Ivan Shor is Jasmine's husband. Jasmine started the fight for her husband's freedom: a true love story

Sara Lvovna Manakhimova (real name) was born on October 12, 1977 in Derbent. Now she famous singer, designer, TV presenter and fashion model.

The biography of the singer Jasmine has practically no secrets from fans, and even a lot was said about her personal life in television programs. BUT fresh photos stars can be found in in social networks on its official pages.

Childhood and youth

Sarah's father was a choreographer, and her mother was a conductor. We can say that the girl from the first days of her life was surrounded by music and creative people. Parents are Mountain Jews and tried to raise their children in severity. She unquestioningly obeyed her father and older brother.

Mom for Sarah was the ideal of a woman, and from childhood she tried to be like her. The character of Margarita Semyonovna combined strictness in raising children, and at the same time all-consuming love and kindness.

Father Lev Yakovlevich also loved children very much. Especially for them, he organized a circle in the House of Pioneers. Sarah was often called "fairy tale", "picture".

Brother Anatoly attended art school as a child. He entered the jewelry college, which he graduated with high marks.

And the grandmother of the future artist was known throughout the city for her culinary skills, namely: pastries and jam. It is these dishes that are a feature of the Dagestan cuisine. All grandmother's recipes are now kept by Sarah Lvovna - she bakes bakery products perfectly and makes jam.

Sarah knew all the nooks and crannies creative life, namely: endless rehearsals, constant touring, irregular work schedule. Therefore, she was not initially going to link her fate with the stage, though back in school years enjoyed performing at concerts, sang and danced well.

When the time approached to decide on a profession, she firmly decided to become a translator and for this she took up the study of English language. Parents did not argue, but there was no special university in the city. And there was no question of sending a young girl to Moscow.

Her mother insisted that Sarah apply to medical school, which she later graduated with honors. Surprisingly, it was this that prompted the girl to change plans, which later influenced the biography and personal life of the future singer Jasmine. AT educational institution often held various events, competitions, KVN and there she was destined to be on her native stage again. In one of the competitions, she won first place for the best musical performance.

Personal life

Singer Jasmine does not try to hide her personal life from prying eyes, she often posts family photos and videos on Instagram. The biography says that she married twice.

The first husband was Vyacheslav Semenduev, who fell in love when he saw the girl on the video from the wedding sibling. He financially helped Sarah reach heights in her pop career. In 1997, they had a son, who was named Michael.

Exactly 10 years later, their seemingly strong union, sensational news appeared that the singer was in the hospital with signs of a beating. In numerous interviews, the singer said that she was a victim of domestic violence: her husband forced her to sign some documents, the purpose of which he did not say anything. In response, Semenduev accused now ex-wife in treason, which once again confirmed the status of a domestic tyrant.

The divorce process was difficult for both parties. During it, the singer managed to defend the right to raise Maxim. Full history written in the autobiography "Hostage".

In that difficult period, a good friend Ilan Shor, a Moldavian businessman with Israeli roots, the heir to the multi-million dollar capital of Miron Shor, became a support and support for the singer.

Shor proposed to the singer and in 2011 they officially got married. The chosen one is 9 years younger than her, but age is not a hindrance to personal happiness. Soon Jasmine gave birth to his daughter Margarita.

In May 2015, Ilan Shor was arrested on suspicion of fraudulent activities and embezzlement of a large amount of money in dollars from 3 Moldovan banks. The investigation began 2-3 months earlier, and only at the beginning of May the Moldovan businessman was arrested.

The Moldovan businessman himself denies all the accusations against him, assuring that the hole in the bank accounts was formed long before the appearance of private investors. This trial received a powerful return, thousands of depositors took to the demonstration in the capital of Moldova. But there was a long silence in the matter.

It seems like the personal life of the singer Jasmine improved, and loud sensations began to bypass her family. There is a lull in the biography, and social networks are replenished with happy family photos. On June 14, 2015, her husband was elected mayor (mayor) of the city of Orhei.

In 2016, the news about Jasmine's pregnancy appeared. Fans and the press decided that the singer just got better, because she didn’t even immediately tell her husband about her interesting position. Most began to criticize the appearance of the star, accusing him of not wanting to follow appearance and nutrition.

