Rustam Madumarov biography. Her assistant and common-law husband will sit behind Gulnara Karimova
Clouds continue to gather over Gulnara Karimova, and Lately every day brings new messages about her troubles and problems. Another trouble for the senior President Islam Karimov was the flight from her country business partner Rustam Madumarov, whom some even called the common-law husband of the “princess of Uzbekistan.”
Businessman escaped as tax audits began
According to Ozodlik (the Uzbek service of Radio Liberty), R. Madumarov disappeared shortly after inspections of the Nirvana store chain, which sells video and audio products, began. The mentioned network ceased its operation on September 9 of this year, and during a subsequent audit by the tax authorities, facts of sales of so-called “pirated” products were revealed.
According to information from independent sources, Ozodlik, G. Karimova’s business partner and close friend is currently in London, where he owns. In addition, according to one version, he managed to escape from Uzbekistan along with one of Gulnara’s bodyguards.
As analysts in the “” section of the “Stock Leader” magazine for investors note, the scandal surrounding the closure and inspections of the “Nirvana” chain of stores was actively covered by G. Karimova herself in her “”. Among other things, a video was posted there, allegedly filmed on mobile phone Gulnara herself, where she finds out from the soldiers of the special forces unit who gave the order for such actions. Gulnara tried to actively defend her, however, apparently, she was forced to capitulate under pressure from the security forces. In addition, many previously reported that the order to conduct inspections of firms and companies close to her was personally given by her father, Islam Karimov.
What is known about Rustam Madumarov?
Rustam Madumarov is called the main gigolo of the Republic behind his back. In fact, he is the common-law husband of the eldest presidential daughter, Gulnara Karimova. In general, quite little is known about Rustam. Rumor has it that in 1999 he, together with his brothers, created music group"DADO", which at one time was popular among young people.
Rustam met Gulnara in the early 2000s, and immediately became her favorite. It was the connection with the presidential office that helped him in short time establish successful business on the territory of the country. He opened his own record company, and took personal control of several shopping centers, publishing houses and production companies. Then Rustam, together with his brother, opened a company called NIRVANA, engaged in the sale of counterfeit DVDs, and after a few years, of course, not without the assistance of Gulnara, they became a complete monopoly in this area, ousting everyone, even small competitors, from the market.
In business circles, both brothers are known for their raider takeovers, as, indeed, Gulnara herself. They are also known as people who never repay debts, and at the slightest hint of repayment financial resources, always remind us of our close proximity to the presidential family.
There were reports that two accomplices Gulnara Karimova, allegedly related to corruption schemes, - Gayane Avakyan and Rustam Madumarov - imprisoned for long terms. “According to several sources independent from each other, Rustam Madumarov was convicted in the Tashkent region as an employee of the National Security Service group accused of embezzlement,” writes the Exchange Leader with reference to Ozodlik (Radio Liberty in Uzbekistan).
According to several reports received by Radio Ozodlik from different sources last week, Rustam Madumarov was sentenced to 10 years in prison, Gayane Avakyan - to 9 years.
According to reports, a group of SNB officers were tried last week in a criminal court in the Tashkent region.
According to sources from law enforcement agencies of Uzbekistan, among the NSS employees accused of embezzlement and a number of other crimes, a close business partner of Gulnara Karimova was tried, and, according to some sources, her common-law husband Rustam Madumarov.
“The trial was held behind closed doors, because Rustam Madumarov was tried there as part of the SNB group. It is unknown under what articles of the Criminal Code they were tried. But, as they say, the group was accused of kidnapping people (presumably Gulnara Karimova’s assistant, Nurmukhammad Sodikov), illegally exporting expensive things from the country (it is unknown what),” writes a Tashkent source for Ozodlik radio.
In Article 135 of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan it is written about theft of people. According to the document, the punishment includes imprisonment from 5 to 12 years.
Correspondents of radio “Ozodlik” appealed to the criminal court of the Tashkent region, the prosecutor’s office and others government agencies, however, it was not possible to obtain any information from the regional authorities.
According to sources, any information related to this case is strictly classified. Both NSS employees and Madumarov’s lawyers signed non-disclosure documents.
