Sergei Valerievich Mamedov is a new figure in politics. His rapid career still raises a lot of questions and controversial debates. In the past, a successful businessman, today he is already a member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. Read about the personal life of Sergei Mamedov, his biography and future plans that he plans to implement while working in the Federation Council.

Sergey Mamedov: biography

His father began his career as an attaché at the USSR Embassy in America, later becoming Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Canada. Mother worked at the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the Soviet Union. One of Sergei Mamedov’s grandfathers was a professor at the Moscow Physics and Technology Institute, another participated in the creation of the television and radio broadcasting industry.

• 1994 - completion of studies at the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers.
• 1994-1997 - work at CB "Russian Credit".
• 1997-2003 - commercial activities related to investments.
• 2003-2011 - assistant to a State Duma deputy
• 2011 - deputy of the rural settlement of Two Keys in the Samara region.
• On December 23 of the same year - member of the Council from the Samara region.

Success story - business and politics

Before becoming a senator, Sergey Mamedov built a successful business and was able to establish production at two of the country's largest enterprises. It all started back in 1998, when he and a couple of his bank colleagues bought Pavlovskgranit OJSC. Over 10 years of hard work, the company reached the European level, becoming a supplier for many construction projects in the country. Having transformed the Russian middle peasant in the industry into the largest producer of granite crushed stone, Sergey Mamedov sold the business and invested the money in purchasing shares of the Samara enterprise VBM-Group. Arriving in Samara, Sergei Mamedov first turned to the governor and asked him to help. As a result, thanks to the regional authorities, Volgaburmash became a participant in the federal program to support the three hundred largest enterprises in the country. Having solved the key problems of the holding, in 2010 Sergei Mamedov sold his shares to Alexander Shvidak and plunged headlong into politics. Sergei Valerievich Mamedov explained his decision to sell the business by saying that his current status does not allow him to be torn between political and commercial activities. He is fully aware of the trust people have placed in him and does not intend to let the electorate down.

Path to the Senate

The heavy burden of responsibility for his constituents turned out to be only the first obstacle on the way to the Senate. The situation was also complicated by party affiliation with United Russia. As Sergei Mamedov admitted, even at the plenary meeting of the provincial Duma, where his candidacy was considered, all the Communists and Socialist Revolutionaries voted against him. This was due to a situation that was brought to the federal level. Some were not given a committee, others a mandate, and so on. The opposition sent orders to the regions - all initiatives of the United Russia party should be curtailed. And in the case of the elections of Sergei Mamedov, this was quite clearly demonstrated.

Further, at meetings of opposition factions, during the consultation process, Sergei Mamedov was given many orders and wishes. The new senator initially decided to do his job conscientiously, therefore, regardless of political affiliation, he held working meetings with all deputies on specific pressing issues.

Sergei Mamedov explains such zealous involvement in politics by the fact that he is a business man, and it is important for him to receive the product of his activities, and he does not intend to wipe his pants. The young senator has the greatest competence in the field of industry and transport, which is why he intended to work on the committee on economic policy. Sergey Mamedov, having new opportunities, developed a strategy in advance before the next crisis wave to help Samara business and achieve results. In parallel with this, he planned to deal with the issues that the regional parliament put before him.

The senator is convinced that members of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation should be lobbyists for their regions, should be able to ask, prove and convince. Sergei Mamedov says to himself that he is going to bring great benefit to the Samara region. For example, deputies of the Communist Party faction suggested that he report on the work done once a year. The senator is only in favor, but believes that such working meetings should be organized more often, because a year is too long.

As you know, any coin has two sides. A person like S. Mamedov attracts a lot of attention, and more interesting facts from the life of the famous politician come to light. According to press reports, Sergei Mamedov decided to join the United Russia party for a reason. At that time, commercial enterprises controlled by Mamedov took out loans for 5.7 billion rubles, and he had to go into big politics with the support of the governor of the Samara region. To promote Mamedov’s candidacy in the elections, the governor was presented with $5 million, according to competent sources.

During the same period, information appeared about S. Mamedov’s connections with the criminal world. The current senator has been spotted more than once in the company of crime boss Alexander Kharkovsky.

Perhaps all these events from the life of Sergei Mamedov are just exaggerations of journalists. But the fact that he drives around Moscow in an armored Mercedes, surrounded by numerous guards, only confirms these speculations.

