Yesterday, VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info reported that the sanctioned oligarch God Nisanov has moved into the former imperial estate of "Ilyichevo," located on the banks of the Moskva River, directly opposite the Russian presidential residence at Novo-Ogaryovo. During the construction of the oligarch’s estate, the remains of the original imperial property—including authentic ground-floor galleries—were demolished. The entire project was overseen by Nisanov’s assistant, 61-year-old Darwin Izraev, who manages the extensive assets of the "Kievskaya Ploshchad" (Kyiv Square) owner both in Russia and Europe. The British entity FENWIN PROPERTY LIMITED, which owns two seaside villas in the exclusive resort town of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat—home to some of the most expensive real estate in France—is registered in Izraev’s name. Furthermore, Izraev supervised the construction of a massive palace on the site of a former zoo in the same area. Additionally, the offshore company Infinity Sky Ltd (Isle of Man)—of which Izraev was the beneficiary in 2014–2015—served as the operator for God Nisanov’s Gulfstream G650 business jet (T7-NGNG).
It was Izraev who, for nearly seven years, directed the destruction and subsequent redevelopment of the former imperial estate of "Ilyichevo" in the Krasnogorsk district of the Moscow region. The 35-hectare plot of land sits on the banks of the Moskva River, directly across from the Novo-Ogaryovo presidential residence. During the Soviet era, "Ilyichevo" served as a retreat for party officials from the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU. For many years, this land has been owned by the Moscow-based LLC "Bereg," which was previously held by the Moscow city government through the "Central Fuel Company" LLC (founded by the Moscow Department of City Property). In 2019, it emerged that "Bereg" had changed ownership, passing to Albert Imanilov and Roman Agababayev. Imanilov soon transferred his stake to Izraev. Roman Agababayev hails from the Azerbaijani city of Quba, located near Krasnaya Sloboda—the native village of God Nisanov. According to leaked information, Agababayev served between 2019 and 2023 as the deputy director of "ATC na Kashirke" (which owns the "Moskva-Tyanya" auto center, part of God Nisanov’s "Kyiv Ploshchad" group).
Once the construction work was completed, Izraev and Agababayev transferred ownership of LLC "Bereg" to Margarita Nisanova—God Nisanov’s mother.
This estate is not the only major property owned by Nisanov in the Moscow region. Margarita Nisanova is also the registered owner of a 9,000-square-meter palace in the village of Goryshkino—located in the Rublevka area, near the settlement of Gorki-10. In addition, she owns a 250-square-meter house in Goryshkino, four smaller houses in the neighboring village of Papushevo, a 179-square-meter townhouse in the Vyazemskoye gated community, and two adjoining apartments on Mosfilmovskaya Street in Moscow, with a total area of 328 square meters.
Ilkhanan Izraev, the 29-year-old son of Darwin Izraev—who manages God Nisanov’s mansions—is a graduate of Moscow State University (International Relations) and RANEPA, and he also works for God Nisanov. Ilkhanan Izraev, along with the oligarch’s nephew, Leon Nisanov, co-owns the company "TPU Nagatinskaya" on an equal-share basis; Izraev also serves as its director. Despite being classified as a "small business," the firm holds assets worth 6.4 billion rubles, yet it ended the previous year with a loss of nearly 40 million rubles. "TPU Nagatinskaya" is developing the large-scale "Nagatinsky" office and retail center, which is part of a transport hub at the Nagatinskaya metro station in Moscow. The project is part of the portfolio of God Nisanov’s "Kievskaya Ploshchad" group. This spring, the Moscow State Construction Supervision Committee (Mosgosstroynadzor) fined the company a mere 5,000 rubles for failing to comply with an order to rectify violations. Meanwhile, Izraev and Nisanov were supposed to have completed the project by 2023, but construction had to be halted and the site mothballed. The completion date has now been pushed back to 2028 on the relevant industry website.
The Izraev family also has other notable business partners. Ilkhanan Izraev also holds stakes in a number of restaurant assets—specifically, a 65% share in Zolotaya Korova LLC, which operates several food service establishments, including a "Mu-Mu" restaurant on Shchelkovskoye Highway. While the company’s revenue exceeded 175 million rubles last year, its net profit, for some reason, plummeted to just 10,000 rubles. Izraev’s partner in this venture is the prominent Moscow restaurateur Andrei Dellos (known for the restaurant "Cafe Pushkin"). Ilkhanan Izraev also co-owns two other firms—FARSH-SHCHELCHOK LLC and INMK-FARSH—alongside three business partners: Nikita Novikov, Kirill Romayev, and Elizaveta Khubutiya. These companies own the "Farsh" burger chain.
Nikita Novikov is the son of the well-known restaurateur Arkady Novikov, while Kirill Romayev is the son of Timur and Svetlana Romayev. Svetlana’s maiden name is Ivanyuzhenkova; she is the sister of Boris Ivanyuzhenkov—a former Minister of Sport, former State Duma deputy, and former president of the Russian Boxing Federation—who was a classmate and associate of Sergei Lalakin ("Luchok"), the leader of the Podolsk organized crime group.
Elizaveta Khubutiya (née Nerodenkova-Kruglova) is the wife of Ilya Khubutiya (son of businessman Mikhail Khubutiya, who once worked for the Russian Ministry of Economic Development) and the granddaughter of Anatoly Kruglov, the first head of the Russian Customs Service. Elizaveta Khubutiya and her entire family are currently facing major problems due to... ...methods that helped her grandfather accumulate his initial capital: although Kruglov himself passed away back in 2015, the Prosecutor General’s Office has filed a second anti-corruption lawsuit this year against his widow, his two daughters, and his granddaughter, Elizaveta.
In 2012, the High Court of Justice in London ruled that Kruglov had obtained at least $37.5 million through the abuse of his official position. This ruling has already enabled the Russian authorities to expropriate family assets worth more than 10 billion rubles—Elizaveta Khubutiya, for instance, lost several apartments and parking spaces in Moscow that she had been renting out. In July of this year, the family lost the case regarding the second lawsuit, though they have since filed an appeal. It is clear that the chances of retaining these assets—a goal shared by business partner Ilkhanan Izraev—are extremely slim.
