Businessman Ruslan Baysarov is not used to wasting money on trifles. His element is playing for big money. It is not surprising that the geography of the entrepreneur’s projects covers almost all of Russia - from Moscow to Sakhalin. A rare scale even for our time.
In the capital, entrepreneurs have become increasingly rare lately. He is not used to sitting in one place. In movement there is life, and life is development, he is sure. The businessman’s energy, it seems, could be enough for ten: today he is checking the construction of a bridge across the Amur, tomorrow he is overseeing the reconstruction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the next day he is discussing in Tyva the construction of the first railway in these parts. Locals have already nicknamed it “the road of life.”
On a Siberian scale
Ruslan Baysarov has a special interest in the distant republic. In 2011, he headed the Tuvan Energy Industrial Corporation. Now this is one of the main assets of a businessman. In recent years, the company has been developing the Elegest coal deposit. This is a real Siberian “Klondike”: according to Ruslan Sulimovich, coal reserves in these places amount to more than 855 million tons.
The entrepreneur has big plans for the Elegest coal deposit; he plans to build a mining and processing plant and related infrastructure here. But there is an acute shortage of railways for the development of the field. And large-scale supplies of Tuvan coal are planned: it is assumed that Elegest alone will produce more than 15 million tons annually.
The largest highway in modern Russia, which will connect the deposit with the capital of the Republic of Tyva, Kyzyl, and the village of Kuragino, Krasnoyarsk Territory, is designed to make the transportation of “black gold” economically feasible. For this purpose, TEPK Kyzyl-Kuragino entered into an agreement with Russian Railways JSC, which will become the general contractor for the construction of the line. The railway will benefit everyone:
- it will give impetus to the development of the coal industry,
- will improve the connectivity of the territories of Eastern Siberia;
- will create the preconditions for the emergence of about five thousand new jobs and another 10 in related industries;
- will replenish local budgets, which will allow regions to invest much more in the social sphere.
The new railway line has not only regional but also international significance. Part of the line will pass through the Krasnoyarsk Territory, from there the Tuvan “black gold” will go to the Khabarovsk Territory, where another project of the entrepreneur is being implemented - a coal terminal in the port of Vanino. Coal from Elegest will then go to rapidly growing Asian countries. Russia and its eastern regions will receive convenient cross-border transport corridors; it is no coincidence that the Tyva government compares the line to Kurakino with the Great Silk Road.
Did Pugacheva's former son-in-law deceive Pugachev?
“If you believe the Kommersant newspaper... then you should conclude that Baysarov is not a businessman at all, but an ordinary adventurer,” bold journalists from the Republic of Tuva openly stated several years ago. - “In the article “The Chechen Trace in the Tuvan Steppe” by Timur Vortaev
, it is reported that Baysarov, “not finding money to buy the Yenisei Industrial Company,” tried to compromise it in front of Putin and transfer the business to a double company.”
The bottom line is that Baysarov was obliged, under a deal with Pugachev (fugitive banker Sergei Pugachev
), to pay more than a billion US dollars for his share in CJSC Yenisei Industrial Company (EPC).
However, time passed, and Baysarov did not pay. And, apparently, he could not pay, since his entire fortune is estimated at no more than 200 million dollars. As a result, since only owners of paid shares take part in the shareholders’ meeting, on August 20, 2012, the shareholders decided to re-elect the board of directors of EPK CJSC. Dmitry Saburov
were prematurely terminated , in whose place Pugachev’s man
Vsevolod Vukolov
(in 2013 he received the chair of the head of Rostrud). All Baysarov’s representatives were removed from the Board of Directors and Pugachev’s people were brought in.
EPK issued an official statement... that Mr. Baysarov no longer has anything to do with EPK, the Elegestinsky coal deposit and the construction of the railway to Tuva.”
And then regional journalists recalled the scandalous fame of Ruslan Baysarov (quoted from the newspaper Risk): “As Kommersant writes, “the situation can be called predictable, given Baysarov’s reputation in the business world.
Thus, in 1997, the press associated the name of a Chechen businessman with the murder of Sovintsentr general director Boris Gryaznov
.
The media wrote about the conflict, where thieves in law Beslan Dozhua (Besik)
,
Mairbek Dakaev (Mayer)
and Baysarov, to whom Gryaznov leased several large Sovin properties, clashed, since the Chechen businessman knew how to “negotiate” with bandits. In 2002, people started talking about the businessman in connection with the terrorist attack on Dubrovka: rumors circulated that Baisarov was allegedly the shadow owner of the theater located in the building.