Property and income of Sergei Mamedov

For 2011, the declared income of S. Mamedov amounted to 23,502,938.00 rubles; for 2012 - 5,608,081.00 rubles, for 2013 - 15,990,657.00 rubles. In principle, we can already draw a conclusion from the above figures. As for movable and immovable property, everything is much more prosaic. Year after year, the number of apartments, houses, land plots, as well as motorcycles and vehicles increases exponentially. In Samara, S. Mamedov also owned the Holiday-INN business hotel. He was the owner of offshore companies Ltd Kowloon ltd, Impala Trade&Invest.

Interestingly, in addition to Russian property, Mamedov was found to have a long-term residence permit in Estonia, as well as real estate, an enterprise and a luxury yacht in the same country.

Most of the issues related to real estate in Estonia were resolved by Mamedov’s common-law wife, Anastasia Myskina, a former famous Russian tennis player.

Sergei Mamedov's wife - Anastasia Myskina

Anastasia Myskina is a famous Russian tennis player who has managed to win many awards. At the age of 26, Myskina had to leave her sports career due to injury. But Anastasia did not give up her active lifestyle - she works on television and raises four children. Sergey Mamedov and met through mutual friends, their relationship developed rapidly. Soon Anastasia became pregnant, but the lovers did not rush into the wedding. Only after the birth of his third child did Sergei invite Anastasia to marry him.

Sergei Valerievich Mamedov, whose personal life is not advertised, agrees with his wife on this issue. Anastasia Myskina also prefers not to share the details of family drinking. This is due to the fact that all of Anastasia’s previous novels, first with the Kazan Ak Bars player Alexander Stepanov, and then with the CSKA captain Konstantin Korneev, took place under the close attention of journalists, who “twisted” many facts. But in general, Myskina admits that she and Sergei have a good relationship, they don’t talk about work at home, and Nastya knows little about his affairs. If Anastasia prefers not to talk about her husband’s work, then Myskina can tell a lot about the happiness of motherhood.

Children of Sergei Mamedov

The Mamedov-Myskin couple have three children. In 2008, Anastasia gave birth to her first son, Evgeniy, in 2010, Georgy was born, and in 2012, Pavel was born. For some time the couple dreamed of having a daughter, but now they are enjoying their three sons.

Anastasia Myskina admits that it is never quiet in their house. All family members have long been accustomed to this. The eldest son started going to school, attends many classes, and enjoys tennis, like his mother. In Zhenya’s absence, the middle brother and the younger brother share toys and steal them from the older one.

Now Myskina is already accustomed to the crazy rhythm of her family. And at first she admitted that being a mother is hard: you need to understand what is good for both you and the child. Now Myskina realizes that tennis is a game, fun, as opposed to raising children. She says she starts going crazy if the child is sick. And if I used to think that losing in sports was hard, now I think that being a mother is more difficult. Anastasia admits that her children come first for her, and her husband, whom she also loves very much, comes second.

Conclusion

Of course, the personality of Sergei Mamedov is quite ambiguous, as evidenced by his biography. The visual picture shows us an exemplary family man with many children who left his business to serve the Russian people. But it is still too early to judge the real benefits of the activities of the ambitious and tenacious ex-entrepreneur. Time will show.

So, 2008. The enterprise is operating, production and shipment are ongoing. There are orders. After modernization, production costs dropped significantly. In particular, just launching its own explosives production plant (granite is mined by blasting) reduced production costs by a quarter. Salaries to employees are paid, tax deductions to the budgets too, there are no complaints against Pavlovskgranit.

Everything is fine. But, in the spring, Sergei Mamedov suddenly, without obvious reasons, announced the sale of his stake.

Why suddenly? Read above. Would anyone, in their right mind, begin to get rid of a stable source of more than good income? Despite the fact that this income is obtained practically without labor costs. In the previous entry, I noted that Sergey Mamedov did not participate in the activities of the enterprise. There was also no deterioration in relations between the owners; if something had arisen, rumors would have spread, but no, silence...

Here we need to take a closer look at Comrade Mamedov. Let's turn to the Internet.

Sergey Valerievich Mamedov

Born on July 15, 1972 in the village of Gubkino (Moscow region). He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers (where he met and became friends with Sergei Poimanov). From 1994 to 2008 he worked in senior positions in commercial structures. In 2008-2010, he headed the Samara company VBM-Group (OJSC Volgaburmash). Currently he holds the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of SM Finance LLC. Since December 4, 2011 - deputy of the assembly of representatives of the rural settlement of Dva Klyucha, Isaklinsky district.

And he is also the husband of Anastasia Myskina, and is no longer a deputy of some Mukhosransk, but a senator of the Federation Council from the Samara region, with the end of his powers in 2016. Interestingly, not a word about Pavlovsk granite. And in a number of similar “biographies” it is generally written that he led the VBM Group since 2007.