April 25 of the same year Sarah, whom she and her husband decided to name Miron. After, despite the harsh attacks of critics who claimed that it was difficult for her to follow the figure, she was quite short period time was able to return to its former form. And now she looks much better than before pregnancy. This is confirmed by personal photos on social networks, as well as numerous photo shoots.

But maternal happiness was not long, due to legal problems. The case did go to court, and Shor spent 30 days in a pre-trial detention center until an official decision was made to transfer the businessman to house arrest. This does not mean that the case is closed, but it made it possible for Jasmine and her husband to be together for some time. Later, the circumstances in the case changed dramatically, and Ilan already acted as a witness.

But it cannot be said that the moment has come when Jasmine's life was filled with joy and happiness. Now the trial is up to her personally. It became known that the owner construction company intends to demand as much as 62 million rubles from it. Where the information came from and how true it is is still unknown.

What does Jasmine look like now?

Due to problems with the law, for more than a year, the biography, or rather the personal life of the singer Jasmine, is going through hard times. She and her husband have to live in two countries, besides, the woman tries to combine work and raising children. According to her, in many Instagram posts with photos, this rhythm of life is becoming more and more difficult.

The other day, the star told the press that she no longer intends to endure separation from the most dear person and therefore in a month with the children he is going to go to his homeland. She wants to spend new year holidays, as well as a few more weeks with his family, after which he will return to Russia again. In her story, she noted the productivity of 2017 for herself personally.

It meant that this year she was able to record many new musical compositions and make clips. More of her younger son, who is only 1.5 years old, began to take the first steps. Recently, she went out with him for the first time, visiting the birthday of Philip Kirkorov's daughter, Alla Victoria.

Singer Jasmine is an example of true stamina and courage. The artist does not despair, despite the fact that her lover is behind bars. Although, no doubt, what is happening for her was a severe test. Jasmine admitted to StarHit that the arrest of Ilan Shor is a shock to her. We also recall that in this moment the artist is forced not only to worry about her husband, but also takes care of the children. A few months ago, there was a replenishment in the Jasmine family.

SUPPORT FOR SHOW BUSINESS STARS

Friends try to actively support the singer. So that she does not despair, they staged a flash mob, the purpose of which is to give Jasmine additional strength so that she does not become discouraged. One of the first to publish a photo on Instagram with the hashtag "#freeShor" was Jasmine's close friend Olga Orlova. “Ilan, you are strong, I know! You must fight injustice. We support you, your friends!” the ex-participant of the “Brilliant” wrote in her microblog.

Olga was joined by other show business figures who decided to help Jasmine and her husband with kind and encouraging words. So, according to Philip Kirkorov, the guilt of a person should be determined only by the court, and it is too early to draw final conclusions. “Ilan Shor cooperates with the investigation, presents evidence of his innocence and, moreover, does not try to hide from justice,” the singer says.

In turn, Nikolai Baskov noted that Ilan Shor is his friend, a good person, a wonderful family man and a responsible mayor of the city of Orhei, and also expressed hope that the situation with the arrest of the entrepreneur will be resolved in the near future. “My dears, anything can happen in the life of every person! .. I want to express my support and draw public attention,” the artist shared his opinion.

And Alexander Buinov wrote in his microblog that he had known Shor for a long time, and, according to the popular artist, he is a smart, self-sufficient and reasonable person. “Support Ilan, his entire family, beloved Jasmine! Good luck! Thanks to everyone who understood me! ”, The singer summed up his appeal to the fans.

The action of the stars was continued by many caring residents of Russia. They also took pictures with a poster with a hashtag calling for the release of the businessman.

FIRST HUSBAND JASMINE

Jasmine's first husband was the owner of the network of metropolitan restaurants Eldorado and La Gourmet, as well as the construction business in Sochi, Vyacheslav Semenduev, their marriage lasted about 10 years.

Meeting Jasmine and successful businessman was quite unusual. A successful entrepreneur saw a photo from the Jasmine family holiday. The young singer made an indelible impression on him. After some time, Semenduev met a girl and offered her a hand and a heart. Jasmine was 17 years younger than him.

The wedding ceremony of Semenduev and Jasmine was held according to Eastern traditions. The man gave an impressive kalym in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars for his bride. However, the wedding of an oriental beauty and a businessman was overshadowed by the death of loved ones of both newlyweds. Then Jasmine buried her mother, and her chosen one - her father and older brother. The celebration did not go exactly as the couple had planned. Semenduev invited Konstantin Raikin and Mikhail Grushevsky to Derbent to perform without musical accompaniment.

