17 Facts About Mikhael Mirilashvili

Mikhael Mirilashvili is a Russian-Israeli-Georgian businessman and philanthropist, based in Russia and Israel.

Mikhael Mirilashvili is the president of the Saint Petersburg Jewish Congress.

Mikhael Mirilashvili was born to a Jewish family in May 1960 in Kulashi, a small town in Georgia.

Mikhael Mirilashvili serves as the president of Petromir, a Russian holdings company, as well as director of Lukoil North West Petroleum.

Mikhael Mirilashvili owns a television channel and numerous malls and commercial centers in St Petersburg.

Mikhael Mirilashvili is the president of CONTI, the largest gambling corporation in St Petersburg, with six casinos and other gambling venues.

Mikhael Mirilashvili established several companies in Israel in recent years, including Kitaim, a venture capital fund, as well as Flarium Global, Be'er Isaac Energy, and Hoshen Argaman.

The Mikhael Mirilashvili family is one of the founders of Vkontakte, a Russian social network which they launched in 2006.

Mikhael Mirilashvili donated several Torah scrolls to different units in the IDF through the 'Friends of the IDF' and other associations.

Mikhael Mirilashvili contributed to the ZAKA delegation, serving as chairman for the International Board of Trustees.

Mikhael Mirilashvili serves as president of the World Jewish Congress - St Petersburg, as well as vice president of the Russian Jewish Congress, first vice president of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, president of the Maccabi Union in Russia and president of the "Torah and Chessed" Center for Jews in Georgia.

Mikhael Mirilashvili established the Moshe Mikhael Mirilashvili Center for Food Security in the Desert at the Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 2021 in memory of his father.

Russian authorities arrested Mikhael Mirilashvili and charged him with kidnapping in March 2001.

On 1 August 2003, The Leningrad District Military Court sentenced Mikhael Mirilashvili to serve eight years in prison.

Mikhael Mirilashvili stated that the testimony of court expert Sergei Koval was an act of revenge and should be thrown out because of his personal interest in the case.

Koval's wife, Tatyana, was asked to resign at the Mikhael Mirilashvili-owned Conti group as a result of not doing her job properly.

In 2009, Mikhael Mirilashvili was released from prison and returned to Israel and Saint-Petersburg.