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Suleyman Kerimov
Suleyman Kerimov | |
|---|---|
Сулейман Керимов | |
.jpg) Kerimov in 2010 | |
| Russian Federation Senator from Dagestan | |
| Assumed office 20 February 2008 | |
| Member of the State Duma | |
| In office 19 December 1999 – 24 December 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Suleyman Abusaidovich Kerimov 12 March 1966 Derbent, Dagestan, USSR |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Children | 3, including Said Kerimov |
| Education | Dagestan State University |
| Website | Suleyman Kerimov Foundation |
Suleyman Abusaidovich Kerimov (Russian: Сулейма́н Абусаи́дович Кери́мов; Lezgian: Керимрин Абусаидан хва Сулейман; born 12 March 1966) is a Russian billionaire, oligarch,[1][2][3][4][5], philanthropist[6][7] and politician of the Lezgin descent. Kerimov has close ties to Vladimir Putin's government in Russia,[8] and used to have close ties to Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader[9]. Recently, Kerimov and Kadyrov have been at odds[10][11].
He entered politics in the 1990s. By 1999, he won control of Nafta Moskva, a former state-oil trader. In the 2000s, Kerimov obtained billions of dollars in loans from big Russian state-owned banks, such as Sberbank and VTB.[8] Through these loans, he became a major stakeholder in Gazprom and Uralkali, as well as Sberbank.[8] By 2008, his fortune had risen to $21 billion,[8] and by 2022, it had decreased to $11 billion.[12][13]
Since 2008, Kerimov has represented the Republic of Dagestan in the Federation Council of Russia.[14]
He bought the football club FC Anzhi Makhachkala in 2011, which subsequently made numerous high-profile signings. The club bought Samuel Eto'o, making him the highest-paid player in the world.[8] In 2013, Kerimov drastically and abruptly cut the team's funding, prompting a firesale of players.[15][16]
In April 2018, he was placed under sanctions by the United States Department of Treasury.[17] In the wake of 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Kerimov was sanctioned as a Russian oligarch close to President Putin, by the US, UK and EU on 15 March 2022.[18][19]
Kerimov's son Said Kerimov resigned from the board of Polyus Gold in April 2022 and the family sold its stake in the company worth $6.3 billion relinquishing the majority shareholder position of Polyus Gold.[20]
- ^ "Treasury Designates Russian Oligarchs, Officials, and Entities in Response to Worldwide Malign Activity". home.treasury.gov (Press release).
- ^ "Kerimov (The database "PUTIN'S LIST")". www.spisok-putina.org. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "French police detain Russia's 'secret oligarch' in Nice | DW | 21 November 2017". Deutsche Welle.
- ^ "Oligarch Suleiman Kerimow wurde in Frankreich festgenommen". Die Welt. December 2017.
- ^ "Porträt Sulejman Kerimow: Oligarch mit Ferrari-Crash". www.wiwo.de. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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- ^ "Suleiman Kerimov & family". Forbes. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Bloomberg Billionaires Index". Bloomberg.com.
- ^ "Suleyman Kerimov". Suleyman Kerimov Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ Appell, James (7 August 2013). "Anzhi Makhachkala: Why are big-spending Russians cutting back?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ Waele, Jean-Michel De; Gibril, Suzan; Gloriozova, Ekaterina; Spaaij, Ramón (2018). The Palgrave International Handbook of Football and Politics. Springer. pp. 273–274. ISBN 978-3-319-78777-0.
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:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Dean, Grace. "Fiji issued a restraining order that stops a sanctioned Russian oligarch's $325 million superyacht from leaving the country". Business Insider. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Sanctioned Russian's Family Sells $6 Billion Stake in Gold Miner". Bloomberg.com. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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