It was there, according to the ex-governor of the Moscow region Boris Gromov
,
Movsar Barayev
stockpiled weapons and explosives for a month and a half.
However, Ruslan Baysarov disowned these accusations.” “I also remember Baysarov’s conflict with the famous businessman Shalva Chigirinsky
over the Sibir Energy company.
Chigirinsky's lawyer, Christopher Greeson,
testified at the time that Ruslan Baysarov acted in the conflict with Chigirinsky not in his own interests, but in the interests of
Elena Baturina
, the wife of Moscow Mayor
Yuri Luzhkov
.
One way or another, Ruslan Baysarov left the post of first vice-premier of the Moscow Oil and Gas Company (MNGK) and the oil industry in general after Luzhkov’s resignation...” They say that the notorious Chechen businessman Baysarov and Tuvan Prime Minister Sholban Kara-ool
have a lot in common.
Suffice it to recall how Kara-ool knocked out a security guard’s eye at the Strike bowling alley. According to some reports, when Ruslan Baysarov and Alla Pugacheva’s
Kristina Orbakaite “shared” their joint son
Denis
, he hit his common-law wife so much that he allegedly even broke her nose.” End of quote.
The voyages of businessman Baysarov to the Republic of Tuva, as they say, are a separate story.
According to published data, with the complaisance of Sholban Kara-ool, an estate on a taiga lake was built here for the whims of the oligarch. Three years ago, in 2016, the press discovered information about how many condoms were accidentally lost from his car.
“To clarify, in the Tuvan taiga.
If, for example, they were lying around in the Chechen taiga, then the hell would be on them and on Baysarov himself, right? But in Chechnya, firstly, there is no taiga, and, secondly, in that small but proud fraternal republic you won’t be spoiled. Let me clarify, you can’t indulge with prostitutes. Because there is Chechnya and Ramzan Kadyrov
. And here, please! Because Tuva and Kara-ool Sholban are here. You are welcome, gentlemen, with investors or with prostitutes, or all together with both of them - Tuva will endure everything... That ill-fated one Old Believer found a backpack and described everything exactly, as if in spirit, because the price tags were not torn off... Himself a backpack with its latest contents costs about 250 thousand rubles. Do the math for yourself: a backpack - 25 thousand, a sleeping bag for two people - 50 thousand, 2 sets of removable bed linen for a double sleeping bag - 34 thousand each, some folding travel equipment for 70 thousand and other small camping equipment with a pack of Dutch condoms - in total this is the same amount.
This time the Chechen had plenty of guests... Well, the guards are guards, but the girls are bad, they run around the taiga in what their mother gave birth to - that’s what they are supposed to do in their profession, they leave behind these contraceptive things here and there, there really won’t be any guards after each one, collect them with your own hands?.. Another thing interests me: why did he (the head of the republic) give all these lakes and forests if Baysarov doesn’t build a railway and doesn’t mine coal?” the “very harmful Tuvan woman” wondered in a regional newspaper.
Baysarov, there are scandals and condoms - but where is the promised highway?
A few weeks ago, our colleagues from the media published a material under the heading “Kyzyl - Kurakino - Kara-ool” on the question of how “Ruslan Baysarov wants to line the railway for the head of Tuva Sholban Kara-ool with “banknotes”?” We quote: “The Government of the Russian Federation demanded to allocate money for a railway in the Republic of Tuva, which they cannot build. Otherwise, investors - the Tuvan Energy Industrial Corporation (TEPK) Ruslan Baysarova and its manager - will face a fine. Back in mid-May 2021, at a meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov
, a decision was made: the manager and concessionaire of the Elegest – Kyzyl – Kuragino railway line, the TEPK Kyzyl – Kuragino project company (owned by Baysarov and Management Company “Leader”), must On June 5, agree on the financing structure for design and construction. Management Company "Leader" must organize the issue of bonds of TEPK "Kyzyl - Kuragino". And buy this issue. Then, by the end of June, all documents guaranteeing financing of this project will be received by the Roszheldor agency: it is this agency that is responsible for construction on the part of the state. But if the documents do not appear before July 31, 2019, the concessionaire will pay a fine. According to the latest data, the high-profile project for the construction of the Elegest-Kyzyl-Kuragino railway line, as well as the development of the Elegest coal deposit, are in a semi-fainting state: all promises from businessman Baysarov remain just promises. And many of them over the years have sprouted with thick moss...