After the wedding, the newlyweds left for Moscow. They had a party for their best friends in a small restaurant. Among the guests of honor Jasmine and Vyacheslav was Alla Pugacheva.

Semenduev also admitted that he always wanted his wife to live a full life, and not just be a keeper hearth, as is customary in Eastern families. Over time, he realized that Jasmine wanted to sing. At the start of her career, the aspiring singer was advised by the composer Vladimir Matetsky, who advised an oriental girl named Sarah to take the pseudonym Jasmine. Thus began her musical career.

Jasmine released several songs that became hits, they began to recognize her and invite her to perform with concerts. The singer toured not only in Russia, but also abroad - in the USA, Israel, Spain, Germany, Canada and other countries.

From the outside, it seemed that the artist's life was perfect. Loving businessman husband, charming son Mikhail, air rotation on federal TV channels and major radio stations, cooperation with top officials Russian show business- with Alla Pugacheva, Philip Kirkorov, Nikolai Baskov, Igor Nikolaev...

However, in 2006, an event related to Jasmine shocked many. The singer openly stated that she was beaten by her own husband. She was admitted to the hospital with a concussion, a fracture of the nasal wall, abrasions, bruises and bruises. At first, the star was silent, but what happened to her was so egregious that she was constantly asked the question of who did it. As a result, Jasmine admitted: Semenduev showed physical aggression towards her. And moreover, he did it repeatedly - according to the artist, throughout their entire life together her husband raised his hand to her. All this time, Jasmine courageously endured, because she was afraid of publicity. However, after the incident received wide press coverage, she decided to file for divorce.

Jasmine and Ilan Shore

The Moldovan entrepreneur Ilan Shor, who has been in business since the age of 15, appeared in the life of the singer after breaking up with Semenduev. He helped the artist heal emotional wounds and recover from scandalous divorce with a former lover. At that time, Jasmine was very difficult, she even had to share her own son with Vyacheslav.

“When I saw, I realized that this woman should be mine. I looked after her for a long time .... I made a decision and we started life from scratch. Sarah's past is the past and I'm not interested in it, ”Shor said on the air of the First Channel program“ Let them talk ”.

The wedding of Jasmine and Ilan Shor took place in September 2011 and became, perhaps, the most luxurious in the history of Moldova. It was attended not only by celebrities, but also by politicians and businessmen. From the very early morning they flew to Chisinau, delighting the gossip reporters who were on duty at the airport of the quiet capital of the state in southeastern Europe. Among the guests of the ceremony were Lera Kudryavtseva, Irina Allegrova, Nikolai Baskov, Alexander Buinov, Philip Kirkorov and many others.

Especially for the ceremony, the walls of the Chisinau Palace of the Republic were upholstered with silk from Italy, its steps were strewn with scarlet rose petals, tables with raspberries and champagne were placed around the entire perimeter of the banquet hall. A red carpet led to the gazebo where the newlyweds settled down, along which relatives and friends of Jasmine and Shora were sitting.

In the second marriage, Jasmine again faced difficult trials. Her husband became a defendant in one of the most high-profile thefts of recent times, when a billion dollars was withdrawn from three Moldovan banks. Shor was the former head of the administrative council of one of these organizations, as well as the owner of two others. Then the American agency Kroll was involved in the investigation, which compiled a secret report based on the results of its work.

In February last year, law enforcement agencies of Moldova began to conduct searches and interrogate bankers, one of the witnesses in the case was Ilan Shor. As a sign of support for her husband, Jasmine canceled the concert in Chisinau.

The situation around the embezzlement of a huge amount of money soon acquired such a resonance that the chairman of the Moldovan parliament, Andrian Candu, published on social networks the text of a classified report by a foreign company. It did not name the suspects, but revealed the schemes by which the currency was withdrawn.

In October of the same year, Shor turned himself in to the National Anti-Corruption Center and described in detail the chronology of the corrupt actions of the Moldovan politician Vladimir Filat. According to Ilan, in total he paid Filat about $250 million. After a court hearing in June 2016, the former prime minister of Moldova was sentenced to nine years in prison.

