani millionaires and oligarchs. 36 thousand of our compatriots worked at the Cherkizovsky market, whom he helped as best he could. And you understand how hard it is in his soul from the thought that not one of these 36 thousand Azerbaijanis remembered Telman, who was abandoned by everyone to the mercy of fate, who found himself in a difficult situation. “What would the Armenians do if one of the Armenian businessmen in Moscow found themselves in such a situation? Would they leave him? Would you leave me in trouble? - Ismailov is indignant.
None of the friends, partners, compatriots who could knock on his door at a difficult moment for the entrepreneur came to the rescue. Well, as for me, I met Ismailov quite recently, in 2015, when one of the main billionaires of Russia, Moscow arbitration court already declared bankrupt. Does the disgraced billionaire deserve such an attitude? Apparently, it hurts him too. He is still looking in vain for something in the past, sorting through, from time to time hopelessly throwing up his hands.
From the balcony of the office of T. Ismailov's friends, a wonderful view of the Moracha River opens up, but now Telman is not up to the beauties of the panorama. He is back on the road and on planes. And still has not chosen any European country. Everywhere he is met with respect and a kind word.
He smokes a lot, while at the same time telling remarkable stories from the life of the Russian political establishment, recalls meetings and conversations with the mighty of the world of this, often, with reverence and even reverence, he recalls Vladimir Putin and Heydar Aliyev, about the efforts that he once made to create a reliable and influential Azerbaijani diaspora in Moscow.
By the way, T.Ismailov was awarded twice by Vladimir Putin, and Yeltsin declared our compatriot a patron of the century. There are only six businessmen like T.Ismailov in the history of Russia! And he found a worthy place in the honorary list of the first president of Russia.
Maybe this is a wrong impression, but it seemed to me that somewhere in the depths of his soul he was also looking for our support:“I helped as best I could. Ask and they will tell you a lot. I myself do not like to talk about how I helped people. In his short but significant remarks, one can hear the cry of the soul, but also carefully concealed hope. He, like all his life, listens to Azerbaijani music, at his feasts there is still the same Azerbaijani cuisine, in his words - faith in the future of his historical Motherland ... And he is invariably accompanied at all meetings by a boy named Telman Ismailov - his grandson, and Ismailov - the elder is convinced that it is not the sons, but the grandson who will repeat the glory of his grandfather.
We walk along the streets of Titograd - this is the Soviet name of the ancient Illyrian town, which has become an outpost of Western civilization, the European Union and NATO. My inner feeling that Ismailov is cramped and uncomfortable in European cities is, in fact, not the same scale, but even here, the Russian oligarch, who got lost in European cities, finds solace in the boundlessness and globalism of the new world.
Does Ismailov have an alternative today? Perhaps the old count's castle in France, but, as the great Russian poet wrote, "he, rebellious, asks for a storm!"
The latest accusation against him sounds like a fatal political verdict. Telman's brother, Rafik Ismailov, was arrested on suspicion of a double murder. The most paradoxical thing in this case is that Telman always had a cool, if not strained, relationship with Rafik. But the investigative committee of Russia is adamant, moreover, the prosecution did not spare another brother - Vagif, he is wanted in the same case. And from Telman mold the customer. Ismailov tells a story, or rather, utter nonsense, which is simply unbelievable. How so?
In 2012, he, Telman Ismailov, was still among the richest Russians, according to Forbes, and according to investigators, he went to kill the co-owner of some building materials market just because of two million dollars ?! "No evidence, no phone call, no evidence. And I'm accused of murdering a small businessman out of nowhere for two million dollars? Where is the logic?" - Ismailov is indignant. And really, how is it that Forbes estimated his fortune at $800 million? The question is why such richest man to order the murder of a mediocre businessman because of two million? Maybe a personal motive? “So I didn’t see this person in person. Our paths never crossed. Why did I have to kill him?"- Anger on Ismailov's face, and his fingers convulsively tap on a pack of cigarettes.
