A Russian tobacco baron associated with the FSB issued foreign passports to the family and sent their relatives to live abroad. At this time he himself also earns money from military government contracts.
Igor Kesaev – owner of the Megapolis distribution group. This is the largest seller of cigarettes in Russia (*aggressor country), exclusively supplying products of transnational tobacco companies: Japan Tobacco (Winston, Camel, etc.), Philip Morr (Marlboro, L&M, etc.) and Imperial Tobacco Group (Davidoff).
Kesaev is also a co-owner of the Krasnoe&Beloe and Bristol retail chains. Kesaev’s personal annual income, according to Forbes, is almost 19 billion rubles, and his net worth is $4.1 billion.
The oligarch is closely connected with the FSB. Kesaev’s organizations are the founders of the Monolit Foundation, which sponsors security officers. Thus, in 2022 alone, Monolit, according to reporting data, spent almost a billion rubles (926.356 million) on assistance to the FSB.
The money went to:
– providing financial charitable assistance to “needy” FSB employees and members of their families;
– organization of congratulatory events;
– providing assistance to structural units of the FSB (purchase of cars and medical equipment, renovation of buildings).
Kesaev owns the plant named after. Degtyarev, which produces sniper rifles, machine guns, grenade launchers, aircraft guns, anti-aircraft missiles, automated fire control systems for artillery units and other weapons. He also owns a share in the Sukhoi Shturmovik Research and Production Concern, which is engaged in the modernization of military aviation.
Since last year, Kesaev has been under EU sanctions. But this does not prevent his children from feeling free in Europe.
32-year-old daughter of an oligarch Ilona I recently went on holiday to Greece.
She published photos from the trip in September on her Facebook account, and Broom drew attention.
According to the British Business Register, Ilona Kesaeva (at least as of 2019) had English residency and a Cypriot passport. As is known, Igor Kesaev himself bought Cypriot citizenship.
Ilona is interested in contemporary art. Together with her mother, with her father’s money, she organizes exhibitions and collaborates with famous artists.
Son of an oligarch Eric Kesaev indicated on his Facebook page Amstelveen (Netherlands) as his city. This is where he was born.