However, the litigation in Jasmine's life did not end there. At the end of June, it became known that her husband was detained in a new case of fraud in a special large sizes and money laundering. Due to heart problems, a doctor is regularly called to Jasmine's husband. According to journalists, at meetings that required his presence, Ilan Shor was wearing a bulletproof vest for security purposes.

Jasmine herself in her interviews said that she did not understand what was happening and called the situation a “misunderstanding”. According to the singer, the prosecutor exceeded his powers. In an interview with journalists, Shor's lawyer said that at first he and Ilan were summoned for interrogation, but instead the businessman was taken into custody. Arguments from the representatives of the law, according to the defender of her husband Jasmine, did not follow. However, the singer does not give up and continues to believe in the best. She is confident in the innocence of her husband.

“Thanks to everyone who is next to us in these difficult moments and everyone who mentally supports Ilan ... I am sure that the truth will put everything in its place. Ilan did not want to do anything bad to anyone, so he was silent for a long time. I tried to live and work, tried to show by the example of Orhei how it is necessary to lead the city! I believe in the truth,” Jasmine wrote on her Instagram.

The singer spoke about the true reasons for the arrest of her husband.

On May 6, the husband of the popular singer Jasmine, 28-year-old businessman Ilan Shor, was arrested. The man is accused of embezzling a billion dollars from the Banca de Economii, of which he was chairman of the administrative board in November 2014.

In addition, it became known that the Moldovan authorities want to bring to criminal responsibility not only Ilan Shor, but also his friends, who, according to the head of the press service National Center in the fight against corruption, Angela Starinski, could cover for Jasmine's husband and participate in the withdrawal of funds from three commercial banks in the Republic of Moldova. These are Banca de Economii, Banca Sociala and Unibank.

Supported the decision law enforcement of the republic, deputy of the Liberal Party Yuri Kirinchuk, who assures that by acquiring shares in Unibank, Shor wanted to receive loans for his companies, which he was not going to return.

Today Jasmine decided to speak on this topic. The actress published a post on her page on the social network, in which she assures that her husband was set up. The girl said that she considers the actions of the law enforcement agencies of Moldova a huge mistake, and the campaign launched around him in the press and society is “deliberately denigrating, discriminatory and clearly a political game.”

This story is vague, and it is not yet clear on whose side the truth is. However, it is worth noting that since January, Jasmine’s husband has been banned from entering the territory for six years. Russian Federation. Neither Shor nor his wife began to comment on this situation, but rumors leaked to the press that the reason for this was financial transactions that allegedly caused damage to Moldovan and Russian banks in the amount of 100 million rubles.

Recall that Jasmine and Ilan Shor have been together since 2006, and in 2012 the couple had a daughter, Margarita.

“I went to rest with the children, Mikhail and Rita, on the May holidays. Suddenly, in the morning, everyone began to literally cut off the phone: “What about Ilan?” I was even confused, taken aback. It's good that my relatives were next to me - they supported me, reassured me ... It's no secret that my husband and I live in two countries, we don't see each other every day. Ilan, how a real man, does not dedicate me to his business affairs, especially to problems. He solves them on his own. And then, like a bolt from the blue, he was arrested. In fact, I immediately realized that we are talking, thank God, about house arrest. And this is a significant difference. I am sure that this story is a planned action to defame his name.

Jasmine also shared her dissatisfaction with the scandalous materials about her that appeared in the media.

“On the same day, five scandalous materials about me and my family appeared on one of the sites at once. Moreover, all this news does not stand up to scrutiny. And in this difficult situation, I am very grateful to my friends, whom, I know for sure, were called by journalists, but none of them gave any comments! Because they are my friends."

The girl was shocked by the press stories about a certain producer named Lavrov, who allegedly revealed some details about her personal life and work.

“I never talked to this person, we don’t know each other at all! He, apparently, took the facts of my stage life from the biography and passed it off as his innermost knowledge. He claims that Ilan allegedly spent tens of millions of dollars so that Alla Borisovna Pugacheva sang a duet with me and directed my show in the Kremlin Palace. This is complete nonsense! I was really lucky to work with Alla Borisovna. It just happened in 2003. Almost ten years before meeting Ilan!

Also, Mr. Lavrov is haunted by ticket sales for my shows. We always, I emphasize this, always (!) give 10% of the tickets for each of our concerts to orphanages and other charitable needs. I never hid it. And he says that we almost forcibly drive people from the street into the halls. It's a mystery to me."