Amazing and illogical!.. The oligarch, who spent tens of millions of dollars only on the restoration of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, no less than millions on countless charity events and events, financed the legendary Moscow Lenkom Theater, the first youth international Olympics in the history of Russia, sponsored orphanages and shelters ..., suddenly decided to squeeze two million from an ordinary businessman?! I do not believe!
It inspires parallels with the Pichugin case and the murders that they tried to sew to Khodorkovsky. “No, don't look for political motives. This is different, here some influential people have misled the Kremlin. And that's all. I have always been out of politics, ”Ismailov convinces me again and reveals the ins and outs of this case, adding that he will definitely tell about it publicly and to the whole world.
“Soon, very soon, in the European Club, I will gather European journalists and tell about my closed negotiations with one of the influential Russian politicians, which, with the help of law enforcement agencies, could not stand the competition and simply squeezed out the business, - announces T. Ismailov. “But now, I ask you, look into this matter, conduct a journalistic investigation, see for yourself and convince others of my innocence.”
Ismailov himself volunteered to undergo a polygraphic examination. "Experts were convinced that even on a lie detector I was telling the truth," T. Ismailov assures. “If I was guilty, then why did I demand repeated polygraphic examinations?” - asks the oligarch.
I firmly promise him, Ismailov, that we will take this matter under our public control...
So, on May 16, 2016, on Novorizhskoye Highway in the Moscow region, Vladimir Savkin, the owner of the Stroymarket No. 1 shopping center, and Yury Brilev, the founder of Lyublino Motors, were shot dead in a car. The investigation sees in Telman Ismailov the customer of this double murder ...
From Podgorica I fly to Moscow. In the wake of a crime committed and a rather confusing investigation.
From today, the site begins publishing a sensational journalistic investigation about this incredible murder and the groundless accusation of the Ismailov brothers.
Who killed Savkin and Brilev? And why did the investigation choose Telman Ismailov as the customer of the crime?..
(To be continued)
The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested in absentia - a major Moscow businessman, the former owner of the famous Cherkizon (Cherkizovsky market). He was accused of organizing a double murder and arms trafficking. Ismailov's story is unique: once he was one of the most powerful people in the capital, but soon after the market closed in 2009, his star began to fade - and now he faces life imprisonment. I remembered how Ismailov's career developed, and tried to figure out where and when the businessman turned the wrong way.
Disgraced Cherkizon
The inhabitants of the east of the capital have always disliked the Cherkizovsky clothing market that arose in the early 1990s, comparing it with the famous Khitrovka. However, the market successfully existed until 2009, thanks in part to its social function: low-income citizens could easily dress up there for modest money. In addition, the market has become a wholesale base for small businesses throughout European Russia from Murmansk to Derbent. Cherkizon was a unique phenomenon for its time - a kind of state with its own unwritten laws, around which a whole infrastructure has grown, designed to meet the various needs of visitors and workers. The authorities repeatedly tried to drive out the merchants or at least to ennoble the territory of the huge market, but they did not achieve success in this matter soon.
In 2009, a massive campaign against Cherkizon was launched in the media. The TV spots talked about abuses in the market, and the appearance of some dangerous goods was directly associated with the name of the main shareholder of the market - Telman Ismailov (a fortune of 0.6 billion dollars according to data). Who exactly and why launched an attack on largest market capital is still unknown. However, it was Cherkizon who had in mind the then Prime Minister, calling for the fight against smuggling. “Smuggling is a separate issue, and the struggle seems to be underway, but there are few results. In one of the markets there are goods worth more than two billion dollars, so far they have not been destroyed and there are no owners (...) The result of the struggle should be imprisonment. Where are the landings?” Putin said at a meeting of the government presidium on June 1, 2009.
According to one version, Ismailov incurred the wrath of high-ranking officials by the fact that in the same 2009 he opened the seven-star Mardan Palace hotel in Antalya, Turkey, which became the most expensive in the Mediterranean: its cost was 1.4-1.6 billion dollars. Especially for the beach of this hotel, special sand was brought from Egypt, which does not burn your feet in the heat; gold leaf and natural crystal were used to decorate the interiors, and wines were offered to guests at a price of four thousand dollars per bottle. The presentation of the hotel was attended by world celebrities, the ceremony was led by an actress.
