Vasily Anisimov is a Soviet, Russian and Croatian billionaire businessman who made his fortune in Russia in a variety of industries, including aluminium, real estate and vodka production.
27 Facts About Vasily Anisimov
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Vasily Anisimov is a former president of the Russian Judo Federation.
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Vasily Anisimov graduated with a degree in economics from the Alma-Ata Institute of National Economy in 1977.
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From 1982 to 1986 Vasily Anisimov was head of the working supply department of the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant and then from 1986 to 1989, he served as general director of the Moscow-based hardware wholesaler, Roskhoztorg.
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Vasily Anisimov recalled his activities as involving the sale of scarce goods, the presence of his own office and a personal car "Volga".
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In 1989 Vasily Anisimov started Trust Company, a company exporting non-ferrous metals.
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The firm's special exporter status made it possible to trade with clientele in Western countries, and Vasily Anisimov developed his personal approach of accelerating bureaucratic procedures by taking the appropriate people to dinner.
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Vasily Anisimov's working methods were described by Dmitry Bosov, chairman of the board of Alltek investment:.
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In 2000, after being sued by fellow Russian billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vasily Anisimov liquidated most of his assets.
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Vasily Anisimov re-emerged in 2004 as a co-owner of Metalloinvest with fellow billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Andrei Skoch.
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Vasily Anisimov has three main businesses: iron ore, steel and scrap metal.
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Vasily Anisimov was returned to the Transnistrian state in 2015.
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Alongside his career in aluminium, Vasily Anisimov established Coalco in 1994.
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Vasily Anisimov manages projects in residential and industrial real estate as well as managing land assets.
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In 2015 Vasily Anisimov transferred Coalco assets totalling more than 1 million square meters to MR Group Management, retaining ownership of the land, with MR Group Management responsible for all ongoing and future development processes.
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Vasily Anisimov subsequently resold the shares of the factories to ex-Senator Alexander Sabadash.
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Vasily Anisimov has served as a member of the administrative council of Rossiysky Kredit and one of many "Russian oligarchs" named in the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, CAATSA, signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2017.
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In 2016, Vasily Anisimov negotiated a deal with Kazakh KTZ Express on the construction of a transport and unloading complex "Central Dry Port" worth $169 million.
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From 2003 to 2005 Vasily Anisimov invested $100 million in the Corus Group, a British steelmaker now part of Tata Steel.
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Vasily Anisimov was head of the Russian Judo Federation from 2010 to 2022.
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Vasily Anisimov served as an ambassador for the International Judo Federation.
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Vasily Anisimov advocated participation in Judo for children as young as seven, "now children practice from the age of ten, but this bar should be lowered," Anisimov told reporters in 2016.
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In 2017 Vasily Anisimov was presented with a certificate conferring sixth dan by head of the International Judo Federation Marius Vizer.
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Vasily Anisimov is a member of the supervisory board of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation.
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In October 2022 Vasily Anisimov ended his tenure for family reasons.
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Vasily Anisimov is known for his active interest in the Russian Orthodox Church and has overseen the restoration of 30 churches.
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Vasily Anisimov has provided financial assistance to the Moscow Diocesan House, which houses the theological faculty of the Orthodox St Tikhon University for the Humanities.