Former owner of the Cherkizovsky market Telman Ismailov detained in Montenegro | News from Germany about Europe | DW

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In the capital of Montenegro, Podgorica, on Friday, October 1, the former owner of the Cherkizovsky market in Moscow, businessman Telman Ismailov, who was put on the wanted list by the Russian authorities, was detained. According to local media reports, the basis for the detention of Ismailov was a warrant issued by the Russian Federation. This was reported by Vijesti and Dan, citing unofficial, knowledgeable sources, in particular the police.

The entrepreneur’s lawyer Marina Rusakova confirmed to the Meduza Internet portal that she “has information” about the arrest of the businessman, but refused to answer other questions, adding that now there is no connection with Ismailov. The Russian Embassy in Podgorica told Interfax that they have not yet received official reports from the Montenegrin authorities about the arrest of Telman Ismailov.

Ismailov’s criminal cases

A native of Azerbaijan, founder and president of the AST group of companies (short for Alekper – Sarhat – Telman, the names of Ismailov and his two sons. – Ed.) Telman Ismailov, who was included in the rating of the richest businessmen in Russia, in 2009 faced the claims of law enforcement agencies against the activities of his main asset – the Cherkizovsky market, the largest center of small wholesale trade in Moscow. The market, unofficially nicknamed “Cherkizon”, was closed the same year when authorities discovered numerous violations there. In 2015, Ismailov was declared bankrupt.

In 2017, Telman Ismailov was charged in absentia in Russia with the murder of two entrepreneurs – the owner of shopping malls Vladimir Savkin and the founder of Lyublino Motors Yuri Brylev, as well as illegal arms trafficking. The businessman’s brother Rafik was found guilty of both of these crimes in 2020 and sentenced to 17 years in a maximum security penal colony. Ismailov himself was put on the wanted list back in 2018.

In the spring of 2019, the prosecutor’s office of Zurich, Switzerland opened a criminal case against Ismailov on charges of three economic crimes – fraud related to the seizure of the debtor’s property, in the actual reduction of assets to the detriment of creditors, and in the embezzlement of assets.

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