The Russian authorities could be outraged that all this luxury was created on the profits from smuggling and other crimes of Cherkizon (according to some reports, in 2009 he brought the owners one million dollars a day). But Ismailov's special cynicism was that the businessman invested one and a half billion dollars (45 billion rubles) in the Turkish coast, while the whole country was chipping in for the construction of facilities for the Sochi Olympics. By the way, their total cost, including donations from Russian businessmen, according to official figures, amounted to 214 billion rubles.
Following the media to attack the security forces on the market. June 7, 2009 (SKP) announced an investigation in connection with the discovery of goods dangerous for consumption at the Cherkizovsky market. It was noted that a group of unidentified persons brought and placed in the warehouses of Cherkizon more than six thousand containers with clothes, shoes and other goods without warehouse and shipping documents.
According to the UPC, in 58 containers they found children's clothes and shoes that did not meet sanitary and epidemiological standards - they were to be destroyed. The investigation opened a criminal case under Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Production, storage, transportation or sale of goods that do not meet safety requirements”). At the end of June 2009, Cherkizon was closed. High-ranking officials found unsanitary conditions, smuggling and brothels on the territory of the market, then control services came and the work of the market stopped forever.
On the Turkish coast
Shortly after Cherkizon was finished, on August 6, 2009, UPC investigators with operatives and special forces soldiers went to the famous Praga restaurant on the Arbat. Like Cherkizon, it belonged to the AST group of companies headed by President Telman Ismailov. The security forces, in the best traditions of the "mask show", effectively conducted a search in "Prague" with the seizure of documents.
Officially, the investigative actions took place as part of the investigation of a criminal case initiated against, the former rector of the Russian State University physical education, sports and tourism (RGUFKSiT). He was accused of abuse of office: Matytsin allegedly leased a piece of university land with an area of about 665,000 square meters to KBF AST. This site was used by Cherkizon for trade, but the land was in federal ownership, which means that the ex-rector had no right to lease it.
However, AST's lawyers then stated that the case of university lands was only a pretext for searches, and investigators seized documents related to Telman Ismailov's business. In particular, the lawyer said that investigators had already seized documents related to land lease during searches in Prague in 2007, which means that in 2009 they, apparently, were looking for something else. As a result, late in the evening of August 6, the investigators took away several dozen boxes of papers and computer system units from Prague.
Surrounded by Telman Ismailov, both the closure of Cherkizon and the searches in Prague were then associated with part of a large campaign against the entrepreneur.
“Telman Mardanovich still hopes that his troubles were organized by one of his competitors and in the end, even with some losses, the situation will be resolved. But for those who are closely familiar with what is happening around his business, it is already clear that the orders come from the very top, ”a close acquaintance of Ismailov told the media.
Already at that time, the owner of Cherkizon took steps to minimize the possible consequences of a campaign against him. Ismailov moved to Turkey and took up the registration of citizenship of this country.
"Telman Mardanovich is shocked by what happened and does not want to talk to anyone," a person from Telman Ismailov's entourage replied to Vedomosti's request for an interview after it became known that the member of the group VTB Bank of Moscow filed for bankruptcy. Things are getting worse than ever: creditors are seeking to seize property around the world. The businessman believes that a raider seizure of his assets is taking place, two of his acquaintances told Vedomosti. But it seems that the problem is that Ismailov did not moderate his ambitions after the loss of the Cherkizovsky market - there was simply not enough money for megaprojects.
From Baku to Cherkizon
A native of Baku, a native of a large family of Mountain Jews, Ismailov has been in business since childhood: first he helped his father, a Baku guild worker, then managed the first commercial store in the city, then went to study at the Plekhanov Institute in Moscow and stayed in the capital. Here he met the first deputy chairman of the Moscow City Executive Committee and the chairman of the city commission for cooperative and individual labor activity Yuri Luzhkov and Commission Secretary Elena Baturina. In 1989, when Ismailov founded the AST group, he was already on friendly terms with Luzhkov.
