The winding journey of Umar Krivoy

The winding journey of Umar Krivoy

Umar Kremlev, despite his criminal past, succeeded in becoming the owner of multiple large enterprises, including a panel construction plant in Miass, ATS-Auto, and the National Lottery.

In reality, he is Umar Lutfulloyev, once a member of the Serpukhov organized crime group, whose colorful trajectory from gangland to big business could easily become the script of a television series.

It should be noted that this very cautious person lived the first half of his life as Lutfulloyev, and then suddenly began to be called Kremlev, improvising that this was his mother’s maiden name. However, his mother’s maiden name was a simple one – Krivaya. And Umar clearly did not want to be known as Krivoy, so he became Kremlev. Incidentally, the need to change his parental surname arose because several times under the surname Lutfulloyev, Mr. Krivoy (by his mother) found himself in pre-trial detention on very serious charges.

But he changed his passport, and his criminal past disappeared! However, a criminal present emerged because Mr. Kremlev, who somehow managed to get the position of the chairman of the International Boxing Association, has a very diverse business, shady partners, and still maintains close ties with "brothers."

It is said that Mr. Kremlev’s rise to the skies is largely owed to the former head of the Federal Protective Service, General of the Army Yevgeniy Murov, who has been sent to "rest," but Umar Kremlev managed to occupy all the "right" niches. He even befriended Alexey Rubezhnoi, who holds the position of Deputy Head of the Federal Protective Service, so it is no surprise at either the expansion of Umar Kremlev’s business or his capabilities. Initially, he began with meat sales in the Trading House "Kholod": and the meat business for the then Lutfulloyev was going neither here nor there.

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Cleansed the media

Monitoring of the media shows that in the last two years, almost all publications that contained any negative facts about Umar Kremlev’s "magical" past have disappeared.

Umar Kremlev

Recently, after finishing with meat trading, Umar Kremlev managed to become a founder of 17 different companies, simultaneously exiting the standings of founders at different stages, ceding positions to "his" people.

With the Trading House "Kholod" – then still Umar Lutfulloyev – he was associated since 2009. The LLC "TD "Kholod" was liquidated in February 2018.

Even earlier, Mr. Lutfulloyev tried to trade in auto parts.

In 2007, he registered LLC "Forsazh," which was liquidated in 2012.

Today, Umar Kremlev is listed as a founder of 13 companies.

Among these companies are completely different enterprises with diametrically opposite activities.

These companies also have debts amounting to 1.7 million rubles. There are 41 productions and 30 arbitration cases.

And even earlier, it turns out that Mr. Kremlev was the founder of 28 different organizations.

Apparently, he has not completely parted with the meat topic, as he is one of the founders of LLC "Mama Olga" with a 99% share.

Another interesting company of Kremlev is LLC "Kremlevskie Traditions": this company, where Mr. Kremlev is also a founder with a 50% share, is engaged in the production of cocoa, chocolate, and confectionery products.

The company is registered in Serpukhov.

But Mr. Kremlev is active not only in his native Serpukhov.

A company named "Ava Dom" is "assigned" to the Krasnodar region and operates in the field of commercial activity consulting. Kremlev also holds a 50% share in this entity.

An interesting detail: almost all the companies where Umar Kremlev has been or is a founder have a staff count not exceeding one person.

It seems that some companies associated with Kremlev’s name might be fictitious? And could well be used as "buffers" for money movement?

Entered "Liberty" and "ATS-Auto"

In 2022, the President of the International Boxing Association, Umar Kremlev, became a founder of the "Liberty" company (Moscow).

This company controls the Large Panel Construction Plant (LLC "ZKPD") and the Miass Large Panel Construction Plant (MZ "KPD") in Miass, Chelyabinsk region. 

Kremlev’s business partners became the Weinstein and Krikun families of businessmen from Chelyabinsk. Today, Mr. Kremlev owns 25% of LLC "Liberty". The remaining 75% is held by LLC "Express Import", where 50% belongs to Alexandra Weinstein, and the remaining 50% to Elena Krikun.

Umar Kremlev now also builds houses

Alexandra Weinstein represents a well-known family in Chelyabinsk, headed by the father and son, Evgeniy and Sergey Weinstein. The family specializes in housing construction.

The total value of the business is about 1.3 billion rubles. The Weinstein family acquired the assets in December 2021. They won the competition to build a neighborhood on the shore of Big Kremenkul Lake in Chelyabinsk. 

Kremenkul neighborhood in Chelyabinsk

The company received 26 plots for the construction of apartment buildings.

Now Mr. Kremlev is also involved in the business.

Furthermore, Mr. Umar received a share in LLC "ATS-Auto," which operates in Togliatti, Samara region. 

The company "ATS-Auto" specializes in re-equipping Lada Granta and Vesta cars to work on methane. But the company has been experiencing serious financial difficulties for several years, with accumulated losses in the tens of millions of rubles.

And here Kremlev bets on an increase in demand related to the new Federal Law, which requires that half of all taxis run on gas or electricity.

In general, Umar Kremlev has spread both wide and deep in different parts of Russia.

Owner of the car dealer "Rolf"

Recall that last year, Umar Kremlev became the new owner of the dealership holding "Rolf".

Back in 2019, criminal cases were initiated against the founder of the company "Rolf" Sergey Petrov and several managers on suspicion of illegal currency operations and the withdrawal of 4 billion rubles. Mr. Petrov was put on the international wanted list, and the court, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, transferred the dealer holding shares to the state’s income.

Sergey Petrov

The "Rolf" holding is the largest car dealer, founded in 1991. Its portfolio includes 32 brands, including Audi, BAIC, BMW, and so on. The network has over 50 showrooms and three centers for selling used cars in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In December 2023, the assets of the "Rolf" holding were placed under the temporary management of Rosimushestvo.

