Dzhabrailov Umar Alievich- famous Russian businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist and public figure. Umar Alievich is one of the representatives of the board of trustees of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and a talented academician of the Russian Academy of Arts. He develops dozens of new projects every year.

Dzhabrailov Umar is vice-president of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia. From 2004 to 2009, the popular entrepreneur was a representative of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the executive body of state power of the Chechen Republic. Dzhabrailov is also the founder and head of the Avanti Association of Entrepreneurs for the Development of Business Patriotism. A man is often the center of attention and is noticed at various events.

Businessman and politician Umar Dzhabrailov

Childhood and youth of Dzhabrailov Umar Alievich

Dzhabrailov Umar Alievich was born on June 28, 1958, where he spent his entire childhood and adolescence. Dzhabrailov is Chechen by nationality. Umar's father Alvi Dzhabrailov, was deported to Kazakhstan. Later, he nevertheless returned to his homeland to his family. Previously, Alvi worked in the district committee of the Komsomol and was a secretary. Umar’s father also worked in the oil sector and made every effort. Alvi also spent his free time writing poems. Umar's mother Rumi Sarakaeva, was a housewife and maintained a home. Umar also has three brothers and two sisters in his family.

In 1973 Umar Dzhabrailov graduated from school and received secondary education in Grozny. Then he moved to Moscow and became a student at the fur technical school. Later in the late 1970s, Dzhabrailov became a member of the missile forces in Korosten, Ukraine. During his service, Umar Alievich was a member of the CPSU until the end of the 1980s.

Umar Dzhabrailov in his youth

Later, the Chechen decided to continue his educational process and planned to enter the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Unfortunately, he lacked a few points, but Umar did not despair. He began attending preparatory courses. The following year, Umar still managed to enter one of the best higher educational institutions in the Russian Federation. He decided to study economics. In 1985, Umar Dzhabrailov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations with honors. Then, for two years, the young student worked as a laboratory assistant at the department at MGIMO.

Business of Dzhabrailov Umar Alievich

Umar Alievich Dzhabrailov received his start-up capital through criminal means, which was common at that time. He earned a considerable sum from Chechen advice notes. Such scams were extremely popular in the 1990s. Dzhabrailov received funds from the Central Bank using bank orders that were actually missing.

Umar Dzhabrailov

In the early 1990s, Umar Alievich worked as an art inspector at the Moscow cooperative gallery. Later, the man developed and headed a trading company called Danako. It supplied various companies with refined petroleum products. A few years later, it became known about Dzhabrailov’s close partnership with a colleague from the United States of America Paul Tatum. They cooperated and formed a joint venture called "Intourist-RedAmer Hotel and Business Center". Soon Dzhabrailov became deputy general director. However, an unpleasant incident occurred and all ties between business partners were severed. Paul Tatum accused Umar of organizing the assassination attempt. That year, Tatum and his employees were shot in an underpass. Thus, Umar Alievich was prohibited from entering the territory of the United States of America. However, law enforcement agencies have not proven the Chechen’s involvement in the murder of his business partner.

Umar Dzhabrailov and Paul Tatum

Soon, Umar became the head of the Plaza group of companies and advisor to the acting general director of the Radisson-Slavyanskaya hotel complex. In the early 2000s, Dzhabrailov joined the banking industry and became a member of the board of directors of Russian Capital. A year later, the businessman became one of the representatives of the board of directors of the First OVK bank. In 2004, Umar achieved success and was elected senator of the Chechen Republic.

In 2009 The senator left his position and began a new activity. He became an adviser to Sergei Prikhodko, assistant to the head of the Russian state. In addition to his activities in the field of economics, Dzhabrailov was also an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts. He is considered a famous collector and philanthropist.

Security of Umar Dzhabrailov

Criminal case and offenses of Umar Dzhabrailov

In August last year, Umar Dzhubrailov was detained in one of the capital's hotels "Four Seasons". An unpleasant incident occurred involving hooliganism by a famous businessman. According to law enforcement agencies, Dzhabrailov began shooting from an award pistol right in his room. Dzhabrailov was released, but was informed that he was under written recognizance not to leave. During the investigation, holes in the ceiling and powder of unknown origin were found in the Chechen's room. Umar tried to justify himself and argued that this was all done unconsciously. According to him, the cause of this incident was the military actions in Chechnya that took place earlier.