In 2009, Ismailov first entered the Forbes rating of the richest Russian businessmen with a fortune of $ 600 million. Despite the fact that the AST group was engaged in different types business - construction, hotel, jewelry and security - the basis of her well-being was the Cherkizovsky market. The group controlled a significant part of a huge flea market, located on more than 200 hectares near the metro of the same name.
"Cherkizovsky" was repeatedly tried to close, since 2001 the prosecutor's office has repeatedly won courts to terminate land lease agreements, but the market continued to work. Everything changed on June 1, 2009, when the then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attacked the customs officers at the government presidium. “A few years ago, I practically disbanded the entire leadership of the customs. And what? The [smuggling] channels both worked and still work. In one of the markets there are goods worth more than $2 billion, so far [they] have not been destroyed and there are no owners,” Putin scolded the security forces (quotes from Interfax). What kind of market he had in mind, it soon became clear. At the end of June 2009, the Cherkizovsky market was temporarily closed due to violations of sanitary standards discovered by Rospotrebnadzor. The FMS then found hundreds of illegal migrants in the market. Land lease agreements with the Russian State University of Physical Culture were terminated through the arbitration court, the buildings were demolished, and this is the story of the largest in the CIS clothing market ended.
Telman Ismailov's business empire
In fact, they didn’t want to close the market, Ismailov’s acquaintances and those who participated in its liquidation now assure. It's just that different power structures competed with customs officers for control over cash flows passing through Cherkizovsky, they collected folders with compromising information and regularly reported their contents to the top. And so, just when the ground for attacking the customs was prepared, at the end of May 2009, Ismailov arranged a grand celebration in Turkish Antalya on the occasion of the opening of the Mardan Palace hotel, on the construction of which he spent almost all available funds - more than $ 1 billion. Hollywood stars, including Sharon Stone and Monica Bellucci, were presented with precious gifts, fireworks thundered. The fact that the co-owner of the Cherkizovsky market spends money earned here with such noise was the last straw that broke the patience of the authorities, recalls a former Moscow official. Ismailov preferred to wait out the hype in Turkey, where an equally luxurious house was built for him next to the Mardan Palace. True, in Russia he had to sell Suleiman Kerimov one of his most important assets in Moscow - the Voentorg shopping center to be reconstructed.
Life after the market
Unexpectedly, Ismailov found out that he had few friends in Russia, and many enemies. “Ismailov’s main problem is how he understands friendly relations,” said one of his former business partners. “When he needed someone or just liked him, he brought this person closer to him, literally showering him with expensive gifts in oriental style - diamonds, gold. All of his entourage got used to this, and squabbles quickly began within those close to him - so, this one was given more, me less. And the offended very quickly came to hatred for Ismailov. So he made more than one enemy. And when the easy money ran out, the gifts ran out, and it turned out that there were no close people around, ”explains the interlocutor.
“Ismailov bought all his assets with money earned on the Cherkizovsky market, during his work there were no interruptions in cash. As soon as it turned out that this flow was no more and that money was not very easy to earn at all, Ismailov’s business went much worse,” said the former Moscow official. New assets - Voentorg, the Prague restaurant, the same Mardan Palace - did not bring comparable profits.
Therefore, immediately after the closure of the Cherkizovsky market, Ismailov tried to return to the market business he knew, but already outside of Russia. According to Ukrainian media, Ismailov tried to become a co-owner of the large Seventh Kilometer clothing market near Odessa, but failed: market manager the company was acquired by partners of the then President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.
Ismailov tried to open a second market in Kazakhstan. In 2010, on the site of the Zhibek Zholy car market near Alma-Ata, the ACT wholesale clothing market was solemnly opened. According to the description on the nur.kz portal, it resembled the Moscow “Cherkizovsky” - the market housed a customs terminal, a hotel, exchange offices, a pharmacy, grocery stores and dentistry.