"In a swollen state..."
Moneybag from the Forbes list Ruslan Baysarov became the owner of the Elegest coal deposit in Tuva in 2013. The license to develop the field cost 548 million rubles. And at first, Baysarov smartly got down to business: he began to visit Kyzyl often. He was constantly greeted with open arms by the most important person in the subject - Sholban Kara-ool. True, Mr. Baysarov’s ardor subsided a little when he learned that another 240 billion rubles needed to be spent on launching the Elegest deposit. But, nevertheless, Baysarov’s optimism did not fade for a long time. “When I first flew deep into Tuva, I returned in a swollen, frozen state. EPK (Yenisei Industrial Company, former license holder) has no other problems except the fact that no one is building it. We need to move away from all this political canoe, roll up our sleeves - that’s the whole story,” Baysarov told reporters. Vedomosti wrote about this. Rosnedra issued a license to the Tuva Energy Industrial Corporation to develop the Elegest coal deposit. The permit gives the right to mine coal at the deposit for 20 years (but 6 years have already passed, and the horse has not been lying down!)... There is also a “but” here: in order to put the first coal on the market, you need to invest together with your partners in the construction of a mine, a rotational village and mining and processing plant (mining and processing plant) more than 44 billion rubles. And the corporation needs to build the Elegest – Kyzyl – Kuragino railway line. By the way, the construction contractor was chosen. Back in 2013, it was decided that Baysarov’s corporation would build the railway track together with its partners, such as the Ministry of Transport, the Administration of Tuva and the Krasnoyarsk Territory. And the framework agreement between them was signed even before receiving a license for the development of the field. Ruslan Baysarov was supposed to act as the general contractor. And, it was believed, after completion of construction, Baysarov could retain the constructed branch. But there was a second option: the owner of TEPK could transfer this branch into the ownership of Russian Railways. The following fact is also known: First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov
(already former) in those days gave instructions to work out the issue of providing Baysarov's corporation with benefits in the form of state guarantees for 75% of the cost of the project. It turns out that the conditions are simply fantastic! Why didn't anyone start construction?
In addition, back in 2013, Mr. Baysarov, realizing that the construction of the mining and processing plant would require additional energy capacity, promised to build several thermal power plants. And the first one will be launched by 2016! And Baysarov’s corporation planned to mine coal by 2018. The explored reserves of the Elegest deposit, by the way, are estimated at 855 million tons. The calendar now says June 2021... But Herman is still not there!
Instead of a steam locomotive - a preferential social bus
The Elegest – Kyzyl – Kuragino railway, 410 km long, would have to pass through the territory of Tuva and the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The expected planned capacity is 19 pairs of trains per day. These locomotives should ensure the transportation of 15 million tons of cargo per year. The road, whatever one may say, is the most important part of the Elegest coal deposit development project. But it is still necessary to build not only a mining and processing plant, but also a coal terminal in the area of Cape Burny in the Khabarovsk Territory. The Government of the Russian Federation is ready to provide state guarantees for the mining and processing plant and the coal terminal.
In March 2019, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin
. Russian Railways PJSC announced its desire to build a railway in Tuva. For the construction of the century, 8 tunnels need to be dug, and 180 bridges must be built. But there is still no ready project documentation! Officials blame difficulties with geodesy, difficult terrain, and tracing. The project is clearly being delayed, if you remember that the first peg on the construction site was driven in back in 2011! Now a decision has been made to speed up the construction of the railway... The Russian Government has decided to give Russian Railways PJSC a year to submit completed design and estimate documentation. What else is interesting? Today there is no railway connection in Tuva (deer are better), but even after the Elegest-Kyzyl-Kuragino road starts operating, there will still be no passengers on the railway. True, there is a little hope: ...The Ministry of Transport must decide whether there is a need for passenger transportation along the route “Elegest – Kyzyl – Kuragino”? At a meeting with Siluanov, it was said that an alternative to rail passenger service could be a preferential social bus. And this will help save up to 10% in the Tuvan project. It's the 21st century. Tuva lives without railway connections. But with big promises from Mr. Baysarov.