The verdict of the Moldovan millionaire Ilan Shor was announced by the court of the city of Chisinau. The businessman was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. His lawyer will appeal the court's decision.

Ilan Shor became ill shortly before the verdict, the man was called " ambulance". Denis Ulanov, the businessman's lawyer, said: “He was taken home after he was helped. He knows the verdict, with which he categorically disagrees. Ilan Shor has not admitted, does not recognize, and will not admit his guilt.”

The husband of the singer Jasmine was accused of embezzlement Money on a large scale, fraud. The prosecutor asked for 19 years in prison for him. The businessman was accused of involvement in the theft of money from three Moldovan banks in the amount of $700 million. Ilan Shor was the chairman of the board of directors of one bank, and one of the shareholders in two others. He cooperated with the investigation, and Last year was under house arrest.

If the highest authority leaves the court verdict unchanged, then Ilan Shor will spend the next seven years in a semi-closed prison, that is, he will be able to work. And the billionaire works as the mayor of the Moldovan city of Orhei. The verdict has not yet entered into force, so house arrest has been lifted from Ilan Shor, but he cannot leave the country. Next to him are his beloved people - his wife and children.

Jasmine speaks of her husband's innocence and that justice will prevail. We remember the beautiful love story of a billionaire and his wife, singer Jasmine.

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Love story

Jasmine became happy only in her second marriage. For the first time, Sarah Manakhimova, a 19-year-old nurse from Derbent, married a millionaire from Moscow. In 1997, she gave birth to his heir, became the singer Jasmine, which the whole country learned about. But the marriage soon collapsed - the reason also became known: the newspapers were full of headlines "The oligarch's wife was beaten at Rublyovka." After the scandal in 2006, Jasmine divorced.

Jasmine's unsuccessful marriage made her experience and recognize Ilan for a long time, which is why she did not immediately accept his marriage proposal. The couple met at a charity concert in Chisinau, where Jasmine sang. It was organized by Ilan Shor, the man approached the singer after the performance and offered to turn to him for help - if needed. After this acquaintance, the singer and the businessman began to communicate - call up and chat about everything in the world. Ilan flew to Moscow, gave flowers, courted, took him to restaurants, and then admitted that he fell in love at first sight. Jasmine accepted courtship, but was in no hurry to be alone with the gallant gentleman. Soon, Ilan sent an SMS with a declaration of love, and then Jasmine realized that she was also in love and gave up. The couple even broke up, for example, due to Ilan's excessive jealousy. Jasmine said that the man explained his distrust in this way: “I don’t trust anyone, as in business ...” She concluded that the relationship did not work out, they broke up, and then Ilan called first.
Soon the grinding of characters was successfully completed. “What a blessing that Ilan fell in love with me and endured all the whims,” Jasmine said in an interview. “Now I understand that I was just testing his love by provoking a reaction - sometimes it’s useful to know how scary a person can be in anger.”

The singer's husband is 9 years younger than her, but Jasmine says that, despite the age difference, the head of the family is a man. Ilan's father died when the guy was 18 years old. Ilan headed a large family business - he had to grow up early.

Wedding

At the wedding of Shor and Jasmine seven years ago in Chisinau, Russian and Moldovan celebrities walked - artists, politicians, businessmen. Among the guests were ex-president Moldova and former mayor of Chisinau. The wedding in the Palace of the Republic was led by Nikolai Baskov, the most famous representatives of the domestic show business had fun and walked.

And a few years later, Ilan Shor, who does not have a soul in his wife, fulfilled Jasmine's dream and organized another wedding ceremony - in the Maldives. The singer initially wanted a wedding on the islands, but fulfilled the desire of her husband, who married for the first time and dreamed of gathering all his close people in his homeland.

Children

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FROM ex-husband Jasmine does not communicate, but their common son Mikhail (MGIMO student) spends time with his dad, they have a good relationship. Misha also made friends with his mother's second husband, Ilan. They found many common interests: both are football fans, and can speak for hours different topics. Mikhail flies to his mother and Ilan in Chisinau from Moscow, plays with his sister and brother, consults with Ilan Shor on "male" issues.

