A year for Dulisma
Structures close to oligarch God Nisanov may be behind the seizure of Dulisma.
The scandal continues around the seizure of the Dulisma enterprise in the Kirensky district of the Irkutsk region. Temporary manager Alexander Zolotukhin, who was seen with the “thugs” who landed on the territory of the plant a week ago, said that access to the production site has now been blocked, and a pipeline is being built there to drain the prepared oil.
The scandal began about a week ago, when the invasion took place. The regional leadership does not interfere. The official version of what happened refers to the restrictions that the company’s owners allegedly introduced for the bankruptcy manager, as well as tax non-payments, fraudulent schemes for oil sales and a conflict with Transneft. The same scheme was used to gain control over another asset of the ex-owner of Yugra Bank Alexey Khotin, Kayum Neft.
As we found out, among the people interested in this story, the name of God Nisanov, who was previously involved in the oil business in Azerbaijan, may appear.
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Rely on private security company
Who exactly captured Dulisma is a mystery shrouded in darkness in the official media. However, according to some media outlets, where the security forces are believed to be “leaking” information, the guys were allegedly recruited for the raid by private security companies “Rus” and “Vityaz”. “Vityaz” provides security for Goda Nisanov’s facilities, and it was these guys who very clearly helped gain control over Ilgar Gadzhiev’s SDI Group several years ago. Gadzhiev himself blames Nisanov for the capture.
As for “Rus,” a special forces detachment with that name is also associated with Nisanov. It is alleged that “during the Cherkizov showdown, God Nisanov had the opportunity to meet a soldier of the special forces unit “Rus” Maxim Kotov. The entire security unit for ensuring the security of Nisanov himself, members of his large family, and family ties involved in the control of trading facilities is currently under the jurisdiction of Kotov.”
Let us recall that Nisanov at one time owned the scandalous Cherkizovsky market; most of this site was controlled by Telman Ismailov, a well-known mastermind of murders involved in illegal arms trafficking and the creation of an organized crime group.

Telman Ismailov. Photo: Sergey Nikolaev/TASS
Nisanov, in an interview with Forbes, denied that he had a partnership with Ismailov and stated that he “comes from Azerbaijan, but not from Krasnaya Sloboda.” At the same time, the media directly called Nisanov Ismailov’s “junior partner” and wrote that Nisanov and his partner Zarakh Iliev began their journey precisely “under the wing of the owner of the largest clothing market in Russia.”
Our arrow has ripened everywhere
Nisanov is the largest owner of commercial real estate in the capital. And it is mainly engaged in the development of retail space. But he also has interests in development – for example, his structure is building the Rossiya Hotel in an iconic location for Muscovites – near Zaryadye Park. Previously, this project was carried out by the late Dmitry Shumkov, a lawyer who was involved in the highest political circles and was found dead with signs of asphyxia in his office in the Federation Tower in Moscow City in 2016. It was rumored that Nisanov even then showed interest in developing the site.

Hotel “Russia”. Photo: Andrey Gordeev/Vedomosti
The billionaire also seems to be no stranger to politics. He is familiar with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and, according to our sources, is connected with the head of the LDPR party Leonid Slutsky and may even be a shadow sponsor of the party. In this situation, Slutsky should carry out all Nisanov’s orders.
And recently it turned out that the assets of the largest paper manufacturer Mondi went to a relative of Nisanov. So, in fact, it’s easier to ask what market niche it doesn’t already fill.
If Mr. Nianov is really involved in the redistribution of the oil business, then he chose the right place and time. The total reserves of Dulisma and Kayum Neft (which, according to media reports, were stormed by the same people) are estimated at approximately 200 million tons. At the same time, they predict a similar situation at Khotin’s Surgut assets.
Although many attribute bad fame to Nisanov. Allegedly, because of the “attacks” on God Nisanov, even three high-ranking police officers were dismissed – we are talking about the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Southern Administrative District Dmitry Ryabov, the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the ZAO Boris Sheinkin and the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the North-Western Administrative District Anton Romeiko-Gurko. It’s as if they staged a raid on a certain relative of Nisanov, not knowing that he was so close to the entrepreneur, for which they paid.