Four Seasons Hotel

Dzhabrailov Umar shot from a combat pistol Yarygina. According to the Chechen, he had all the rights to use weapons. Moreover, Umar provided all the necessary evidence. In October, the court announced the verdict to the Russian businessman. He was charged with two counts. They are associated with hooliganism and the use of psychotropic drugs without a doctor’s prescription. For the consumption of narcotic drugs, the man received a fine of four thousand rubles. Moreover, the accused admitted his guilt in court regarding hooliganism and drugs.

Senator Umar Dzhabrailov

Condition of Dzhabrailov Umar

In 1999 Umar announced that he plans to run for president. According to the data contained in the declaration, the Chechen businessman owns a prestigious apartment in Moscow measuring 480 square meters. The Russian entrepreneur also purchased an elite car from the BMW brand. The income of Umar Dzhabrailov over the past two years exceeds eight and a half million rubles.

Umar Alievich is the founder of twenty different commercial structures. The man is also involved in the cultural sphere. He owns a restaurant "Just Cavalli" together with the popular Italian designer. Moreover, he designed one of the architectural monuments, which belongs to him.

Restaurant of Umar Dzhabrailov “Just Cavalli”

Personal life and hobbies of Umar Dzhabrailov

It is known that Umar Dzhabrailov has close ties with various Italian and Russian designers and artists. They develop many innovative projects every year. The Chechen entrepreneur is interested in architecture and collecting works of art. We are talking about paintings by Russian artists.

Umar Dzhabrailov and Ksenia Sobchak

Today there are many rumors about the personal life of Umar Dzhabrailov. The man was previously married; from his first marriage the man has two daughters named Danata and Alvina. They live with Umar's ex-wife in Monte Carlo in a luxurious mansion. Later, Dzhabrailov married a second time. According to journalists, his current wife is a Russian artist, but absolutely nothing is known about her.

Umar Dzhabrailov and Alexa

Despite having a wife, Umar Alievich loves to be the center of attention of women at various social events. A singer was spotted in his company Alexa and even - Naomi Campbell. These are not all socialites, about whose affairs there was a lot of information in the yellow press and in the news.

Umar Dzhabrailov and Naomi Campbell

Today, Umar Dzhabrailov is a famous Russian businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist and representative of the arts. He is the organizer of various movements, including “Russian Islamic Heritage”, “Strength” and many others. In addition, Dzhabrailov is a representative of the Russian-Qatar Business Council and the developer of the Avanti Association of Entrepreneurs for the Development of Business Patriotism. He knows several foreign languages, including Spanish, Hungarian, French and Czech. The Chechen also speaks German, Italian and English.

Born on June 28, 1958 in Grozny, Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Chechen. In 1973 he entered the fur technical school in Moscow. In 1977 - 79 he served in the strategic missile forces in the city of Korosten, Zhitomir region. After the army, he entered the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but did not get a point. He graduated from preparatory courses at MGIMO. In 1985 he graduated from the Faculty of Economics of MGIMO with a degree in International Economic Relations. Received free distribution. I couldn’t get a job for about a year due to lack of registration. In 1986 - 88 - laboratory assistant at MGIMO. From 1989 to 1992 he worked as a representative of Western companies in Moscow. In December 1992 he founded his own company, Danako (supplying petroleum products to state-owned enterprises). In 1994, he met American entrepreneur Paul Tatum, founder of the Intourist-RedAmer Hotel and Business Center JV, and helped him win the case of eviction from the Slavyanskaya Hotel, which was rented by the Intourist-RedAmer JV. From July 1994 to 1997 - first deputy. general director, i. O. General Director of the joint venture "Intourist-RedAmer Hotel and Business Center". In 1996, P. Tatum accused Dzhabrailov of intending to kill him because of his desire to remove the American entrepreneur from among the founders of the joint venture. In November 1996, P. Tatum was killed. The International Arbitration Court in Stockholm upheld the claim prepared by Dzhabrailov to terminate the contract with Americom to manage the Radisson-Slavyanskaya joint venture. Since December 1996 - Deputy General Director, Director of Marketing and Leasing of Manezhnaya Square OJSC. Since October 1997 - advisor and... O. General Director of the Radisson-Slavyanskaya complex. Since 1997 - President of the PLAZA Group company. He was a member of the board of directors of the Russian Capital bank. On February 21, 2000, he was registered by the Central Election Commission as a candidate for the post of President of the Russian Federation. On February 29, 2000, the Moscow City Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case on the facts of forgery of signature sheets in support of U. Dzhabrailov by initiative groups. In the presidential elections of the Russian Federation on March 26, 2000, he took the last, eleventh place. Divorced, has two daughters (Donata and Alvina, live in Monaco). Brother, Khusain Dzhabrailov, runs the Danako oil company instead of Umar. Speaks English, German, Italian, understands French, Spanish, Czech, Hungarian.

