US EditionMoscow Businessman Arrested Over Unsolved 2000s Murder of Ex-Russian Official
Ibrahim Suleimanov faces charges for allegedly organizing two contract murders linked to his aviation and financial sector influence, with court ordering pre-trial detention until December 2.
- On Friday, Moscow authorities detained businessman Ibrahim Suleimanov on suspicion of orchestrating two contract murders that occurred in 1999 and 2004, involving union leader Gennady Borisov and former bankruptcy official Georgy Tal.
- The arrest followed Abakar Darbishev’s testimony against Suleimanov before Darbishev died in police custody from heart failure two days earlier.
- On April 28, 2004, Georgy Tal was critically injured by gunfire and later died; investigators are looking into his role in managing bankruptcies as a possible motive for the killing.
- Suleimanov, a billionaire and son-in-law of Platon Lebedev, previously served a decade-long sentence and remains a beneficial owner of Sirena-Travel, which controls 80% of Russian airline ticket sales.
- The Moscow court planned to decide on Suleimanov’s pretrial detention Friday, marking the most severe charges he has faced, implicating him in organizing two contract killings.
11 Articles
11 Articles
Russia arrests billionaire Ibrahim Suleymanov on suspicion of contract killings after alleged gunman dies in police custody
On Friday, a Moscow court ordered the detention of billionaire Ibrahim Suleymanov on charges of organizing two contract killings from 1999 and 2004. The murders targeted Gennady Borisov, a Vnukovo Airlines union leader, and Georgy Tal, a former Federal Service for Financial Recovery and Bankruptcy chief. The hearing took place behind closed doors, with the press admitted only for the announcement of the detention order. Suleymanov’s arrest come…
The Basman District Court of Moscow has detained billionaire Ibrahim Suleimanov, reports to the press service of the capital court...
Moscow Businessman Arrested Over Unsolved 2000s Murder of Ex-Russian Official
Moscow police have arrested businessman Ibragim Suleimanov on suspicion of involvement in the 2004 murder of the former head of Russia’s now-defunct government bankruptcy body, state media reported Friday.
Billionaire Suleymanov was detained in Moscow for the murder of a Vnukovo Airlines professional leader: EADaily
EADaily, October 3rd, 2025. One of the most non-public and influential billionaires of Russia, Ibrahim Suleymanov, was detained in Moscow on suspicion of organizing the long-standing murder of Gennady Borisov, chairman of the trade union committee of ground services workers of Vnukovo Airlines.
In Russia, shadow oligarch Ibrahim Suleimanov has been detained on suspicion of orchestrating a murder committed more than 20 years ago. The murder involved the former head of the Federal Service for Financial Recovery and Bankruptcy, Georgy Tal. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing Russian publications TASS and Meduza. Suleimanov was detained in his home on Rublyovka, an elite Moscow neighborhood home to wealthy individuals and high-ranking…
The man is suspected of killing the head of the state organization responsible for bankruptcy proceedings.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 75% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