At the same time, the Uzbek BBC service, citing its sources, reported on the trial of Gayane Avakyan and Rustam Madumarov.
In a report distributed on July 13, the Uzbek BBC service provided other details of the trial. The BBC also reported a 10-year sentence for Madumarov, but due to the addition of sentences, a third of this term was reduced. Avakyan also received a reduction in her sentence from 9 to 6 years.
All these statements from independent sources have not yet been confirmed, but neither have they been refuted by official institutions.
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Among the public figures on this list is Rustam Madumarov, one of the members of the musical family group Dado, who has been rumored for many years to be the boyfriend of the daughter of the Uzbek president, Gulnara Karimova.
His address is indicated in the Yunus-Abad quarter in Tashkent, and that he is the owner offshore company Stockbrigde Plus LTD. - Insert K.ru]
Let us recall that on February 17 in Tashkent, a special group of the National Security Service conducted search in the apartment of Gulnara Karimova, eldest daughter President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, and everyone who was with her, about 10 people, including young children, were detained: Karimova herself, her common-law husband Rustam Madumarov, her daughter, as well as members of her immediate circle - Gayane Avakyan, Ekaterina Klyueva with 1.5 year old daughter and staff.
With the detention of Gayane Avakyan and Rustam Madumarov, the General Prosecutor's Office of Uzbekistan, with hitherto invisible efficiency, opened a criminal case against them.
Reports that appeared after this story say that Gulnara Karimova and her daughter Iman have since been under house arrest.
The government of Uzbekistan has since confiscated large buildings in the center of Tashkent belonging to Gulnara Karimova in favor of the state, as confirmed by law enforcement agencies of Uzbekistan and the State Property Committee.
Then a source from Radio Ozodlik from the State Property Committee reported that they belonged to the companies Solid-Investment, Fast-Development, Panally LTD, Aval-Invest. These buildings were transferred to the state by court decision. All of these companies were registered in the name of Gulnara Karimova’s assistant, Gayane Avakyan.
At the same time, conflicting reports are spreading about the condition of Gulnara Karimova herself.
The online newspaper Uzmetronom writes that on July 8, Gulnara Karimova celebrated her birthday in one of the Baltic countries in a circle close to her.
A day after this, photographs appeared on the RuNet showing that the president’s daughter was still under house arrest, and her next letter was published on the birthday of her sister Lola - July 3.
In March, the prosecutor's offices of Switzerland and Sweden announced the start of an investigation into "suspicion of money laundering and bribery by the daughter of the President of Uzbekistan Gulnara Karimova" and opened criminal cases.
In addition to Sweden, criminal cases regarding TeliaSonera bribing the daughter of the President of Uzbekistan, Gulnara Karimova, with $350 million have been initiated in Switzerland, Latvia, France and Holland. Suspects in these criminal cases include people close to Gulnara Karimova, in particular her common-law husband Rustam Madumarov, assistant Gayane Avakyan, Alisher Ergashev, Shokhrukh Sobirov.
The Swiss prosecutor's office announced that Gulnara Karimova herself has become a suspect in the money laundering case.
In all European countries where investigative work against Gulnara Karimova is taking place, her personal bank accounts and real estate have been frozen.
["Russian Planet", 07/14/2014, "Serdyukov's case in Uzbek": Reports of court verdicts against Madumarov and Avakyan are still unofficial, although the probability of this information is close to 100%, a political scientist and expert on CIS countries Arkady Dubnov. He noted that the story of this verdict is very reminiscent of the course of the criminal and trial proceedings against former head Russian Ministry of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov and one of the high-ranking employees of the department Evgenia Vasilyeva.
“The scheme looks quite similar: Serdyukov is no longer in danger - he was granted an amnesty, and all the blame for some corrupt deals falls on Vasilyeva’s shoulders. In a similar Uzbek version Serdyukov’s place is taken by Gulnara Karimova, who was also under threat of arrest. Now she is allegedly under house arrest, but all charges related to the activities of structures and funds under her control are laid on her closest associates,” Dubnov explained.