The famous Chechen businessman and statesman is famous throughout the country for his extravagant actions and his alleged romances with Russian and world celebrities. The biography of ex-senator Umar Dzhabrailov is filled with such stories. Photographs of the businessman adorned the pages of many glossy magazines and tabloids.

early years

The biography of Umar Dzhabrailov began in Grozny, where his parents returned, having previously been deported to Kazakhstan. Therefore, he was born in the capital of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on June 28, 1958. He was brought up in a large Chechen family; Umar has two sisters and three brothers. His father Ali (Alvi) Israpilovich Dzhabrailov worked as secretary of the district Komsomol committee, then went to work in the oil industry. In his free time he liked to write poetry. Mother Rumi Sarakaeva was involved in housekeeping and raising children.

In 1973, Dzhabrailov graduated from high school in Grozny and moved to the capital of the country. Here he studied at the fur technical school, owned by Rospotrebsoyuz. From 1977 to 1979 he served in military service in strategic missile units in Korosten, Zhytomyr region of the Ukrainian SSR. In the army he joined the ranks of the Communist Party, whose membership he ceased in 1989.

Study and first job

After demobilization, the Moscow period continued in the biography of Umar Dzhabrailov; he came to the capital to take exams at MGIMO. He was a little unlucky - he only missed out on the score required for admission to the most prestigious university in the country. Umar remained to study at the preparatory department, like all those who served in the army, he had the same right. After a year of preparatory study, he became a student at the Faculty of Economics of MGIMO, from which he graduated with honors in 1985 with a degree in International Economic Relations.

Umar received a free assignment and got a job at the department at his native institute, where he worked as a laboratory assistant from 1986 to 1988. During the perestroika years, he got a job at one of the first cooperative galleries as an art inspector. In 1989, he represented the interests of several foreign companies in the country, since he speaks English, German and Italian and understands and expresses himself in several other languages.

First experiences in business

In 1989, the entrepreneurial biography of Umar Dzhabrailov began; he established his first company, Danako, which was engaged in the trading of petroleum products. He worked as its general director until 1994; the company owned a network of gas stations in Moscow and the Moscow region and supplied petroleum products to state enterprises. In 1993, Umar and his partner opened a French fashion store in the Slavyanskaya Hotel.

During these years, the Chechen entrepreneur met the American Paul Tatum. They organized a joint venture, where Dzhabrailov became first deputy general director. He managed to save the Slavyanskaya Hotel for the company, which the Moscow Property Committee intended to take over. In 1996, the first big scandal took place in the biography of Umar Alievich Dzhabrailov, which made him famous throughout the country. The American partner publicly accused Umar of intending to kill him. In November 1996, Tatum and his guards were shot dead near the Kievsky railway station. The connection between the Chechen businessman and the murder was not established, but he was banned from entering the United States.

Business success

In 1997, Umar Dzhabrailov’s career began as head of the Plaza group of companies. He continued to work at the Radisson-Slavyanskaya hotel complex, transferring to the position of advisor to the general director. The group provided property management services in the capital. Also during these same years, he worked as deputy director for marketing and leasing at the Manezhnaya Ploshchad company.

One of the companies of the Millennium group was involved in show business, building and managing the nightclub "VI:RUS". Another of Plaza's business structures specialized in outdoor advertising; it owned about 20% of outdoor advertising surfaces in Moscow. In the early 2000s, the biography of businessman Umar Dzhabrailov continued in the banking sector. First, he joined the board of directors of the bank, and in 2001 he became chairman of the board of directors of the commercial bank First OVK.

In public service

In 2000, Dzhabrailov ran for the post of President of Russia, as he himself said - by his actions he wanted to show that there is no discrimination against Chechens in the country. The businessman declared an annual income of 8.66 million rubles, an apartment and a BMW 850 car.