Ismailov's partner in the Kazakh AST market was Alexander Mashkevich, an old acquaintance, co-owner of mining and metallurgy Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) and one of the richest people in Kazakhstan (see inset for more details). Ismailov was familiar with Mashkevich from the Eurasian Jewish Congress, where the first was president until 2011, and the second was his deputy.
According to Kazakh media, the AST had problems due to its distance from the city. In 2011, it turned out that the owners of the market did not even pay about $ 5 million in addition to several reconstruction contractors, because of which they went bankrupt, and their employees gathered to rally. Ismailov and Mashkevich had to hold a press conference and publicly promise to pay off their debts to the builders.
Now the name of the AST market has been returned - the international trade center "Zhibek Zholy". It is run by a European production company controlled by Mashkevich and his ERG partners. Whether Ismailov remained in the project is unknown. Neither he nor Mashkevich responded to Vedomosti's inquiries.
Pass home
Return to Russian business Ismailov tried with the help of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. In a March interview with the Azerbaijani online publication Haqqin.az, Ismailov confirmed that Kadyrov asked for him before Putin. “At one time, I was very close friends with the father of Ramzan Kadyrov, the late Akhmat Kadyrov. Yes, I have very a good relationship and with Ramzan Kadyrov. Asked not only by him, but also by many other persons in the highest elite of Russia, ”said Ismailov.
In early 2010, Ismailov, together with his son Sarkhan, flew to Grozny to meet with Kadyrov. As a result of the negotiations, Ismailov promised to "look" at investment projects in Chechnya and agreed to sponsor the Terek football club. Sarkhan Ismailov was appointed vice-president of Terek. The club was headed by Kadyrov himself.
But the businessman did not have any investment projects in Chechnya. Perhaps because by that time it became clear that the federal authorities needed investments in another region. Back at the end of 2009, Putin said on a direct line that he did not see any crime in the construction of a hotel in Turkey, but investment resources "would be nice to implement in the Russian Federation<...>For example, it would be possible to invest in the construction of hotel complexes in Sochi for the 2014 Olympics - no one forbids.
Already in April 2010, Ismailov signed an agreement with the Olimpstroy corporation on the construction of hotels in Sochi with 4,000 rooms worth $800 million. , when it became clear to us about the failure to meet deadlines, we had to urgently look for a replacement investor - literally grabbing the first oligarch that caught our eye by the jacket. This did not add points to Ismailov, ”recalls one of the officials who oversaw the preparations for the Olympics. The project was transferred to the structures of Viktor Vekselberg.
In 2013, Ismailov returned to Chechen football. At the beginning of the year, he organized a friendly match between Kadyrov's Terek and the Israeli club Beitar (Jerusalem), owned by his friend Arkady Gaydamak. The match ended with the score 0:0. And the owners of the clubs agreed on the transfer of two Chechen football players to Beitar - Zaur Kadayev and Dzhabrail Kadiev. What caused the anger of Beitar fans, who did not want to see Muslims among the club's players.
It was partly because of the protests of the fans that Gaydamak became firmly established in his desire to sell the club. And he announced that he was selling Beitar to Ismailov and his partners: State Duma deputy and Kadyrov's adviser Adam Delimkhanov and Kenes Rakishev, a Kazakh businessman and son-in-law of the Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan. But Beitar fans thwarted that deal as well. After this failure, Ismailov moved away from Chechen football: Rakishev's structure became the sponsor of Terek instead of him.
Kadyrov's press secretary Alvi Karimov declined to comment, Rakishev's press service did not answer Vedomosti's questions.
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Competition of creditors
In 2013, Ismailov handed over his companies to his sons and top managers. For example, a share in the key companies of the AST-98 group and "KBF AST" he distributed among his sons Alekper and Sarkhan. And AST Kolkhoz Klinsky, which owns 3,000 hectares of land in the Klinsky district of the Moscow region, was transferred to the Factoria company, established shortly before this transaction by the general director of KBF AST, Igor Morozov.
At the beginning of 2014, Ismailov re-registered the three largest objects in Moscow - the Praga restaurant, the Tropicano business center and the AST shopping center in Izmailovo to offshore companies from the British Virgin Islands - Tigerim Limited, Ergon Inc. Ltd. and Thunderwide Holdings Limited respectively. Representatives of the AST then assured that they were all controlled by Ismailov.