According to the expert, Karimova, from the point of view criminal liability nothing threatens and after some time she will come out from under house arrest. The political scientist believes that the comrades of the president’s daughter Madumarov and Avakyan, who have already had their sentences reduced, may not serve their sentence in full and in the future it will be replaced with a more lenient one. “This is such an act of intimidation, it has to do with the clan struggle within the Uzbek security forces and ruling elites. During this game, various “scenario developments” of possible options for exiting this high-profile scandalous case are being carried out,” says RP’s interlocutor.
He added that recent interview with Karimov's grandson for the REN-TV channel, which can be called rather symbolic, is one of the next moves in this scenario, where the son of Gulnara Karimova himself acts as a pawn. “He is only intended to demonstrate that his mother is under serious pressure from the security forces, until now she has actually been the defender of all the humiliated and oppressed, so she is having a hard time there now. In my opinion, this speech only confirms the goal of the entire scenario being implemented: Gulnara Karimova should ultimately be recognized as almost a political prisoner, which will help her somehow get rid of or mitigate the consequences of her criminal prosecution in the West,” Dubnov concluded. - Insert K.ru]
© "Exchange Leader", 07/13/2014, Gulnara Karimova's accomplices, Avakyan and Madumarov, were sentenced to imprisonment, Photo: via svt.se, dadomusic.com
There were reports that two accomplices Gulnara Karimova, allegedly related to corruption schemes, - Gayane Avakyan and Rustam Madumarov - imprisoned for long periods. “According to several sources independent from each other, Rustam Madumarov was convicted in the Tashkent region as an employee of the National Security Service group accused of embezzlement,” writes the Exchange Leader with reference to Ozodlik (Radio Liberty in Uzbekistan).
According to several reports received by Radio Ozodlik from different sources last week, Rustam Madumarov was sentenced to 10 years in prison, Gayane Avakyan - to 9 years.
According to reports, a group of SNB officers were tried last week in a criminal court in the Tashkent region.
According to sources from law enforcement agencies of Uzbekistan, among the NSS employees accused of embezzlement and a number of other crimes, a close business partner of Gulnara Karimova was tried, and, according to some sources, her common-law husband Rustam Madumarov.
“The trial was held behind closed doors, because Rustam Madumarov was tried there as part of the SNB group. It is unknown under what articles of the Criminal Code they were tried. But, as they say, the group was accused of kidnapping people (presumably Gulnara Karimova’s assistant, Nurmukhammad Sodikov), illegally exporting expensive things from the country (it is unknown what),” writes a Tashkent source for Ozodlik radio.
In Article 135 of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan it is written about theft of people. According to the document, the punishment includes imprisonment from 5 to 12 years.
Radio Ozodlik correspondents contacted the criminal court of the Tashkent region, the prosecutor's office and other government agencies, but were unable to obtain any information from the regional authorities.
According to sources, any information related to this case is strictly classified. Both NSS employees and Madumarov’s lawyers signed non-disclosure documents.
At the same time, the Uzbek BBC service, citing its sources, reported on the trial of Gayane Avakyan and Rustam Madumarov.
In a report distributed on July 13, the Uzbek BBC service provided other details of the trial. The BBC also reported a 10-year sentence for Madumarov, but due to the addition of sentences, a third of this term was reduced. Avakyan also received a reduction in her sentence from 9 to 6 years.
All these statements from independent sources have not yet been confirmed, but neither have they been refuted by official institutions.
[Uznews.net, 06/20/2013, “Owners of offshore companies from Uzbekistan”: The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published a list of offshore owners from around the world, including 30 people from Uzbekistan. [...]
Among the public figures on this list is Rustam Madumarov, one of the members of the musical family group Dado, who has been rumored for many years to be the boyfriend of the daughter of the Uzbek president, Gulnara Karimova.