In 2004, he was appointed a member of the Federation Council from the Chechen Republic, where he worked as deputy chairman of the committee on international affairs. In 2006, he suggested that the President of Chechnya leave his post early, who followed his advice, and Ramzan Kadyrov was elected to this place. In 2009 he left of his own free will. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Advisor to the Assistant to the Head of State.

Personal life

In the biography of Umar Alievich Dzhabrailov there were two marriages; from his second wife he has two daughters Danata and Alvina, who live with their mother in Monte Carlo.

He is a regular at celebrity parties and often appears at them with famous beauties. Photos of the businessman along with Zhanna Friske, Alexa and even the famous black panther Naomi Campbell adorned the pages of many tabloids.

In 2017, the Chechen businessman again appeared on the front pages of almost all Russian media resources. Dzhabrailov was detained for shooting at the ceiling from Yarygin’s award pistol at the Four Seasons Hotel. He himself called it an unfortunate accident.

Umar Dzhabrailov is a businessman who ran for the Russian presidential elections (2000), senator from Chechnya (2004-2009), founder and leader of the Avanti association of entrepreneurs for the development of business patriotism.

On the night of August 30, 2017, Umar Dzhabrailov was detained in Moscow after shooting from an award pistol at the Four Seasons Hotel (Moscow Hotel). He allegedly opened fire at the ceiling of the hotel room from his Yarygin award pistol due to the fact that the food ordered to the room was delivered by the hotel cleaning lady, and not by the waiter. The businessman was placed in a temporary detention center. In connection with the shooting, a criminal case has been opened under the article “Hooliganism”.

"There was a misunderstanding, which I regret, yes. But it was preceded by some measures on the part of the hotel staff. I had a nervous breakdown, I did not cause any harm, I just walked around a little. I regret what happened. I apologize to those to whom I caused inconvenience... But as a man I did the right thing,” Dzhabrailov said.

On August 30, the Kitai-Gorod Department of Internal Affairs, “fearing an attack by the detainee’s fellow countrymen,” introduced the “Fortress” plan in the area and allowed only residents registered in Kitai-Gorod to pass through.

At the end of October, the magistrate of the Tverskoy district of Moscow fined Dzhabrailov four thousand rubles. In November, the court sentenced Dzhabrailov to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.

Biography

In 1973 - 1977 he studied at the fur technical school in Moscow.

From 1977 to 1979, he served in the Strategic Missile Forces in the town of Korosten, Zhitomir Region. In the army he joined the CPSU, which he was a member of until 1989.

After the army, he entered the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but did not get a point. He graduated from preparatory courses at MGIMO.

In 1985 he graduated from the Faculty of Economics of MGIMO with a degree in International Economic Relations. I received a free assignment, but for about a year I could not get a job due to lack of registration in Moscow.

In 1986 - 1988 he worked as a laboratory assistant at MGIMO, and then art inspector at the Moscow cooperative gallery.

Entrepreneurial activity

From 1989 to 1992 he was a representative of a number of Western companies in Moscow.

In December 1992, he founded his own company, Danako (supplying petroleum products to state-owned enterprises). At that time, Danako had 4 operating and 6 gas stations under construction.

In 1994, he met American entrepreneur Paul Tatum, the founder of the joint venture Intourist-RedAmer Hotel and Business Center, and helped him win the case of eviction from the Slavyanskaya Hotel, which was rented by the Intourist-RedAmer joint venture.

In 1994 - 1997 he was first deputy general director, acting. General Director of the joint venture "Intourist-RedAmer Hotel and Business Center". Dzhabrailov was recommended for this position by the Moscow government (in particular, the department of external relations).

In 1996, Paul Tatum accused Umar Dzhabrailov of intending to organize an attempt on his life because of his desire to remove the American entrepreneur from among the founders of the joint venture. In November 1996, Tatum was killed. Umar Dzhabrailov's involvement in the death of the American was not proven, but he was banned from entering the United States..

The International Arbitration Court in Stockholm upheld the claim prepared by Dzhabrailov to terminate the contract with Americom to manage the Radisson-Slavyanskaya joint venture.

Since December 1996, Dzhabrailov has been Deputy General Director, Director of Marketing and Leasing of Manezhnaya Square OJSC.