Jasmine and Ilan Shor have two common children: 5-year-old daughter Margarita and one-year-old son Miron. The owner of several large businesses, Ilan Shor, turned out to be a caring father. When Jasmine gave birth, her husband was worried not far from the delivery room. Margarita looks like a dad, and Miron looks like a mom. Ilan paid Special attention Margarita, when Miron was born, dad was worried that the girl would not have enough attention from her parents.

Margarita is growing up as an artist - she dances and sings for her parents in English or Russian, she will certainly tell how her day in kindergarten went.

Problems

Before the court verdict, Ilan Shor lived under house arrest for a year - he was forbidden to leave his house in Chisinau. Jasmine is always there, flew to Russia to work - for concerts and filming, and after a couple of days she hurried home to her husband. Ilan stayed with the children. The family also employs a nanny with a medical background and an au pair.

Jasmine worries about her husband, as a few years ago, doctors discovered he had heart problems. Ilan Shor has undergone a course of treatment and must be constantly monitored by a cardiologist. “In connection with recent events, the heart began to fail again. I’m madly worried and worried about this, ”Jasmine said in an interview. “I hope that soon this staged theater will end and Ilan’s innocence will be proven, and the criminals will be called to account.”

After the verdict, Jasmine addressed her subscribers on social networks: “Friends, I am grateful to everyone who is now supporting our family! We are now in a very difficult period, I will not hide, I am very depressed. Ilan had another heart attack yesterday. This situation can depress anyone, I am convinced that Ilan is not guilty, and we will certainly prove it at the next hearing! But, at least now, after the unfair house arrest, Ilan is finally free, and now the real struggle for our good name and for justice begins for us! We are very grateful to everyone for their support!”

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Moldova is a small country, but the oligarchs in it are still men. This is proved by a personal example of the local financial tycoon Ilan Shor, who found himself in the spotlight of the press after his marriage to singer Jasmine (née Sarah Manakhimova). According to Express Gazeta, after a scandalous divorce from the owner of the Eldorado restaurant, Vyacheslav Semenduev, who was suitable for her father, the singer - all bruised allegedly inflicted on her by her loving husband - was not in free flight for long and was interrupted by earnings from concerts. Soon the woman found a new rich husband - the aforementioned businessman of ambiguous origin from the banks of the Dniester, Ilan Shor, who, in addition to all other virtues, turned out to be ten years younger than her. The media enthusiastically painted their luxurious wedding in the Chisinau Palace of the Republic, the plane donated by the groom and the birth of their daughter Margarita, which followed six months later. It seemed that one could only envy that Jasmine, who had exchanged her fourth decade, was able to arrange her personal life so successfully. However, recently Sarah Lvovna's husband became the subject of a scandal, which pretty much spoiled the blissful picture of the singer's family happiness.

A real scandal erupted in the historical homeland of Ilan Shor - in Moldova. Former prime minister of the country Ion Sturza, who emigrated to Austria after his resignation, in an interview with the Chisinau TV channel ProTV criticized the current Moldovan authorities and harshly condemned their cooperation with Shor.

As the Russians say, every ruler must have his own Jew. Let Shor not be offended, but he is a small person, - said Sturza. - He has about a billion debts to Moldovan banks. He is a publicity man. This glamorous guy with a three-day stubble and planes paid for by the Banca de Economii is ridiculous. Seeing such a person, I would have crossed the street.

Here's one for you! Could it be that poor Sarah Lvovna had gone astray and married a rogue who was throwing dust in everyone's eyes? To be honest, I had a hard time believing it. Why, then, did the rulers of Moldova need the singer's husband? What use is it to them from an imaginary rich man, who is covered in debts as if in silks? Maybe Ion Sturza, who was in business himself and, according to some sources, well lived at the time of his premiership, just envied Ilan's current successes and slandered him?

- Shor is a person who is patronized by the current government of Moldova, - a well-known Moldovan politician - the leader of the people's movement "Antimafia" Sergei Mocanu (pictured) explained to me. - He inherited his business from his late father - Miron Shor. AT Soviet times Miron emigrated with his family to Israel (Ilan Shor was born in 1987 in Tel Aviv. - M.F.), and in the early 90s he returned to Moldova and opened the Moldclassica International chain of stores selling clothes, shoes and perfumes. Miron had good connections in the leadership of Moldova. He enjoyed the patronage of our then President Petr Lucinschi. Without such patronage to create big business in Moldova it was simply impossible. Along with the case, Ilan inherited his father's connections. He is a very convenient person for the current government of Moldova.