His address is indicated in the Yunus-Abad quarter in Tashkent, and that he is the owner of the offshore company Stockbrigde Plus LTD. - Insert K.ru]
Let us recall that on February 17 in Tashkent, a special group of the National Security Service conducted search in the apartment of Gulnara Karimova, the eldest daughter of the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, and everyone who was with her, about 10 people, including young children, were detained: Karimova herself, her common-law husband Rustam Madumarov, her daughter, as well as members of her inner circle - Gayane Avakyan, Ekaterina Klyueva with their 1.5-year-old daughter and staff.
With the detention of Gayane Avakyan and Rustam Madumarov, the General Prosecutor's Office of Uzbekistan, with hitherto invisible efficiency, opened a criminal case against them.
Reports that appeared after this story say that Gulnara Karimova and her daughter Iman have since been under house arrest.
The government of Uzbekistan has since confiscated large buildings in the center of Tashkent belonging to Gulnara Karimova in favor of the state, as confirmed by law enforcement agencies of Uzbekistan and the State Property Committee.
Then a source from Radio Ozodlik from the State Property Committee reported that they belonged to the companies Solid-Investment, Fast-Development, Panally LTD, Aval-Invest. These buildings were transferred to the state by court decision. All of these companies were registered in the name of Gulnara Karimova’s assistant, Gayane Avakyan.
At the same time, conflicting reports are spreading about the condition of Gulnara Karimova herself.
The online newspaper Uzmetronom writes that on July 8, Gulnara Karimova celebrated her birthday in one of the Baltic countries in a circle close to her.
A day after this, photographs appeared on the RuNet showing that the president’s daughter was still under house arrest, and her next letter was published on the birthday of her sister Lola - July 3.
In March, the prosecutor's offices of Switzerland and Sweden announced the start of an investigation into "suspicion of money laundering and bribery by the daughter of the President of Uzbekistan Gulnara Karimova" and opened criminal cases.
In addition to Sweden, criminal cases regarding TeliaSonera bribing the daughter of the President of Uzbekistan, Gulnara Karimova, with $350 million have been initiated in Switzerland, Latvia, France and Holland. Suspects in these criminal cases include people close to Gulnara Karimova, in particular, her common-law husband Rustam Madumarov, assistant Gayane Avakyan, Alisher Ergashev, Shokhrukh Sobirov.
The Swiss prosecutor's office announced that Gulnara Karimova herself has become a suspect in the money laundering case.
In all European countries where investigative work against Gulnara Karimova is taking place, her personal bank accounts and real estate have been frozen.
["Russian Planet", 07/14/2014, "Serdyukov's case in Uzbek": Reports of court verdicts against Madumarov and Avakyan are still unofficial, although the probability of this information is close to 100%, a political scientist and expert on CIS countries Arkady Dubnov. He noted that the story of this verdict is very reminiscent of the course of the criminal and trial proceedings against the former head of the Russian Ministry of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov and one of the high-ranking employees of the department Evgenia Vasilyeva.
“The scheme looks quite similar: Serdyukov is no longer in danger - he was granted an amnesty, and all the blame for some corrupt deals falls on Vasilyeva’s shoulders. In a similar Uzbek version, Serdyukov’s place is taken by Gulnara Karimova, who was also under threat of arrest. Now she is allegedly under house arrest, but all charges related to the activities of structures and funds under her control are laid on her closest associates,” Dubnov explained.
According to the expert, Karimova is not in danger of criminal liability and after some time she will be released from house arrest. The political scientist believes that the comrades of the president’s daughter Madumarov and Avakyan, who have already had their sentences reduced, may not serve their sentence in full and in the future it will be replaced with a more lenient one. “This is such an act of intimidation, it has to do with the clan struggle within the Uzbek security forces and ruling elites. During this game, various “scenario developments” of possible options for exiting this high-profile scandalous case are being carried out,” says RP’s interlocutor.