But the restructuring of the business coincided with the appearance of claims from creditors. According to Vedomosti, now the debts of Ismailov and his former companies exceed $ 586 million, which is comparable to the assessment of his fortune by Forbes magazine. It seems that his family has only one asset left that creditors do not claim: it is one of the largest distributors of premium alcohol - AST-international invaeronment with a revenue of 10.4 billion rubles. in 2014. Who claims the rest?
claims against son
In January 2015, Sobinbank filed a lawsuit with the Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow against Telman Ismailov's son, Alekper Ismailov, to recover a debt of 11.5 million rubles. under the guarantee for the company "AST-Amaroli Impex", which produces children's and women's tights. In March, the proceedings were terminated - the parties entered into an amicable agreement. It lasted only four months. In July, the Dorogomilovsky court issued a writ of execution to recover the debt from Alekper Ismailov. According to the FSSP, the debt has not yet been repaid. Sobinbank did not say whether it would require personal bankruptcy of Alekper Ismailov.
Businessman Sergei Yanchukov was the first to demand that Ismailov return the debt. Ismailov met him in 2010 when he was looking for a partner for joint projects, Kommersant wrote. It was with the structures of Yanchukov that Ismailov discussed the idea of transferring the Cherkizovsky market to Odessa, the former Moscow official assures. “Yanchukov was associated with influential people in Ukraine, but there was such a seething of the elites that even his administrative resource was not enough,” says the source of Vedomosti. Primary Owner industrial group"Mangazeya" Yanchukov is from Odessa, but since 2006 he has been doing business in Russia. In 2011, he married the daughter of the former mayor of Kyiv, Leonid Chernovetsky, Kristina.
In 2010–2011 Sezaria, controlled by Yanchukov, issued loans to Ismailov's offshore Tandum for $100 million until 2013. But Ismailov very quickly stopped servicing this loan, and at the request of Sezaria, the District Court of Nicosia (Cyprus) in 2014 froze the businessman's assets for $134 million. According to " Kommersant”, these assets included Mardan Palace in Turkey, the Ismailov estate in France, the Safisa Moscow celebration house, the AST Hof hotel on Bolshaya Filevskaya Street, the Moscow Printing House (AST-MPD), etc. Yanchukov purposefully bought Ismailov's debts - at a big discount, one of their mutual acquaintances knows.
Some of these assets were claimed by other creditors. For example, the AST Hof hotel and the hotel complex project on Nikitsky Boulevard were transferred to the structures of the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) for debts, Kommersant wrote, citing representatives of Yanchukov's Mangazeya. Head of Department strategic development"IBA-Moscow" Leonid Mileev told "Vedomosti" that "the bank had no commercial relations with the AST group", and advised to contact the parent bank in Azerbaijan for comments. The IBA did not answer Vedomosti's questions. However, the customer of the project on Nikitsky Boulevard in 2013 was close to IBA Management Company"Fortrast Global", follows from the documents submitted to the architectural council of Moscow.
Ismailov owed more than $200 million to Turkish banks and the builders of Mardan Palace. The largest creditors are Halk Bankası ($100 million and 50 million lira) and Garanti Bankası ($76 million and 40 million lira). The owner of the hotel also has a multimillion-dollar debt in taxes, work insurance, as well as utility debts to the municipality of Antalya. “There is a group of people in Turkey who are spreading misinformation about me. This is done on purpose. They want me to get out of this country. I completely refute this information. I repeat: I have no plans to sell this hotel,” Ismayilov fumed in an interview with Haqqin.az in March 2015. The businessman assured that his debt to Turkish banks did not exceed $110 million.
Nevertheless, several creditors immediately initiated enforcement proceedings involving the sale of the hotel. So, Garanti Bankası achieved the appointment of the auction on November 2. starting price of the hotel and villas was set at $244 million, which is almost 6 times less than the investment made, according to Ismailov, in Mardan Palace.