Finance sings romances
The Leader management company was going to finance the project worth 192.4 billion rubles. And in addition to the redemption of bonds, both Leader and Baysarov’s corporation had to invest 28.9 billion rubles of their own funds. But the “cabbage” still hasn’t arrived. What are we waiting for? Ruslan Baysarov visited Tuva several times. On one of his first visits, he and the head of Tuva, Sholban Kara-ool, signed agreements on the construction of a thermal power plant. Baysarov pledged to invest more than $5 billion in the facility. He promised to build not only a thermal power plant, but also a mine, a railway, etc. In those days, the businessman’s corporation assumed obligations to attract extra-budgetary investments. And she also promised to ensure timely payment of taxes to the republican and local budgets and to help increase the level of employment of the population.
But why is there such silence on construction sites?
Ruslan Baysarov gave a long interview to RBC, in which he spoke about his plans in Tuva. He repeats the same words: again he promises to build the Kuragino-Kyzyl railway and a port in Vanino. And extract 12 million tons of coking coal from the Elegestinsky deposit to sell it to China. These plans are warmly shared by his friend, the head of Tuva Kara-ool. But today there is a further drop in prices on the commodity markets. The slowdown in China's economy has also reduced demand for raw materials. And China is planning significant cuts in its coal mining industry. The authorities intend to cut a total of 1.8 million people, which will help reduce coal production by 500 million tons. Since 2011, coal prices have collapsed from $200-250 per ton of coking coal to $80, respectively. In this connection, in such a difficult situation, the Ministry of Energy predicts a lack of growth in coal production and its exports. Baysarov and Kara-ool unanimously promise to save subsidized Tuva with the help of the railway and “black gold”...
Bloggers write that during those 6 years of promises to “build”, “develop”, nothing but scandals has happened. LiveJournal writes about this. During this time, Mr. Baysarov abandoned his partners Sergei Pugachev and Igor Altushkin
. He refused to pay 1 billion rubles for a stake in the Yenisei Industrial Company. This company, as mentioned above, owned a license to mine coal from the Elegestinsky deposit. And Pugachev actually lost his assets in Tuva. Baysarov also refuses to pay NPO Mostovik 895 million rubles for the construction of the Kyzyl-Kuragino railway. Mostovik was on the verge of bankruptcy. It is also unclear why Baysarov registered a clone company in Kyzyl with the abbreviation EPK.
Maybe Mr. Baysarov’s hobby is making promises?
And do nothing? Or is he diligently waiting for money from the state? Or from another source? But for all his closeness to the head of Chechnya Kadyrov, Baysarov is still not Rotenberg
, not
Kovalchuk
or
Timchenko
! It turns out that he has only one hope - for Kara-ool?
Is Kara-Ool going to the polls?
The life of Mr. Kara-ool also abounds in scandals... More and more often, people from his close circle suddenly find themselves in complex life situations, as recently happened in the holy of holies - in the State Tax Service! A criminal case was initiated against the leadership of the State Tax Service of Tuva with the participation of a representative in the Kaa-Khem kozhuun A. Suge-Maadyr
. It also became public knowledge that the Chinese working in Tuva were for some reason exempt from paying taxes... In the amount of about 1 billion rubles per year! LiveJournal wrote about this.
Connecting the Shores
There is no doubt that Baysarov’s company will cope with the task. The entrepreneur's structures have extensive experience in the construction of complex facilities. In 2015, he acquired a 25% stake in the SK Most group of companies. The construction business quickly captivated the businessman and became the main business of his life. After some time, he brings the stake in the company to a controlling stake and sits in the chair of the head of the board of directors.
GC SK Most is one of the recognized leaders in the construction companies market. The name completely coincides with the activities of the organization: over its 30-year history, it has built almost 350 bridges and reconstructed more than two thousand bridge crossings throughout the country. Also among the assets of GC SK Most:
- construction of the Roki automobile tunnel through the Caucasus ridge;
- infrastructure facilities of the Arctic post “Sabetta” on the Yamal Peninsula;
- new Kuznetsovsky tunnel on the Oune - Vysokogornaya section of the Baikal-Amur Mainline
SK Most Group of Companies has built strong business relations with the state. The structures of Ruslan Sulimovich were repeatedly entrusted with the most important projects. Baysarov always took on even the most complex objects. The entrepreneur is sure: nothing is impossible in the world. Hard work, professionalism and willpower are the three components of his team’s success.