He added that recent interview with Karimov's grandson for the REN-TV channel, which can be called rather symbolic, is one of the next moves in this scenario, where the son of Gulnara Karimova himself acts as a pawn. “He is only intended to demonstrate that his mother is under serious pressure from the security forces, until now she has actually been the defender of all the humiliated and oppressed, so she is having a hard time there now. In my opinion, this speech only confirms the goal of the entire scenario being implemented: Gulnara Karimova should ultimately be recognized as almost a political prisoner, which will help her somehow get rid of or mitigate the consequences of her criminal prosecution in the West,” Dubnov concluded. - Insert K.ru]
The main gigolo of Uzbekistan is Rustam Madumarov, the common-law husband of Gulnara Karimova, the eldest daughter of the country's president. Madumarov was born in Tashkent, his parents are Bukhara Tajiks. It is known among the “pop” circles of Uzbekistan that he previously sang in the group “Anor”. Then, with his brothers, in 1999 he created the group "DADO", which for some time enjoyed some popularity among unspoiled Uzbek youth. In the early 2000s, he met Gulnara Karimova and became her favorite. The connection with Gulnara Karimova made it possible for Madumarov to establish a successful business in Uzbekistan. He opened the recording studio "PanTerra", took control of the work of "Terra-Group", publishing house, shopping centers, manufacturing companies. His brother- Alisher Madumarov was born in 1975. Graduated from the Faculty of English Philology of the University foreign languages. With the help of his gigolo brother, Alisher Madumarov opened the NIRVANA company, which produces and sells counterfeit DVDs. Over the past few years, the Madumarov brothers, with the assistance of Gulnara Karimova, have achieved the closure of all major outlets selling counterfeit DVDs in the Uzbek capital and have become a monopoly in this area. Just like Gulnara Karimova, the Madumarov brothers often engage in raider takeovers (though on a smaller scale) of retail outlets, etc. They are known as people who do not repay debts and refuse to pay bills, transparently hinting in such cases at being close to the Karimov family. However, Rustam Madumarov pays the price for such “coolness”. In relations with Gulnara Karimova, he does not have his own will and voice, he is obliged to support all decisions made by her. He is ready to place the burden of responsibility for his life and everything else on the shoulders of Karimov’s daughter. But, as soon as you order him, he will immediately go to carry out the orders of his mistress, without expressing the slightest dissatisfaction and hiding his own opinion far away. Rustam Madumarov is a weak person, a loser in life, a weakling, who, in principle, walks on his hind legs in front of his high-ranking partner. The degree of his henpeckedness depends solely on the wishes of Gulnara Karimova. He can cook, wash, wear slippers in his teeth and even endure humiliation, which, however, often borders on masochism. You can rely on him. True, lean on your foot, and even on your shoe, and even on its heel, but still lean on it. This is the foundation that exists, which lies in a block and has nowhere to go. Once, Rustam Madumarov tried to express his dissatisfaction with Gulnara Karimova’s numerous adulteres. The punishment was immediate and brutal. The entire business of the Madumarov brothers was crushed. Rustam went on the run, and Alisher Madumarov was under investigation. After returning to the bosom of his partner, business improved, and it would seem that Rustam Madumarov should submit to fate and live his life under the shadow of his patroness. However, according to rumors, Rustam Madumarov has recently hit hard. He made several girlfriends, whom he secretly meets in one of his apartments in the Darkhan district, which he uses for love pleasures. One of his friends is Karina Murtazina, 23 years old, a fashion model, whom he met at one of the shows as part of Art Week Style. Madumarov supports his passion in every possible way. Despite all the tricks and precautions, information about his connections on the side still became known to his circle. At the same time, despite the fact that Gulnara Karimova completely subjugated Madumarov to her will, he, as evidenced by his entourage and party, is not so harmless. In the real scandal associated with MTS, Madumarov’s role is not clearly visible and, as a result, is underestimated. Sources from Terra Group stated that Rustam Madumarov’s hostility to former leader MTS Uzbekistan to Akhmedov Bekhzod has existed for a long time. And only now this hostility, and also, first of all, a lot of money led to the fact that Madumarov was able to set Gulnara Karimova against the head of the mobile operator. With one bullet he killed two birds with one stone. Got rid of possible competitor(there is information about Karimova’s close relationship with Akhmedov Bekhzod) and cleared his way to the mobile telephony business. And this is another level. However, Rustam Madumarov may be being modest. When a number of simple and complex circumstances come together, there may be something immeasurably more at stake than mobile business. This is power. Life is like chess - a pawn can turn into a queen.