Mardan Palace is closed for repairs from December 21 to March 1, the operator told Vedomosti hotline Tez tour. The renovation of the hotel will be carried out by the new owner, one of the employees of this company assures. An employee of the hotel itself confirmed the closure for renovations, but noted that there was no information about a change in ownership.
The Bank of Moscow, which became Ismailov's largest creditor, is also interested in the Turkish hotel: judging by court materials, the debt of its structures to the bank reached $ 286 million by October 2015. In October, an official notice from the Bank of Moscow was placed in the Turkish press demanding the bankruptcy of two companies - AST Insaat Turizm, which owns the Mardan Palace, and Olimpus Insaat Turizm Gida Otelicilik Nakliey, which manages the Ismailovs' property in Antalya. The court will consider the claim of the Bank of Moscow on December 2, 2015 - a month after the proposed auction for the sale of Mardan Palace. It turns out that even if Ismailov manages to persuade Turkish creditors not to sell his hotel, he will only receive a delay of a month.
Angry Creditors
Since July, the Bank of Moscow has been demanding in the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow the collection of debt from Ismailov's structures Tropicano Finance B V and Rusline 2000 and from Ismailov himself, who vouched for loans. The court placed an arrest on personal assets businessman: an apartment in the village. District, land in the village. Skolkovo, Odintsovo district, and two residential buildings in Aprelevka, Naro-Fominsk district (data from Kommersant).
“Behind the monumental façade of the dazzling palace with a beautiful view of the “Medvedev project [ innovation center"Skolkovo"]" hides dazzling beauty, the brilliance of gold, breathtaking luxury. I have never seen anything like it in my life. And even in the cinema,” a journalist from the Azerbaijani edition of Haqqin.az enthused in March 2015, after visiting Ismayilov’s house in Skolkovo. However, according to Rosreestr, a plot of 1.7 hectares in Skolkovo and two residential buildings with an area of 2362 and 2372 square meters. m Ismailov do not belong. In the summer of 2014, they were transferred to the Settlement and Credit Bank. The bank belongs to businessman Batyr Agayev, whose father, Ramzan Kadyrov's friend Vakha Agayev, and brother Bekhkan Agayev are State Duma deputies. It was not possible to contact the Agaevs: their phones in the State Duma were not answered.
And on October 1, on the day the law on bankruptcy of individuals came into force, the Bank of Moscow filed a lawsuit to declare Ismailov bankrupt.
The lender is trying to take the pledged assets for a pittance, it follows from the statement of Ismailov's press service, made after the filing of the lawsuit. The Bank of Moscow pledges three of Ismailov's most valuable Moscow assets - the Praga restaurant, the Tropicano business center and the AST shopping center. After failed negotiations with the Bank of Moscow, Ismailov learned that "the loan from the AST companies was transferred to the debt service of VTB." The loan curator is Andrey Puchkov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of VTB. He offered to “take away” all collateral assets for $33 million, although their market price is at least $250 million, follows from the statement. The press service of VTB declined to comment on the situation. But SPARK data shows that in June 2015, the CEO was replaced in all three companies that own pledged assets. Now they are managed by Vladimir Tsypin, who previously worked in the structures of VTB.
In a press release, Ismailov recalls that the AST group received its first loan from the Bank of Moscow back in 2006 and always paid its debts in good faith: for the entire period, Ismailov paid $70 million in interest to the bank and returned $50 million. In 2014, when everyone had borrowers of foreign currency loans had problems due to a jump in the dollar, Ismailov agreed with the Bank of Moscow to sell two objects - Tropicano and the AST shopping center. Even a buyer was found - the Progress company agreed to pay $148 million and made a deposit of $14.8 million in July 2014. The bank did not complete the deal, and Progress was able to return the deposit only through the court.
Who was this failed buyer? According to SPARK, the founder of Progress is Oleg Veselov, who has more than 20 companies where he was the CEO or founder. And the general director of Progress turned out to be lawyer Yulia Dolinskaya, until recently a member of the board of directors of Sodruzhestvo Bank. Dolinskaya told Vedomosti that the founders of Progress forbade commenting on the situation with Ismailov. Last Friday, October 16, the Central Bank revoked the license from Sodruzhestvo Bank due to the unsatisfactory quality of assets and the complete loss of its own funds.
