Suleyman Abusaidovich Kerimov is a Russian billionaire, oligarch, philanthropist and politician of Lezgin descent. Kerimov maintains close ties to Vladimir Putin's administration in Russia, and former
Kerimov in 2010
From 2005 to 2015, Suleyman Kerimov owned the superyacht, Ice.
Kerimov, Mahmoud Abbas, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opened Moscow's Cathedral Mosque, 23 September 2015.
Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov is a Russian politician who is currently serving as the head of the Chechen Republic. He was formerly affiliated with the Chechen independence movement through his father, w
Suleyman Kerimov
…politician of Lezgin descent. Kerimov maintains close ties to Vladimir Putin's administration in Russia, and formerly enjoyed a close relationship with Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman of Chechnya. More recently, Kerimov and Kadyrov have fallen out. He entered politics in the 1990s. By 1999, he had gained control of…
Akhmad Kadyrov, father of Ramzan and formerly a leading separatist mufti, had switched sides in 2000
Left to right: President Alu Alkhanov, Russian president Putin, and Kadyrov at the Chechen Parliament's first session, December 2005.
Kadyrov (right) with Russian president Vladimir Putin in February 2008