A. Kovalchuk, 27.5.2013
The main gigolo of Uzbekistan is Rustam Madumarov, the common-law husband of Gulnara Karimova, the eldest daughter of the country's president.
Madumarov was born in Tashkent, his parents are Bukhara Tajiks. It is known among the “pop” circles of Uzbekistan that he previously sang in the group “Anor”. Then, with his brothers, in 1999 he created the group "DADO", which for some time enjoyed some popularity among unspoiled Uzbek youth. In the early 2000s, he met Gulnara Karimova and became her favorite. The connection with Gulnara Karimova made it possible for Madumarov to establish a successful business in Uzbekistan. He opened the recording studio "PanTerra", took control of the work of "Terra-Group", publishing houses, shopping centers, and manufacturing companies. His brother, Alisher Madumarov, was born in 1975. He graduated from the Faculty of English Philology at the University of Foreign Languages. With the help of his gigolo brother, Alisher Madumarov opened the NIRVANA company, which produces and sells counterfeit DVDs. Over the past few years, the Madumarov brothers, with the assistance of Gulnara Karimova, have achieved the closure of all major outlets selling counterfeit DVDs in the Uzbek capital and have become a monopoly in this area. Just like Gulnara Karimova, the Madumarov brothers often engage in raider takeovers (though on a smaller scale) of retail outlets, etc. They are known as people who do not repay debts and refuse to pay bills, transparently hinting in such cases at being close to the Karimov family. However, Rustam Madumarov pays the price for such “coolness”. In relations with Gulnara Karimova, he does not have his own will and voice, he is obliged to support all decisions made by her. He is ready to place the burden of responsibility for his life and everything else on the shoulders of Karimov’s daughter. But, as soon as you order him, he will immediately go to carry out the orders of his mistress, without expressing the slightest dissatisfaction and hiding his own opinion far away. Rustam Madumarov is a weak person, a loser in life, a weakling, who, in principle, walks on his hind legs in front of his high-ranking partner. The degree of his henpeckedness depends solely on the wishes of Gulnara Karimova. He can cook, wash, wear slippers in his teeth and even endure humiliation, which, however, often borders on masochism. You can rely on him. True, lean on your foot, and even on your shoe, and even on its heel, but still lean on it. This is the foundation that exists, which lies in a block and has nowhere to go. Once, Rustam Madumarov tried to express his dissatisfaction with Gulnara Karimova’s numerous adulteres. The punishment was immediate and brutal. The entire business of the Madumarov brothers was crushed. Rustam went on the run, and Alisher Madumarov was under investigation. After returning to the bosom of his partner, business improved, and it would seem that Rustam Madumarov should submit to fate and live his life under the shadow of his patroness. However, according to rumors, Rustam Madumarov has recently hit hard. He made several girlfriends, whom he secretly meets in one of his apartments in the Darkhan district, which he uses for lovemaking. One of his friends is Karina Murtazina, 23 years old, a fashion model, whom he met at one of the shows as part of Art Week Style. Madumarov supports his passion in every possible way. Despite all the tricks and precautions, information about his connections on the side still became known to his circle. At the same time, despite the fact that Gulnara Karimova completely subjugated Madumarov to her will, he, as evidenced by his entourage and party, is not so harmless. In the real scandal associated with MTS, Madumarov’s role is not clearly visible and, as a result, is underestimated. Sources from Terra Group stated that Rustam Madumarov’s hostility towards the former head of MTS Uzbekistan Akhmedov Bekhzod has existed for a long time. And only now this hostility, and also, first of all, a lot of money led to the fact that Madumarov was able to set Gulnara Karimova against the head of the mobile operator. With one bullet he killed two birds with one stone. He got rid of a possible competitor (there is information about Karimova’s close relationship with Akhmedov Bekhzod) and cleared his way to the mobile telephony business. And this is another level. However, Rustam Madumarov may be being modest. Given a combination of simple and complex circumstances, something immeasurably greater than the mobile business may be at stake. This is power. Life is like chess - a pawn can turn into a queen.
Alexander Kovalchuk
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