In October 1997, the Moscow government granted Dzhabrailov's request to relieve him of his acting position. General Director of the Radisson-Slavyanskaya complex. Dzhabrailov became an acting adviser. general director of this complex.

In 1997, he headed the Kremlin Plaza group, and was also a member of the board of directors of the Russian Capital bank.

In the early 2000s, Dzhabrailov was on the board of directors of the Russian Capital bank, and in April 2001 he was elected chairman of the board of directors of the First OVK bank after acquiring its large stake.

Participation in presidential elections

In December 1999, Umar Dzhabrailov announced his intention to run for president of Russia. In January 2000, he was nominated by the initiative group "Power of Reason" as a candidate for the presidency of Russia. On February 21, 2000, he was registered by the Central Election Commission as a candidate for the post of President of Russia.

In February 2000, the Moscow City Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case into allegations of forgery of signature sheets in support of Dzhabrailov by initiative groups.

In the elections held on March 26, 2000, Umar Dzhabrailov took the last, eleventh place, receiving 0.08% of the vote.

Commenting on his participation in the elections, Dzhabrailov subsequently noted: “I was able to fulfill my duty to the Almighty and the state when I helped the great power of Russia prove to the whole world that we do not have genocide of the Chechen people. What kind of genocide can we talk about if a representative of this nation is nominated as a candidate for the presidency of the Russian Federation? Even though I didn’t win the elections in 1999, I can say without false modesty that I was then lucky to become the person who, with his act, and in those years it was truly a brave act, raised the spirit of the Chechen people.”

Dzhabrailov in politics

On January 5, 2004, Dzhabrailov was appointed representative of Chechnya in the Federation Council, after which he left the post of president of the Plaza group, which by this time had lost its main assets. In the upper house of parliament, Dzhabrailov became deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs.

In this post, in November 2006, Umar Dzhabrailov was the first official to suggest that Alu Alkhanov resign from the post of president of the republic. Alkhanov voluntarily resigned in February 2007 and Ramzan Kadyrov was elected in his place.

In July 2007, Dzhabrailov's powers in the Federation Council were extended, but in October 2009, he left the post of senator ahead of schedule, of his own free will.

In March 2005, with the support of Dzhabrailov, the public movement “Russian Islamic Heritage” was created. The younger brother of Umar Dzhabrailov, Khusein Dzhabrailov, was elected chairman of the movement. Umar Dzhabrailov himself, together with the President of Tatarstan Shaimiev, headed the board of trustees of the movement. The movement existed until 2013.

From 2009 to 2013, Umar Dzhabrailov was an advisor to Russian Presidential Assistant Sergei Prikhodko for international affairs.

In the summer of 2014, Umar Dzhabrailov established the Avanti public association of entrepreneurs for the development of business patriotism.

Since 2014, Dzhabrailov has been deputy chairman of the Russian-Arab Business Council. President of the Russian-Qatari Business Council.

Umar Dzhabrailov is a member of United Russia. After a criminal case was initiated against him in August 2017, his party membership was suspended.

Family

Umar Dzhabrailov is twice divorced.

Has two daughters from his second marriage, who live in Monaco.

Awards and titles

Since 2011, Umar Dzhabrailov has been the chairman of the board of trustees of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art.

Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts. Full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

Candidate of Political Sciences. The topic of the dissertation is “Trends in the development of an effective state as an actor in modern international relations: based on materials from the foreign policy of the Russian Federation.”

Speaks English, German, Italian; understands French, Spanish, Czech, Hungarian.

Notes

1. Former senator from Chechnya Umar Dzhabrailova was detained in Moscow // Meduza, 08/30/2017.
2. Police fear an attack by fellow countrymen of the detained Umar Dzhabrailov // Moskovsky Komsomolets, 08/30/2017.
3. Umar Dzhabrailov, who carried out the shooting at the hotel, was released on his own recognizance // Meduza, 08/30/2017.
4. Dzhabrailov was fined 4 thousand rubles for shooting in a hotel // Rain, 10.26.2017.
5. Umar Dzhabrailov was fined 500 thousand rubles for shooting at a hotel in the center of Moscow // Medusa, November 22, 2017.
6. Umar Alievich Dzhabrailov // Avanti. A public platform for the development of business patriotism in Russia.
7. Right there.
8. Right there.
9. Umar Alievich Dzhabrailov // Avanti. A public platform for the development of business patriotism in Russia.
10. Right there.
11. Umar Dzhabrailov: “My task is to serve the Chechen people and all of Russia with dignity” // Continent of Siberia Online, 06/05/2009.
12. What is Umar Dzhabrailov famous for? // Kommersant, 08/30/2017.
13. “United Russia” will suspend the membership of Umar Dzhabrailov // RBC, 08/30/2017.
14. Website of the Russian-Qatari Business Council.
15. What is Umar Dzhabrailov famous for? // Kommersant, 08/30/2017.

