Russian Deputy and Tajikistan Native Found to Own Billions in Real Estate

The children of State Duma deputy from the ruling party “United Russia” and native of Tajikistan, Rahim Azimov, own elite real estate valued at billions of rubles.

According to a recent report by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), Azimov’s daughter, Arina Azimova, purchased a 595-square-meter house in the prestigious “Beresta” cottage settlement on the banks of the Moscow River in 2024. Nearby, her brother Aziz acquired a house exceeding 1,100 square meters.

Arina also owns two apartments with a total area of 348 square meters in the “Poklonnaya 9” residential complex on Kutuzovsky Avenue, valued at approximately 400 million rubles. The FBK report indicates that Aziz is the owner of a 153-square-meter apartment in one of Moscow’s most expensive buildings, the “Bunin” residential complex, worth around 500 million rubles.

The FBK report notes that, according to official documents, Rahim Azimov himself has only one garage measuring 46 square meters.

The authors of the report highlight that the deputy registered expensive properties in the names of his adult children to avoid explaining the source of the funds used for their purchase.

The report’s authors also discovered a mansion in Rublyovka registered in Azimov’s wife’s name, an apartment in Dubai registered to his brother, as well as real estate belonging to a woman with whom the deputy has traveled abroad numerous times.

It is also reported that Azimov regularly used business jets owned by billionaire Dmitry Mazepin, the owner of “Uralchem.” Before entering politics, Azimov worked at “Uralchem.”

The investigation’s authors point out that despite Rahim Azimov representing the Kirov region in the State Duma for ten years, nearly 75% of the region’s roads do not meet established standards.

According to the FBK, Rahim Azimov now intends to run in the next State Duma elections representing the Moscow region.

At the time of publication, Rahim Azimov and his representatives had not responded to the FBK report.

Rahim Azimov was born on August 16, 1964, in the city of Shurob in the Isfara district of Tajikistan. He graduated from the Leningrad Mining Institute and later from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. He holds a doctorate in technical sciences.

Over the years, Azimov has worked in various government structures in the Komi Republic, the Federation Council of Russia, the Federal Drug Control Service, the state corporation “Rostec,” and the company “Uralchem.” During the 2000 presidential elections in Russia, he was a trusted representative of Vladimir Putin.

In 2015, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Kirov region, and since 2016, he has represented the Kirov region in the State Duma of Russia from the “United Russia” party. He currently serves as the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption.

This investigation was published against the backdrop of several high-ranking officials and influential figures from Tajikistan being mentioned in international investigations over the past few years.

Previously, a journalistic investigation conducted by Azda TV in collaboration with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) revealed that the wife and daughter of Tajik Prime Minister Kohir Rasulzoda own luxurious villas in Dubai, UAE, worth several million dollars. Azda TV journalists also identified several other members of the Tajik elite among the owners of Dubai real estate, including the current head of the local Interpol bureau, Shahriyor Nazriyev.