A classmate of Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani businessman Ilham Rahimov, is the owner of Moscow real estate amounting $500 million, found Forbes. According to the magazine, Rahimov owns shares in several shopping centers, hotels and a construction site for a skyscraper.
For example, he owns a 15% interest in the "Granditul" Ltd. The company owns a furniture shopping centers "Grand" and "Grand-2", and last year at an auction of the Moscow government, he acquired a site N15 in the "Moscow City" for $ 7.2 billion. It is possible to build a skyscraper here covering more than 150.000 square meters.
Rahimov co-owns the largest wholesale market in Russia "Gardener" and the shopping center "Moscow". According to sources of Forbes, he owns shares in the shopping center "European" and the hotel "Ukraine".
Ilham Rahimov is a Doctor of Law, a partner in a small law firm Fina LLC in Baku, the author of hundreds of articles and two books on the problems of jurisprudence. A review of recent work "Crime and Punishment" wrote a classmate of Rahimov and Putin, the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin. Sources in Forbes among acquaintances of Rahimov and big Russian businessmen, claim that Rahimov and Putin still have friendly relations.
Press about Rahimov: Undercover "purse of the president".
According to press reports, Ilham Rahimov was the head of the group, where Vladimir Putin studied. Ilham often visited Putin, and especially warmly remembered president’s mother, who e fed after training. When going on vacation to his Azerbaijan, Ilham always came back with a bottle of good brandy. Although neither Putin nor Rahimov had special predilection for alcohol. They are fond of sports and went together to practice judo.
While Putin was a simple official in St.Petersburg, Ilham Rahimov did legal career in Baku. He taught at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, worked as head of department in the Ministry of Justice. He defended his thesis and published several books on jurisprudence.
When Putin came to power Rahimov’s life changed dramatically. He became the first in the capital of Azerbaijan, who bought the Maybach, and in Moscow, he traveled by “Mercedes” with accompaniment. He now lives in two cities: Baku and Moscow.
They say in Azerbaijan, that there was a moment when Putin helped to place Rahimov’s wife to Moscow for treatment, and one day, against the recommendations of his advisers, he even came to the wedding of Ilham Rahimov’s daughter to a Moscow restaurant.
According to sources, Rahimov is associated with large, multi-business, based on the export of gold (presumably produce in Central Asia), oil and real estate in Moscow.
People familiar with the undercover professor, said it is possible that Rahimov performs the role of the "President’s wallet." -02D-
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