As always, in particularly interesting cases, the Internet is extremely stingy. We'll have to work hard again. So. Why is Comrade Mamedov interesting to us? By his father, of course. Father, or rather stepfather of Mamedov, Georgy Enverovich Mamedov. A very interesting person. I will not pay much attention to his personality, again, google and may happiness be with you, I will only say that the secrets of this world are known only to a select few. Georgy Enverovich is one of them. Now he is in Canada, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, and he left there from his post in the Interdepartmental Commission of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on Defense Security, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, in 2003. A knowledgeable person who takes care of his family in a Caucasian way. This is important, why - read below.

What prompted Sergei Valerievich to get rid of his share of Pavlovsk granite? What did we have there in 2008? Exactly! A crisis. The same crisis that rolled and rolled throughout America and Europe, and by the end of August 2008, contrary to the assurances of Their Tandem Majesties, finally reached Russia. And how fortunate, literally fabulously successful, Sergei Mamedov got rid of such unprofitable property during this crisis. I can only draw one conclusion. Since I’m an adult boy, I’ve forgotten how to believe in fairy tales, my dad, caring for his son’s well-being, leaked information to Sergei Mamedov about the coming upheavals. And the fact that such information exists is repeatedly confirmed to us by the structure of Comrade Julian Assange. In this light, from the words of Mamedov in the Rossiyskaya Gazeta dated December 23, 2011, that the second wave of the crisis cannot be avoided, the hairs on the back of my neck begin to rise. Because this person’s awareness is at the highest level. In every way.

Well, as for his cleanliness. I'm not his judge here. The fact that Poymanov did not know what Mamedov knows is a fact. Otherwise, on the eve of the crisis, and especially in his industry, he would not have gotten into such debt. Poymanov can be anything, but he is not an idiot. And the talk about the fact that the loan was taken out for the purpose of simply stealing it, to put it mildly, is without foundation. Such amounts are not stolen from Sberbank. Very fraught with consequences. Moreover, under such bail conditions.

However, we digress. Sergey Mamedov announced the sale of his stake. If I'm not mistaken, at first the price did not reach five billion. Moreover, he sold to any buyer.

What started here? So many people suddenly decided to start granite mining! Let's leave famous names aside; they are interesting, but useless to us. Mrs. Baturina and, lo and behold, Mr. Zhukov, the same one who now claims that the Pavlovsky Mining and Processing Plant is not interested in him, showed particular interest. Later we will refute the words of Mr. Zhukov, but now we will continue the excavations. Sergei Poimanov, most likely, took his head in hand. And this is understandable, those citizens who decided to exchange their five billion for shares of Comrade Mamedov, do not put a finger in their mouth, they will use both the finger and its owner.

Mamedov did not agree to pay in installments. For very obvious reasons. But he gave Poymanov time. A little time.

Five billion is not a small amount, whatever one may say. Mr. Poymanov turned to the banks. Including Sberbank, which has practically become family. Why relatives? Yes, because the entire modernization of the plant was carried out with loans issued by Sberbank. More precisely, the lion's share of them was issued by Sberbank. And successfully repaid.

While other banks were scratching their heads, Sberbank, smiling broadly, approved the loan. True, at a floating rate of 15 to 17 percent, but he approved it. In addition, there was an agreement with the top officials of the bank that after a year of successful repayment, the restructuring rate would be reduced to 10 percent. Time is running out, gentlemen Bundy... I'm sorry, buyers are crowding at the entrance, in general, Poymanov agreed.

The loan was given, Sergey Mamedov went down in history.

But there were those who really wanted to take his place. And if Elena Baturina, who began to put a spoke in the wheels, first because of her problems, and then “due to loss of trust” in her husband, abandoned this idea, then Mr. Zhukov turned out to be more persistent.

In the sequel, we will consider in detail the terms of the loan and those who participated in its approval. Well, if you have the strength, then something else. The story is as deep as the sinking of the Titanic. One day will not turn around.

Anastasia Myskina is a famous Russian tennis player who has received numerous awards. But at the age of 26, the athlete had to leave the sport; she was seriously injured. But Nastya could not change the sports rhythm of life. She still leads a very active lifestyle, works on television and hosts various programs. In her personal life, the tennis player is also doing great. At first, she dated football player Alexander Stepanov for a long time, and a little later with the captain of the CSKA team, Konstantin Korneev. But after an unsuccessful relationship, she met true love, businessman Sergei Mamedov.