Ismailov is sure that everything that is happening is a raider attack, one of his acquaintances claims. He says that he asked for help in communicating with VTB one of the influential businessmen. “Ismailov needs to sell assets, there is a buyer, but the bank does not give permission for the sale, it is hard trying to achieve bankruptcy of the debtor,” another person who met Ismailov said. “As far as I know, two major creditors of Ismailov - Bank of Moscow and Yanchukov adhere to a common tough position towards the businessman, and it will not be easy for those who want to help, ”says the source of Vedomosti.
Former owner of the Cherkizovsky market Telman Ismailov, accused of contract murder, is hiding in Montenegro. An informed source told The CrimeRussia about this. According to him, the fugitive oligarch agreed with the ruling circles of this country not to extradite him to the Russian authorities.
Recall that last year the Ismailov family lived in a mansion on the territory of the Mardan Palace hotel complex in Antalya. However, fearing extradition to the Russian authorities, they left Turkey, as the locals law enforcement there were questions to Telman Ismailov. According to Turkish investigators, he is implicated in the murder of thief in law Rovshan Dzhaniev (Rovshan Lenkoransky). Then the family of the oligarch moved to France. But even there he did not feel safe, since he was put on the international wanted list through Interpol.
He currently resides in a rented villa in Montenegro. It was there that he recorded his recent video message, where he expressed fears that his brother Rafik Ismailov could be “eliminated” before trial.
The defense of the former driver Telman Ismailov asks the Moscow City Court to check the legality of his arrest
The defense appealed against the arrest of the former driver of the ex-owner of the Cherkizovsky market, Telman Ismailov, Vladimir Gusakov, accused of kidnapping the artist Avraam Russo in 2004.
“We sent an appeal by mail. Somewhere within a month, the Moscow City Court should check the legality of the decision of the Basmanny Court, ”lawyer Maxim Dobrokhvalov told Interfax on Saturday.
According to him, the date for the consideration of the appeal has not yet been set.
V. Gusakov is charged with part 2 of Article 126 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abduction of a person committed by a group of persons by prior agreement, with the use of violence dangerous to life or health, or with the threat of such use). If his guilt is proven, the former driver faces a sentence of five to 12 years in prison. He hasn't been charged yet.
On September 18, the Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested V. Gusakov. On September 20, the court also arrested another person involved in the case - T. Ismailov's nephew Zaur Mardanov. He was charged under the same article.
Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested Telman Ismailov's nephew in the case of kidnapping
The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested the nephew of the ex-owner of the Cherkizovsky market Telman Ismailov Zaur Mardanov, RAPSI writes.
“Satisfy the petition of the investigation, select a measure of restraint in the form of detention for a period of 2 months against the accused,” RAPSI quotes the words of the judge.
According to the agency, Mr. Mardanov is charged under "a", "c" part 2 of Article 126 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abduction of a person by a group of persons by prior agreement; with the use of violence dangerous to life or health, or with the threat of such violence). According to media reports, in 2004 Zaur Mardanov allegedly kidnapped the singer Abraham Russo.
Prigozhin spoke about the fight on the plane with billionaire Telman Ismailov
The famous Russian producer Iosif Prigogine in the program "New Russian Sensations" said that he considers the day when he met the singer Abraham Russo and his sponsor Telman Ismailov the blackest in his life.
Prigozhin said that he was asked to promote the figure of Rousseau. And Prigogine succeeded. Rousseau became in demand and began to earn good money. Ismailov gave Russo apartments and cars. However, he could humiliate a star in public.
One day, Ismailov and Rousseau, together with Prigogine, flew to Nice. Ismailov began to drag Rousseau by the ear and humiliate him. Prigozhin could not stand it and asked the billionaire not to interfere with the singer, with whom he still had to work. Ismailov got into a fight with Prigogine.
