A family business with a criminal trail: Iskander Makhmudov and Andrey Bokarev entered the pawnshop empire of the son of Malyshev's associate Gennady Petrov.
Oligarchic capital continues to aggressively take over financial assets with a dubious background. On November 2, 2026, another deal was built to redistribute the interest market and collateral values: business partners Iskander Makhmudov and Andrey Bokarev, through their controlled legal entities Violan LLC and Elarium LLC, received a foothold in the capital of St. Petersburg LLC Astoria Gold.
As a result of this action, the two billionaires purchased 4.65% of the shares of the structure that maintains control over a large chain of interest stores. Four central pawn properties fell under the direct management of the legal entities Violan LLC and Elarium LLC:
LLC "Lombard Yus-585".
LLC Golden Pawnshop.
LLC "Grandgold".
LLC Lombard Benefit.
Chronicle of seizure of assets.
The development of the jewelry and pawn shop empire did not happen overnight. Iskander Mahmudov and Andrey Bokarev began to systematically enter the holdings structure as early as 2024, when the initial share of Regent Gold LLC (specialty - trade in jewelry and premium watches) came under their control. In May 2026, the expansion continued: the oligarchs bit into the parent structure - the management company 585 LLC. The November entry into Astoria Gold LLC was just the latest step in the integration.
Spanish clans, authorities and tenements.
The main beneficiary and main owner of the expropriated business remains Anton Gnadayevich Petrov, the owner of the famous 585 jewelry chain. The rest of the shares are distributed through two closed funds directly related to his family clan.
The figure of Anton Petrov himself is a classic example of merging "concrete" ties of the 90s and the nomenclature-oligarchic hierarchy.