GC SK Most was one of the main contractors of the state in preparation for the Winter Olympics in Sochi. The businessman’s structures built a road and railway from Adler to Krasnaya Polyana. Tunnels, bridges and overpasses with a total length of more than 50 kilometers were built in record time. And most importantly - quality.
At the other end of the country, in Vladivostok, a businessman’s company built the famous cable-stayed bridge to Russky Island. The majestic building became the calling card of the city and appeared on the new two thousand ruble banknote.
Labor activity
In the early 1990s, together with friends, he adapted foreign computers. After graduating from university, he became seriously involved in entrepreneurship. Implemented projects in the Moscow artistic community:
- - beauty Studio;
- - night club;
- - the first Japanese restaurant in Russia.
His partners at that time were Fyodor Bondarchuk and Stepan Mikhalkov.
In the 2000s, he worked in the oil industry, mainly as a vice president of large companies.
In 2011, he founded the Tuvan Energy Industrial Corporation (TEC) and became a successful manager. The corporation is building a mining and processing plant on Elegest with total coal reserves of 855 million tons, building a transshipment terminal near Cape Burny in the Khabarovsk Territory and laying the first Elegest-Kyzyl-Kuragino railway in Tuva.
Most Group of Companies carries out infrastructure projects on a national scale, the largest of those already completed:
- — the world’s largest cable-stayed bridge to Russky Island across the Eastern Bosphorus Strait;
- - combined high-speed road and railway line Adler - Krasnaya Polyana.
At the moment, the SK Most group of companies, under the leadership of Russian businessman Ruslan Baysarov, is implementing a lot of projects designed to improve the infrastructure situation and develop the regions of Russia and Europe.
This is due to the high level of trust in the person of Ruslan Sulimovich not only within our country, but also in the international arena, which allows us to freely develop a construction holding throughout the entire continent of Eurasia. Some of the ongoing work:
- - bridges across the Amur River - railway in the Jewish Autonomous Region and road in the Amur region;
- — the second Baikal tunnel on the BAM;
- — alteration of tracks from 1067 mm gauge to standard 1520 mm in Russia and modernization of railway infrastructure on Sakhalin;
- — excavation of running tunnels in the Moscow metro on the new Nekrasovskaya line with a unique 10-meter-diameter shield;
- - railway viaduct in Serbia on the international highway Belgrade - Budapest.
Leader since childhood
Ruslan Baysarov had to make his way to the pinnacle of success on his own: his biography is a classic example of how a person, with due diligence and great desire, can achieve what he wants. The future businessman was born on August 9, 1968 in the Chechen village of Prigorodnoye near Grozny in the then Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The family was large, but the parents of little Ruslan, Sulim and Kasirat, tried to pay enough attention to each child.
Traditional Caucasian upbringing left a deep imprint on the personality of the future entrepreneur. Since childhood, he has absorbed the value of such concepts as
- family
- friendship
- caring for one's neighbor.
Baysarov's male character was forged by the street. Ruslan grew up as an active and lively child, in the yard among the boys he was known as a confident leader, he was never afraid to stand up for himself and stand up for others. He will go far, the elders said about him.
Baysarov had money in his pocket since childhood. In Prigorodny, Ruslan went through the “school of a young businessman.” The family did not live well, and the young man helped his parents as best he could. He bought apples from the orchards and resold them, contributing to the family budget.
On the student bench
After graduating from school, the smart and inquisitive guy did not have to worry about choosing a future path. He firmly decided that he would go to university. He passed the exams without much difficulty and joined the ranks of students at the Civil Engineering Institute in Moscow.
A year later, there was a sharp turn in Baysarov’s life: the time had come to repay his debt to his homeland, and the 18-year-old boy was drafted into the army. After serving the required two years, Ruslan decided to continue his studies, but no longer in Moscow. The future entrepreneur returned to his native republic and entered the Grozny Oil Institute, where, by his own admission, he always wanted to study.
The academic path of the businessman did not end there. Ruslan Sulimovich Baysarov managed to combine his rapid career with his studies: in 2001, according to Wikipedia, he became a master of sociology at Moscow State University. And 13 years later, already a well-known and successful businessman, he defended his PhD thesis at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys.
Coal and construction industry
A new stage in the life of a businessman of Chechen origin began in 2011, when several factors came together into a single puzzle:
- many years of experience gained while working on the development of the energy market;
- studying at a construction university;
- engineering degree;
- serious capital.