Umar Dzhabrailov was born on June 28, 1958 in the city of Grozny, Chechen Republic. After school, from 1973 to 1977, he studied at the Fur Technical School of Rospotrebsoyuz in Moscow. Then, until 1979, Dzhabrailov served in the strategic missile forces in the city of Korosten, Ukraine.

From 1979 to 1980 he was a student at the preparatory faculty of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Then from 1980 to 1985 he studied at the Faculty of Economics at MGIMO. Later he successfully defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of political sciences at the Russian Academy of Public Administration.

From 1986 to 1988 he worked as a laboratory assistant at MGIMO. Subsequently, for a year, he worked as an art inspector at the Moscow cooperative gallery.

From 1989 to 1994, he held the position of General Director of Danako LLP. Then, from 1994 to 2001, he was First Deputy General Director of the Joint Russian-American Enterprise “Intourist-RadAmer” hotel and business center. In 1997, he became Advisor to the General Director at the Radisson Slavyanskaya complex.

In December 1996, Umar Alievich became Deputy General Director, Director of Marketing and Leasing of Manezhnaya Square OJSC.

In 2000, on February 21, Dzhabrailov was registered by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation as a candidate for the presidential elections in Russia. He ran for the initiative group of voters “Power of Reason”. In the elections on March 26, he took eleventh place, gaining 80,000 votes.

In 2001, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Bank First Mutual Credit Society. From 2001 to 2004 he headed Plaza Group LLC. Companies included in the Plaza Group provide comprehensive services for the operation and management of large real estate properties.

From 2004 to 2009, he was a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the executive body of state power of the Chechen Republic. He was a member of the Committee on Economic Policy, Entrepreneurship and Property and the Committee on International Affairs. He was elected Deputy Chairman of the Committee.

From 2009 to 2013, he served as Advisor to Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Sergei Prikhodko.

Umar Alievich was a member of the Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Member of the All-Russian political party "United Russia". Full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Vice-President of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia.

Heads the Russian-Qatar Business Council. Trustee of the public movement “Russian Islamic Heritage”. He is the organizer of the “Strength” movement. Founder and head of the Association of Entrepreneurs for the Development of Business Patriotism “Avanti”.

Married. Father of two daughters.

Umar Dzhabrailov was awarded a diploma of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

On the morning of August 30, it became known that the police had detained businessman and former member Umar Dzhabrailov at the Moscow Four Seasons Hotel. A source reported this, however, without specifying what exactly was the reason for the detention.

Shooting may have been the reason for the arrest

The police confirmed the detention of Dzhabrailov and the initiation of a criminal case

In the afternoon, the metropolitan police said that after the shooting incident, a criminal case was opened under the article of hooliganism, and former senator Umar Dzhabrailov was indeed detained. A law enforcement source noted that neither the businessman’s numerous security guards nor he himself prevented the arrest.

The detainee may face up to five years in prison

Paragraph “a” of Part 1 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for punishment for hooliganism “with the use of weapons or objects used as weapons.” If the case goes to trial, the perpetrator faces up to five years in prison.

Umar Dzhabrailov - former senator and prominent businessman

Umar Dzhabrailov in 1958 in Grozny, graduated in 1985, and in 1997 became president of the Plaza group of companies. In 2000, he ran for president of Russia, but received the fewest votes among 11 candidates.

In 2004, Umar Dzhabrailov was elected to the Federation Council, but in 2009 his powers were terminated early at the request of the senator himself.

As noted, Dzhabrailov is the chairman of the board of trustees of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, an honorary academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, vice-president of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia, founder and head of the Avanti Association of Entrepreneurs for the Development of Business Patriotism.

Businessman's cousin was killed under mysterious circumstances

In 2002, Umar Dzhabrailov's cousin, Salavat, was found murdered near the scene of an assassination attempt on the then vice-mayor of Moscow. No connection has been identified between the two crimes.