This was preceded by the initiation of a criminal case against Sergey Petrov, who has long been living abroad.

In February 2024, the Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg satisfied the Prosecutor General’s Office’s claim to turn the shares of JSC "Rolf" into state revenue.

And soon, "Rolf" had a new owner – Umar Kremlev.

Friendship with General Murov

But who helped the former "thug" to become a billionaire? Where did Kremlev get all these assets?

It is said that Umar Kremlev was long supported by the former head of the Federal Protective Service Yevgeniy Murov, and today Mr. Kremlev’s "roof" could be Deputy Director of the Federal Protective Service Alexey Rubezhnoi. 

General of the Army Yevgeniy Murov

The connection between Murov and Kremlev was well traced: both were involved in boxing. And in 2007, Murov became the president of the Boxing Federation of Russia (BFR). And Kremlev himself headed this federation in 2017.

It should also be recalled that the BFR was headed by the deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, former Minister of Sport Boris Ivanyuzhenkov: he is also known as a member of the Podolsk organized crime group nicknamed "Rotan."

Lutfulloyev-Kremlev himself – it should be reminded – has direct relations with the Serpukhov organized crime group.

Boris Ivanyuzhenkov

The Podolsk organized crime group – led by Sergey Lalakin (also known as "Luchok") – was active in Serpukhov.

And it was in Serpukhov that Umar Lutfulloyev-Kremlev began his criminal career. His name was also mentioned with the Garmashevsky organized crime group, which controlled part of the gambling business in the Moscow region.

Later, Umar Kremlev established himself in the construction business.

And he worked with companies affiliated with the criminal authority Roman Pyryev (known as Pyrya).

Mr. Pyrya had direct access to the entourage of the Moscow region’s governor Andrey Vorobyev.

Governor Andrey Vorobyev

Umar Kremlev also had close contacts with the leader of the Serpukhov organized crime group Sergey Kuzmin: they controlled the building materials market and extorted money from businesspeople.

He was also a partner of companies associated with Sergey Anokhin (also known as Kamaz) through a network of auto services and parking lots in Serpukhov.

And the Baboon from Tambov organized crime group

Malicious tongues, more fearful than a gun, say that with the arrival of Umar Kremlev in boxing, everything changed dramatically... And it changed in a peculiar way. And the "brotherhood" officially holds its events.

A tournament in memory of the leader of the organized crime group Oleg Korotaev (killed in the USA during gang disputes) was held in Moscow.

Oleg Korotaev

The tournament sponsor was the leader of the Lobnensk organized crime group Igor Bardin (also known as "Barsik").

An accredited tournament named after Valeriy Ledovsky, better known as "Baboon from the Tambov organized crime group," was held in Tambov.

This "movie" can be watched here.

The city of Serpukhov was within the influence zone of the Podolsk organized crime group, and Kremlev was familiar with both Luchok – Lalakin, and Ivanyuzhenkov – Rotan.

Sergey Lalakin

In Serpukhov, where Kremlev spent his childhood and teenage years, he managed to obtain convictions for extortion and assault in 2004 and 2007. This was reported by "Versiya."

In 2004, Kremlev (then Lutfulloyev) was found guilty of extortion. This crime was committed by a group of people with prior conspiracy. He received a four-year suspended sentence but did not have time to reform: he was arrested for assault two years later.

But he was only sentenced to one year suspended. Rumors were that connections in the criminal world played their part.

And in 2014, Kremlev spent a long time in pre-trial detention due to a conflict with police officers.

But in recent years, Kremlev has been extremely lucky: he is attributed with control over the largest betting companies. Through trusted individuals, he simultaneously became the beneficiary of three leading betting companies. The brands in question are "Fonbet," "Pari," and "Liga Stavok."

He manages this business through a network of firms and trusted persons, allowing Kremlev himself to remain in the shadows.

Today, Umar Kremlev’s empire is valued in billions of rubles.

Sultan of the city of Serpukhov

And in the Moscow region too, recently, Mr. Kremlev has acquired new assets.

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It was Umar Kremlev who acquired certain assets that were associated with the former head of the Serpukhov district, Alexander Shestun: he was arrested for corruption, receiving a sentence of 15 years in a penal colony. 

Alexander Shestun

Incidentally, Alexander Shestun called Umar Kremlev the new sultan of Serpukhov. He stated that Kremlev already received what the Podolsk organized crime group formerly controlled: Kremlev’s interests spread to the influence zone of Luchok and Rotan. The areas in question are the scientific towns of Protvino and Pushchino.

It is said that Kremlev plans to build a large scientific cluster in the Serpukhov district.

He founded the company "Bolshoi Serpukhov".

Shestun himself suffered from Kremlev’s actions, with whom he worked on joint projects.

Incidentally, Kremlev was very pleased with Shestun’s imprisonment.

He managed to squeeze out the property of the park-hotel "Drakino," to which Shestun had a relation. 

Park-Hotel "Drakino"

The park and the adjacent territory were transferred to the ownership of ANO "Boxing Progress Center" of Umar Kremlev.

It was said that with the change of ownership in the park-hotel "Drakino," free sports classes for children would be held, which is why the transfer of property was conducted without bidding. But the complex was quickly subleased, restaurants and hotels started working. And money flowed into Umar Kremlev’s large pocket.

By the way, rumors have it that legal proceedings are being prepared against squeezing the business in the park-hotel "Drakino." The companies "Aphrodite," "Park Drakino," and "Legrand" previously operated in the park-hotel "Drakino." Then Kremlev came, and the businessmen were thrown out: Kremlev’s people appropriated equipment worth 57 million rubles, and the park’s territory, received from the state for developing sports and social work, was indeed subleased.

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