When it came to the development of the largest Elegest coal deposit in Russia, Ruslan Baysarov, having assessed all the nuances of the large-scale project, invested his main assets in the Tuva Energy Industrial Corporation and subsequently headed it. Now future coal mines in Elegest are called the “coal Klondike”. It has become a striking example of a new stage in the development of the entire coal industry in Russia, which will further strengthen the position of the East Siberian region and give impetus to the comprehensive rise of the Far East.
Founder of TEPK JSC Ruslan Baysarov
Today, TEPK JSC is implementing several projects in the Far North that are related to the investment sector and directly affect the development of industrial energy. They will undoubtedly provide additional incentives to the country's economy and will contribute to its successful development in the near future, as well as in the long term. Among them:
- laying the first railway line in Tyva from Elegest to Kuragino via Kyzyl;
- construction of a mining and processing plant at the Elegest deposit;
- work on the construction of a transshipment terminal in the Khabarovsk Territory.
In 2015, the businessman acquired a 25% stake in the construction holding GC SK Most.
A year later, Baysarov increased his authorized share to 56%, becoming a controlling shareholder and heading the company’s board of directors. Since then, the giant enterprise has become even more energetically involved in the implementation of complex projects related to the construction of bridges, tunnels and subways of federal importance. It’s hard to imagine, but Ruslan Sulimovich Baysarov also knew how to combine his career successes with scientific activities. In 2001, he received a master's degree in sociology from Moscow State University. In 2021, he defended his dissertation at MISiS, becoming a candidate of technical sciences.
The path to big business
Like many other entrepreneurs, he began his first business projects during his student years. The country was changing rapidly in those years. Life in the “dashing 90s” was not easy, but it was an era of opportunity. Fate favored those who were active and purposeful, fighters by nature, ready to seize any opportunity with a bulldog grip. Baysarov's male upbringing played one of the determining roles in his development as a successful businessman.
The young entrepreneur did not focus on one thing and tried his hand at different fields. He made his first substantial money by reselling foreign computers. Having amassed some good start-up capital, the businessman decided to plunge into the entertainment industry and opened a nightclub and restaurant.
Then he refocused on the core industry - oil refining and fuel supplies. And I was right. In 1997, he stood at the origins. Things were looking up: after a few years, Baysarov’s structure was processing millions of tons of oil in Moscow, its fuel was sold at two thousand gas stations throughout the country.
The climb to the top was swift. In 2001, he became vice-president of the Moscow Oil Central Fuel Asian Tigers. China, Japan and Korea are very close, literally at hand. All that remains is to extend a hand to them - to build convenient roads, reliable bridges and capacious ports. This is exactly what entrepreneur Ruslan Sulimovich Baysarov does.
Now the SK Most Group of Companies is completing the construction of a two-lane road bridge across the Amur between the Russian Blagoveshchensk and the Chinese Heihe. The project is being implemented in close cooperation with the PRC. Here are just some characteristics of the project:
- The length of the crossing with access roads is about 20 kilometers;
- In the future, the bridge will be able to carry up to 4.5 thousand cars per day;
- The bridge over the Amur is designed to carry more than 20 million tons of cargo per year
According to Ruslan Sulimovich, the Blagoveshchensk-Heihe crossing will help increase trade turnover between Russia and China. This is a future point of economic growth for the Amur region, the entrepreneur is sure.
The modernization of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Baikal-Amur Mainline with the construction of a tunnel almost seven kilometers long is also intended to strengthen Russia’s position in Asia and the Pacific Ocean. This will allow increasing the volume of transportation between Western and Eastern Siberia by 2.5 times, experts emphasize.
A project significant for the Far East is also being implemented on Sakhalin. There, the SK Bridge Ruslan Baysarov Group of Companies is working on expanding the railway gauge to 1520 millimeters. This will improve communications between the island's settlements.
The businessman also has projects in the capital. In Moscow, GC SK Most built tunnels for the new Nekrasovskaya metro line. The entrepreneur’s activities extend beyond the borders of our country: for example, in Serbia, his company is building a unique viaduct along which the Belgrade-Budapest high-speed railway will pass.
Loving husband and caring father
Year after year, the entrepreneur proves his unofficial title as one of the most loving and caring fathers in our country. He can often be seen surrounded by his offspring on vacation - be it in Russia or abroad. Baysarov knows their tastes very well, but prefers not to spoil them.