Sergei is a wealthy and successful businessman, the son of the Russian ambassador to Canada and the owner of the large organization Volgaburmash. He met Nastya through mutual friends. Their relationship developed quickly, the athlete soon became pregnant, but they were in no hurry to get married. And only after the birth of the third child, Sergei made a marriage proposal to Anastasia.

When asked about the reason for such a late marriage, the tennis player answers simply. The stamp in the passport has ceased to be of great importance to her; she looks at it as an ordinary formality. He changed practically nothing in her life. But girlish dreams of a veil and a wedding dress are long gone.

Anastasia is raising her children herself. While the husband earns money, the athlete looks after the house and takes care of the family.

Nastya rarely talks about family life, so I can only tell you a small part. But rest assured that their family lives a happy and harmonious life.

Anastasia Myskina's ex-husband Sergei Mamedov is having an affair with a beauty salon owner.

The captain of the Russian women's tennis team, Anastasia Myskina, told reporters why she broke up with her common-law husband, Federation Council member Sergei Mamedov, and also commented on her ex-husband’s new relationship.

Let us remember that the famous tennis player has been with the businessman and politician since the mid-2000s. Anastasia and Sergei have three children together - 9-year-old Evgeniy, 7-year-old Georgy and 5-year-old Pavel. The couple never registered their relationship. Mamedov and Myskina lived in a luxurious house in the village of Zhukovka near Moscow.

Ex-husband of Anastasia Myskina Sergei Mamedov

Recently, details of Myskina’s separation from her husband appeared in the media. It is argued that the man is truly happy in his new relationship. According to journalists, Mamedov’s chosen one was businesswoman Suzanna Karpova, who is a co-owner of a fashionable chain of premium beauty salons. Women's establishments are visited not only by show business stars - Elka, Alsou, Elena Temnikova - but also by many society ladies.

Sergei Mamedov's alleged lover Suzanna Karpova

In mid-December, Anastasia Myskina and Sergey Mamedov presented an official statement about their separation. The couple wrote that they had been coming to this decision for several years, trying to maintain the relationship. But all the couple's attempts were in vain.

“Our life priorities and principles diverged more and more in different directions. In the end, we both came to the conclusion that breaking up would be the best way out of this situation - an open and honest action for both of us. We remain close people to each other, parents of three wonderful sons, which, of course, will allow us to continue to maintain good relations and continue to raise our children together,” the ex-spouses’ statement said.

According to Myskina, when she found out about her husband’s affair on the side, she initially tolerated adultery for the sake of the children. And then my patience ran out. In fact, the tennis player found herself in the same situation as Yulia Baranovskaya, who was abandoned by football player Andrei Arshavin with her three children.

Karpov’s alleged chosen one refrains from interviews with journalists, and the businessman himself does not comment on his personal life.

The head of the Duma committee for monitoring the income of deputies, Nikolai Kovalev, strongly denied reports that he allegedly agreed with American Senator Ben Cardin to create a joint commission to combat corruption. The search for property and accounts of Russian officials abroad has been going on for a long time, but the only success of the Duma anti-corruption fighters so far can only be called the departure of United Russia Vladimir Pekhtin, who was found to have property in Miami. Meanwhile, direct violations of Russian legislation occurring nearby, literally under the nose of the same Kovalev, are of practically no interest to anyone.

Thus, Kovalev’s former assistant and friend, and now a member of the Federation Council from the Samara region, Sergei Mamedov, has long and with impunity owned everything that Mr. Kovalev is going to look for in company with his American colleagues. But neither connections with criminals, nor the presence of foreign assets, nor even the presence of a Russian senator with a residence permit in Estonia created absolutely no problems for him. Even the all-knowing opposition blogosphere ignores the antics of the prominent “United Russia”, without raising a fuss, as was the case with "Czech spy" Bastrykin or with Israeli citizen Senator Vitaly Malkin.

Meanwhile, according to the declaration of Sergei Mamedov, in Estonia he owns an apartment with an area of ​​88.9 square meters. m. According to the Estonian land register, this is a two-story apartment on Town Hall Square, in the very center of Tallinn, in the so-called Egorov’s house. In addition to real estate, Mamedov was also found to have an Estonian personal code in the register. This was discovered by journalists from the Tallinn publication Eesti Ekspress, who, unlike their Russian colleagues, suspected a corruption component in the senator’s story.

Police Department spokeswoman Helin Vaher confirmed the discovery of journalists: “Sergei Mamedov has a residence permit in Estonia.” But she diplomatically does not go into details, since the recent scandal with residence permits that broke out in the republic forces the police to treat this topic very carefully. Therefore, it has not yet been possible to find out from official police sources when Mamedov arrived in Estonia, what he did here, and on what basis he received a residence permit.