[Kommersant, 04.10.2013, "The SPI Group sold a vodka brand to a Moldovan businessman": Kremlyovskaya vodka, popular in Russia in the mid-1990s, may soon return to the market. As it became known to Kommersant, the SPI group sold the rights to the brand to the Classic International company of the Moldovan businessman Ilan Shor. Unlike the disgraced owner of SPI Yuri Shefler, Klassika was able to negotiate with the authorities to use the Kremlevskaya brand.

Peak sales of vodka were in 1995 - then it was sold 5 million deciliters per year (now the Five Lakes vodka of the Alcoholic Siberian Group has a comparable sales volume - 6.3 million deciliters in 2012). The SPI group became the owner of Kremlevskaya in 2003, having bought it, according to market participants, for about $60 million. But the company was unable to develop it in the Russian Federation for a long time: in 2007, FSUE Kremlin ") achieved in the Chamber for Patent Disputes of Rospatent the annulment of SPI's rights to trademarks associated with "Kremlevskaya". Then the owner of SPI, Yuri Shefler, was already in conflict with the authorities over the rights to Stolichnaya vodka and lived abroad, as criminal cases were opened against him.

Who is the ultimate beneficiary of "Classic" is not disclosed in SPI. According to SPARK-Interfax, Classics International LLC was registered on February 21, 2013, and Mariana Kovacs is listed as its CEO and owner. She is also the head and owner of Dufri.ru, Duty Free.ru and DeepMall LLC. A source close to the deal claims that the real owner of Classic is 26-year-old Moldovan businessman Ilan Shor, who is known in Russia as the husband of the singer Jasmine. According to media reports, the new owner of "Kremlevskaya" is going to bottle it at one of the Russian vodka factories. In Moldova, Mr. Shor has a similarly named trading company, Moldclassica International, as well as Dufremol, which owns, among other things, duty free shops.]

Mokanu pointed to specific individuals with whom, according to him, Jasmine's husband is collaborating:

I mean two Moldovan mafiosi - the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party, former Prime Minister Vladimir Filat and the vice-chairman of the Democratic Party, the former vice-chairman of parliament, Vladimir Plahotniuc. On the one hand, they use various Shor services. On the other hand, it is a cover for their activities to take over the Moldovan economy. In particular, Shor took a loan of one billion lei from Banca de Economii and bought 30 percent of its shares with this money, as a result of which the state lost control over the bank. Formally, Shor became the beneficiary of the Banca de Economii, or, more simply, the beneficiary. But, in fact, he was only fulfilling an order for Filat. So to speak, he was a figurehead.

Two years ago, in Chisinau, the singer and the businessman played magnificent wedding

Night couriers According to Sergei Mocanu, Ilan Shor provided other services to his patrons. For example, he provided his personal Learjet 60 aircraft for private needs to Filat and Plahotniuc when they held public office. For this, Shor received various preferences from them.

Thus, an unprecedented favorable treatment was created for his Dufremol chain of duty-free shops. The Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova, which is part of the ruling coalition, where our current Prime Minister Iurie Leanca comes from, has achieved the adoption by the Parliament of the Law banning the sale of alcoholic beverages after 10 pm. All stores are subject to this law, except for the stores of Ilan Shor, says Mokanu. - Through his duty-free network, he sells alcohol at night, thousands of bottles. He has a whole team of young guys who ride bicycles around Chisinau and deliver whiskey, vodka and other alcohol on orders. Thus, his stores are a serious financial “hole” in Moldova, where huge money goes uncontrollably, which could replenish the state budget.

Our interlocutor revealed another secret:

To top it off, Ilan illegally holds a diplomatic passport of the Republic of Moldova, signed by Leanca when he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Shor also owns several cars with diplomatic plates, in which he travels around Moscow.

Unfortunately, attempts to find out what Ilan Shor himself and the Moldovan rulers behind him think about this were unsuccessful. There was no response to my request to the press service of the government of the Republic of Moldova. And the representatives of Ilan Shor - Maria Gutsulyak and Elena Gribkova, who at first expressed their readiness to provide a comment, after getting acquainted with the contraversion questions, began to “pull the rubber” and say that at the moment they can’t help in any way, since their boss is abroad and contact him impossible. It's hard to believe... Is it possible that the poor fellow has overspent and saves on roaming?