God Nisanov Entrepreneur, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kyiv Ploshchad company Date of Birth: 24.04.1972 Country: Azerbaijan

Biography of God Nisanov

God Nisanov, a businessman and chairman of the board of directors of Kievskaya Ploshchad company, was born on April 24, 1972, in the village of Kuba (Krasnaya Sloboda) in Azerbaijan, into a family of mountain Jews. His father was the director of a cannery, where most of the Nisanov clan worked.

Nisanov completed his education at the Financial Credit Technical School and then the Law Institute in Baku. It was only after obtaining his education that he was allowed to enter the oil business, where he was involved in the transportation of Azerbaijani petroleum products and controlled a certain portion of sales.

Since the early 1990s, Nisanov has been involved in business in Moscow. He worked in the AST group of Telman Ismailov's companies. In 1992, he started assisting his fellow countryman Zarakh Iliev in wholesale trade. Nisanov and Iliev grew up in the same courtyard in Kuba and had known each other since childhood.

In the early 2000s, Nisanov worked at Diamond Cutters LLC, a diamond processing company. In 2001, he and Iliev opened the trade fair complex "Moskva" in Lyublino.

In 2005, their company "Biskvit" purchased the "Ukraine" hotel at a Moscow government auction. In 2006, they opened the "Evropeyskiy" shopping complex near Kievskiy railway station.

In 2007, Nisanov ran for the position of deputy in the State Duma on the LDPR party's list. In 2009, the Moscow authorities closed the Cherkizovsky market.

Nisanov is married and has three children. According to the media, he is a co-owner of the trade and entertainment centers "Evropeyskiy" and "Kievskaya Ploshchad," the furniture center "Grand," the trade fair complex "Moskva," the "Ukraine" hotel, and the Cherkizovsky market.

One of the last documents signed by Yury Luzhkov before his resignation as the Mayor of Moscow was a plan for the privatization of city property, which included the city's 50% stake in the Radisson SAS Slavyanskaya hotel near Kievskiy railway station. The other 50% of the shares of this hotel have been owned by a structure controlled by Nisanov and Iliev since 2008. The city authorities initially planned to challenge the deal because the previous owner did not offer to buy out their share, but the case did not progress. Since the end of 2009, Nisanov has expressed interest in fully buying out the Radisson SAS Slavyanskaya hotel and its subsequent reconstruction, but this may be hindered by Luzhkov's resignation. Experts believe that previously, the most lucrative city assets were privatized in an opaque manner, but the situation may change with the appointment of Sergey Sobyanin as the Mayor of Moscow.