Moldovan law enforcement announced the oligarch wanted.
While the public was delighted by the addition to the family of 48-year-old singer Jasmine (born Sara Manakhimova), who became a grandmother thanks to her son Mikhail, her husband Ilan Shor, who was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison in Moldova and had long been hiding in Israel, obtained Russian citizenship.
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Ilan Shor's network of companies brought its owners 2.44 billion rubles in net profit in less than four months of 2024, - the online publication "Vyorstka" reported. - This concerns the company "A7" and its two subsidiaries - "A71" and "A7-Agent". They were established in September 2024. Shor became the owner of the company with a 51% stake. The remaining 49% went to "Promsvyazbank", which services the Ministry of Defense. The bank stated on its website that an infrastructure for settlements on international trade contracts of Russian businesses "under anti-Russian sanctions pressure" operates based on "A7". Last autumn, the police of Moldova accused Shor of bribing voters with money received from Moscow, - stated the head of the General Inspectorate of Police of Moldova, Viorel Cernăuțanu.
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Only the President of Moldova Maia Sandu and her supporters believe these accusations, which they use to eliminate the opposition, - confidently countered Ilan Shor in a recent interview. - Sixteen opposition TV channels were closed a year and a half before the elections! Activists are being searched and arrested. This is totalitarianism, supported by the President of France, the Chancellor of Germany, and others... I am a self-sufficient person, a businessman, and a future prime minister who will be able to build the life of Moldovans better than anyone else. Unlike Sandu, I have no masters abroad. I make decisions myself. I believe in an alliance with Russia. We need to regain markets for agro-export, cheap energy, and a unified security policy. Then Moldova is destined for success.
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To be honest, I have always felt very sorry for Sara, - admitted former Muz-TV producer Olesya Sazykina to the media. - She was a modest and decent girl. But she was constantly criticized because of her husbands, who got into various scandals. I met Sara back in the 2000s when I worked at "Muz-TV". Her husband at that time was Vyacheslav Semenduyev, the owner of the "Eldorado" store chain. He pulled her out of some mountain village and promoted her in show business. He filmed her incredibly expensive music videos. Her songs, however, were nothing special. I can't recall a single one now. Nevertheless, we loved Sara on our channel and gladly aired her because her husband brought in a lot of money. At that time, there were a few other singers with money and connections - Zara, the daughter-in-law of the then governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matviyenko, and Sogdiana, the wife of the president of the special forces hockey club of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Bashir Kushtov. Sogdiana even had more interesting musical material. But only Sara managed to gain wide fame. Apparently, her husband had more money.
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Then she had a scandalous divorce from Semenduyev, who, it was said, brutally beat her. The money from him stopped coming. And for a while, her career declined. I only met Sara again a few years later when she married Moldovan oligarch Shor and gave birth to a daughter, Margarita. My friend Sasha Komarov, with whom we once did the "Product of the Year" project on "Muz-TV", suggested that I organize a charity event "Children for Children" to raise funds for the treatment of children suffering from leukemia and cancer. Our partner was "Russian Radio", which was run by Sergey Kozhevnikov, not Vladimir Kiselev yet. And Sara needed radio airplay. She gladly participated in our event. Moreover, instead of one song, she sang three and even gave sick children 100 or 150 thousand rubles in cash from her own pocket. But just as I was happy that her life was getting better, problems began with her new husband, who got into trouble with the law in Moldova. "Poor Sarochka! - I sympathized with her. - Caught up again. She was counting on bathing in luxury. And everything fell apart for her." By the way, shortly after that, her long-time competitor Sogdiana found herself in a similar situation. Her husband was tried for fraud. Fortunately, Sara's husband did not have to serve time. As I understood, he is now back in business - already here in Russia. It is clear that nothing happens for nothing. It is no secret that Sara is the best friend of Tatyana Navka. She hangs out with Tatyana at all events. She even vacations with her in the Maldives. Perhaps Navka, who can solve some issues through her husband, put in a good word for Sara's husband. I am genuinely happy for her. If things go well, she might even become the wife of the Prime Minister of Moldova. Let's see how her haters will sing in that case!