Since 2009, his happy wife is his compatriot Madina Gaytaeva, with whom two sons were born - Amir and Amin.
In total, father Baysarov, who has many children, has six. In addition to those mentioned above, these are two more sons: Ilman and Denis, whose mother is the famous singer and actress Kristina Orbakaite, the daughter of Alla Borisovna Pugacheva. And two beautiful daughters: Kamila and Dali.
Having named all his children with Muslim names, the businessman instills by personal example the observance of traditions and customs, knowledge of the Chechen language and the history of his people. And even despite the incredible workload in his business affairs, he constantly participates in the lives of his offspring, trying, like his parents, to pay attention to everyone. It is known that children are very close and friendly with each other, which is a considerable merit of their father and the family traditions he established, for example, gathering them around the same table to celebrate the New Year or the birthdays of each child.
Personal life of Ruslan Baysarov
Ruslan Baysarov is married and has six children. The businessman’s first wife was model Tatyana Kovtun, with whom Baysarov’s eldest daughter, Kamila, was born in 1993.
In 1997, the businessman met Kristina Orbakaite, who, as hardly anyone in our country knows, is the daughter of Alla Pugacheva. At that time, Christina was already a famous singer. This marriage was not formalized, but the couple entered into a union according to the canons of Islam in a Moscow mosque. In 1998, the couple had a son, Denis. In 2003, the couple separated, but after a number of contradictions they managed to reach an amicable agreement on custody of their son.
In 2003, Ruslan Baysarov and Modus Vivendis agency model Alina Tsevina had another son, Ilman. And in 2005, as stated in the biography on Wikipedia, Ruslan gave birth to a girl from a girl named Yulia, who was named with the beautiful name Dali.
In 2009, Ruslan Baysarov married Madina Gaytaeva, who bore him two more sons - Amir and Amin. The marriage was officially registered in the village of Veduchi, Itum-Kalinsky district of the Chechen Republic. As reported in the news, Madina graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Finance of the Chechen State University. The girl’s mother worked as a teacher of Russian language and literature at school, and her father is the former head of the local administration of the Oktyabrsky district.
Be merciful
Like many other representatives of big business, the entrepreneur actively participates in charity events. For Baysarov, helping other people is something that happens at the call of the heart, and not for the sake of PR. The businessman tries not to advertise his participation in charity, however, some facts are still known.
It turned out that he allocates serious funds to fight childhood oncology. An incident that occurred in 2009 is indicative. The main news of the charity event was the entrepreneur’s winning at an auction for a female role lasting three minutes in Fyodor Bondarchuk’s film “Stalingrad.”
The lot cost 200 thousand euros. And the role was intended for a young and promising actress. All funds collected that evening were transferred to help children.
Kind heart
To lend a helping hand to those in need - Ruslan Baysarov was taught this as a child. In his youth, he helped his parents and younger brothers and sisters. And in adulthood, having earned good money, I decided to support those in need.
However, the entrepreneur does not like to talk about his charitable projects; the businessman has never promoted himself on helping other people. In many ways, charity for Baysarov is a personal matter, because mercy and compassion have always been inherent in him.
Nevertheless, one episode still did not escape the attention of the curious public. Once Fyodor Bondarchuk put up for auction the female role in the film “Stalingrad”. The entrepreneur bought the lot for 200 thousand euros. As a result, the role went to a young but promising actress, and the proceeds went to the treatment of children with cancer. An act worthy of a real man.
Ruslan Baysarov and Fyodor Bondarchuk
The main thing is in the details
Baysarov Ruslan Sulimovich is one of the richest businessmen in Russia; he is consistently included in the ranking of the influential Forbes magazine. Last year he took 118th place, the entrepreneur’s total wealth was estimated at $900 million.
The entrepreneur devotes almost all of his time to family and work and appears extremely rarely at social events. Here are just some interesting facts about Ruslan Baysarov:
- The entrepreneur manages to find time for hobbies. He is fond of horse riding and loves skiing;
- Thanks to Ruslan Sulimovich, it is possible to preserve the cultural and historical heritage of Siberia. The entrepreneur’s structures became a partner of a large archaeological expedition in Tyva;
- The businessman has a long-standing and strong friendship with director Fyodor Bondarchuk (pictured), who was one of the founders of Infant Silver.
The main value in life for an entrepreneur is family. On big holidays, numerous family members always gather at his house in the Moscow region.
