Kirill Shamalov

Kirill Nikolayevich Shamalov[1] (Russian: Кирилл Николаевич Шамалов; born 22 March 1982) is a Russian businessman, the ex-husband of Katerina Tikhonova[lower-alpha 1] and the ex-son-in-law of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was the former economic advisor to the Russian government.[2] He is the younger son of Nikolai Shamalov, a co-owner of Rossiya Bank. Shamalov is a vice-president of Sibur holding.[3][4][5]

In this Eastern Slavic naming convention, the patronymic is Nikolayevich and the family name is Shamalov.
Kirill Shamalov
Born
Kirill Nikolayevich Shamalov

(1982-03-22) 22 March 1982
CitizenshipRussian
Alma materSt. Petersburg State University
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2013; div. 2018)​

Zhanna Volkova
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(m. 2018)​
Parent(s)

Early life and education

Shamalov is the younger son of Nikolai Shamalov.

Shamalov was educated at Saint Petersburg State University, where he obtained a degree in jurisprudence.[6]

Career

Shamalov became an industry leader in 2012 when the owners of Sibur promoted him from Vice President of Business Administration to Deputy CEO. Shamalov owned 0.5 % stake in the company, while in June 2013 his offshore company Kylsyth Investments Limited based in Belize acquired 3.8 % stake in the company for only US$100.[7][8] In August 2014 his Russian company Yauza 12 with the help of a loan from Gazprombank purchased an additional 17% of Sibur from Gennady Timchenko, owner of Sibur, for roughly $2.2 billion.

In April 2017, Bloomberg reported that Shamalov sold his shares of Sibur that he purchased from Timchenko to Leonid Mikhelson, the other owner of Sibur.[9]

Sanctions

In April 2018, the United States imposed sanctions on him and 23 other Russian nationals.[10][11] Since his February 2013 marriage to Vladimir Putin's daughter Katerina and to join the elite billionaires group close to Vladimir Putin, Shamalov had become a major shareholder in Sibur in less than 18 months and a year later had received a billion dollar loan from Gazprombank, which was under United States sanctions (EO 13662), and had purchased a 17% stake in Sibur from Gennady Timchenko, who was under United States sanctions (EO 13661).[12]

Personal life

In February 2013 at Igora, a small ski resort at the 54 km marker along the Priozerskoe highway (Russian: Приозерское шоссе; A-121) near Sosnovo (Russian: Сосново) in the Priozersky District of the Leningrad Oblast,[13] Shamalov married Katerina Tikhonova, Putin's second daughter. In January 2018, Shamalov separated from his wife. He allegedly lost 50% of his wealth due to this separation.[9] Later in 2018, Shamalov reportedly married Zhanna Volkova.[14][15]

Notes
  1. Katerina is Putin's second daughter.

References
  1. "Кирилл Николаевич Шамалов". 8 April 2015. p. 10. Retrieved 6 August 2016 – via Kommersant.
  2. "Kirill Shamalov". Forbes. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. "Putin's Son-in-Law Boosted by $1.75 Bln Russian State Loan". The Moscow Times. 30 December 2015.
  4. "Putin's Dancing Daughter Said to Run Fund Backed by Dad's Allies". Bloomberg Businessweek. 31 January 2015.
  5. Stubbs, Jack; Kuzmin, Andrey; Grey, Stephen; Anin, Roman (17 December 2015). "The man who married Putin's daughter and then made a fortune". Reuters. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  6. Kirill Shamalov (1 April 2015). "Kirill Shamalov: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  7. Anin, Roman; Dmitriev, Denis; Shmagun, Olesya; Shleynov, Roman; Velikovski, Dmitry; Savina, Sonya; Dolinina, Irina; Marokhovskaya, Alesya (7 December 2020). "Love, Offshores, and Administrative Resources: How Marrying Putin's Daughter Gave Kirill Shamalov a World of Opportunity". Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  8. "Sibur confirms that Putin's former son-in-law paid $100 for company shares worth millions". meduza.io. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  9. "Putin Family Split Offers Peek at Secret Dealings of Russia Inc". Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  10. "Ukraine-/Russia-related Designations and Identification Update". United States Department of the Treasury. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  11. "США ввели санкции против семи российских олигархов и 17 чиновников из «кремлевского списка»" [The US imposed sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs and 17 officials from the "Kremlin list"]. Meduza (in Russian). 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  12. "Press Release:Treasury Designates Russian Oligarchs, Officials, and Entities in Response to Worldwide Malign Activity". US Treasury. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  13. Гасников (Glasinov), Влад (Vlad) (17 May 2012). ""Такого рода секвестры бодрят": Глава комитета по развитию транспортной инфраструктуры сохраняет оптимизм" ["Such kind of sequestration invigorates": The head of the Transport Infrastructure Development Committee remains optimistic] (in Russian). Kommersant. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  14. Delong, Jackson (24 June 2020). "Unseen photos of Putin's daughters emerge from collection of Vladimir's former confidant". The Armenian Reporter. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  15. Roman Anin; Alesya Marokhovskaya; Irina Dolinina; Dmitry Velikovsky; Sonya Savina; Olesya Shmagun; Roman Shleinov; Denis Dmitriev (7 December 2020). "Kirill and Katya: love, separation, offshore and unlimited resources. The history of Russia's most secret couple". istories.media. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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