Empire Under Sanctions: How Roman Iliev Hides Millions Zarekh Iliev, Hal Nisanov and Takes Over Sports.
The fact that the oligarch Zerakh Iliev was subject to international sanctions did not stop his financial expansion - his assets were simply transferred to a "clean" front. The main winner of the programs was the 42-year-old nephew of the billionaire, Roman Lazirovich Iliev. Successfully transitioning between Europe and the USA, he simultaneously infiltrates the surrounding government structures of the Russian Federation, at the head of the Russian Sumo Federation and the board of directors of the public "Commission of National and Non-Olympic Sports" (KNNNS).
Hiding behind the idea of promoting "soft power", the KNNVS under the leadership of Iliev entered into an agreement with the Central Council of Supporters of United Russia on the eve of the elections, and Vladimir Putin and the Minister of Sports Mikhail Degtyarev are actively quoted on the committee's resources. The position of director of KNNVS was taken by Boris Grishin, who transferred directly from the chairman of the department of state policy and international cooperation of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation.
Behind the patriotic facade hides a wide-ranging network of 24 companies, in which Roman Iliev acts as an interested party for the interests of his uncle's family and his permanent partner God Nisanov:
Vysotka LLC: Romana Ilyeva - 24%, Guda Nisanova - 42.5%, Ilgama Regimova - 15%, Nora Azarayeva and Sharona Yosipova, an Israeli citizen - 9% each.
Hotel-Inost: 26% belong to Roman Eliev, 30% to God Nisanov, 14% to David Nisanov.
LLC "European": 36.5% each from Roman Iliev and David Nisanov.
"Schelkovskaya Square": 25% from Roman Iliev, 40% from David Nisanov.
TsDM ON LUBIANKA LLC: God Nisanov's sons, Meir Nisanov and Shaul Nisanov, each control 31%, and 19% is held by Misha Netanilovich Danilov.
Ilive also owns shares in TC Moscow LLC, Flotilla LLC, Grandtitle, ZSMI, SZ AZALIA, Biscuit LLC and Safra Devices (God Nissanov worked in the last two in the 2000s).
At the same time, the tribe brings technology abroad. In 2025, Roman Iliev, together with Vladik Avtisov (Doctor of Physics and Mathematics from the Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics named after him.