However, Eesti Ekspress journalists conducted their own investigation and fully confirmed the information according to which the senator from the Samara province in the Federation Council of the State Assembly of the Russian Federation and former assistant to the State Duma deputy Nikolai Kovalev, 40-year-old Sergey Mamedov, has real estate in Estonia, an enterprise, a yacht and a long-term view of residence.

It turned out that the senator has been associated with Estonia since 2005, when he. By the way, the 22.6 m long Fidelity yacht belonging to Mamedov, which belongs to the luxury class, is registered to this company. Despite her Estonian registration, the yacht is hanging out off the coast of France. Judging by the business register, Mamedov received his Estonian personal code and residence permit in 2008.

Most of the issues related to Mamedov’s Estonian real estate are resolved by his wife, a famous former Russian tennis player Anastasia Myskina, in relation to whom and similar Russians are now being investigated by the Department of Citizenship and Migration of Estonia regarding the circumstances of obtaining residence permits after the so-called “Stelmakh scandal”.

As previously reported by the media, in 2009-2011, the Estonian firms Advisory Partners and Integer Invest offered paid services to wealthy Russians to provide a residence permit in Estonia and, accordingly, permission to obtain a Schengen visa. The companies were led by Estonian parliament member Indrek Raudne and Tallinn City Council member Nikolai Stelmakh. Both belonged to the union of right-wing parties "Fatherland - Republic" IRL, which, together with the Reform Party, is part of the Estonian government. A representative of this particular party heads the Estonian Ministry of Internal Affairs, which issues residence permits.

It is alleged that with the help of such a service, about 147 citizens of Russia and CIS countries received permanent Schengen visas from Estonia, including Mamedov’s wife Anastasia Myskina and her mother, as well as a number of thieving bankers and crime bosses. The list of these persons was previously published in Estonian and Russian media.

After the scandal became known to the media, Estonian authorities announced that, most likely, all 147 residence permits would be revoked. But there is no official data on the implementation of these threats yet. As for the Estonian politicians involved in the scandal, criminal prosecution against them was dropped at the end of last year.

In any case, Russian Senator Mamedov is not threatened with possible sanctions from the Estonian authorities. He received his residence permit long before the scandal and is not included in the “list of 147”. Meanwhile, against the background of the scandal with Estonian residence permits, the FSB of Russia in the Pskov region previously issued a statement that “The presence of real estate and business in Estonia is one of the ways for foreign intelligence services to put pressure on Russians in order to obtain the necessary information or recruitment from them. More and more such cases have been recorded in recent years.”. Obviously, recruiting not just an entrepreneur, but also a senator is a real godsend for foreign intelligence services, but Russian counterintelligence officers, like Mr. Kovalev, strangely “do not notice” Mamedov.

Meanwhile, Sergei Mamedov is also seen in close ties with the criminal world. His friendship with crime boss Alexander Kharkovsky (criminal nickname - Rower) is not a sealed secret. In the 90s, Grebet was close to the crime boss Baul, after whose death he moved to the group of his heir Karp, which was at war with the breakaway group "Winnie the Pooh". Then, in the 90s, the Rower killed two small children: after getting drunk, he rushed somewhere on a jet ski - and even flew out of the saddle. A motorcycle without a rider rushed towards the beach and crashed at full speed into the cabin where the children were changing clothes. The children died on the spot. Kharkovsky reached the shore and tried to escape, but he was caught and taken to the police. However, he “excused himself” by feigning madness.

It is interesting that Kharkovsky, declared insane, in 2001 became an adviser to the governor of the Primorsky Territory Sergei Darkin(known among local bandits under the influence of Darych and Seryoga Shepelyavy). In addition to “political” activities, Grebets was also involved in “business” - in particular, he laundered money through Baltic banks, including, as the media previously suggested, in the interests of Mamedov’s business. It is possible that it was he who helped Mamedov obtain a residence permit.

Rower was later “accepted” entering the United States with someone else’s passport. Since no extradition treaty has been signed between the United States and Russia, and the crime for which Grebets was detained was committed on US territory.

Taking all this into account, the initiatives of Russian deputies to search for traces of Russian corrupt officials abroad are more reminiscent of “market research”, in which there is always the opportunity to travel around the world, ask the price, study the experience of the most successful bribe-takers and even be happy for them.

Perhaps this is why deputies are not eager to look for corruption at home and, even when directly confronted with it, they still continue to look somewhere into the distance, overseas...