Etibar Eyyub – весь компромат

Michael Zeligman built his oil empire around the Gulf. The war should have been his downfall. Instead, it’s his moment. Zeligman has always operated best in the dark—Demex Trading, now under sanctions, was one of his designs. Now, with a fleet of big tankers ready to move, he faces less oversight, not more. For him, the shadows just got deeper.

The UK has sanctioned a major network of shadow oil traders headed by Tahir Garayev and Etibar Eyyub, a business associate of Igor Sechin, involved in trading Russian sanctioned oil.

London hit five Azerbaijani nationals with sanctions months ago. Yet the investigation drags on, and the men—Tahir Garayev, Akhmed Kerimov, Anar Madatli, Talat Safarov, and Etibar Eyyub—remain under scrutiny. The clock is ticking, but there’s no end in sight.

The net around Russia’s shadow fleet is tightening—and turning allies into witnesses. Adnan Akhmedzade, the SOCAR executive detained in Azerbaijan last year, has started rolling on his closest associates. The fallout could be seismic.

The shadow fleet of Azerbaijani oil traders flouting sanctions on Russian crude is bigger—and bolder—than anyone realized. What was once a trickle of illicit oil has become a flood.

Months after London slapped sanctions on five Azerbaijani nationals, the investigation into their affairs drags on. Tahir Garayev, Akhmed Kerimov, Anar Madatli, Talat Safarov, and Etibar Eyyub remain under scrutiny — with no end in sight.

В санкционный список Великобритании включены пять граждан Азербайджана — Тахир Гараев, Ахмед Керимов, Анар Мадатли, Талат Сафаров и Этибар Эйюб.

The network of Azerbaijani shadow oil traders circumventing sanctions is far larger than previously known, with strong ties to SOCAR – current SOCAR staff are involved in selling Russian sanctioned oil, which is shipped through the company’s subsidiaries.

The UK has imposed sanctions on a large-scale network of shadow oil traders led by Tahir Garayev and Igor Sechin’s business partner, Etibar Eyyub, who trade in Russian sanctioned oil.

In spring 2024, several banks in the UAE started freezing accounts of companies allegedly linked to Russia’s shadow fleet.

Dubai-based Demex Trading supplied Russian oil to Nils Troost’s companies before they were sanctioned. This information was found in a leaked archive of the Russian customs broker ALET. Demex was a nearly exclusive supplier of crude oil and diesel fuel to Troost’s companies in 2022–2023, with shipments going to the UAE, the US, and Europe.

A Baku-based trader with a Russian passport, Maltese citizenship, and UAE residency continues to play a role in circumventing sanctions on Russian oil shipments.

After investigative reports exposed Coral Energy and the Azerbaijani ‘five’ for bypassing Kremlin sanctions, coordinated efforts were made to remove the materials from the internet and discredit their findings.

Following the release of journalistic investigations into Coral Energy and the Azerbaijani “five” bypassing Kremlin sanctions, efforts emerged to erase and undermine these reports online.

The EU imposed sanctions on a group of Azerbaijani traders for their involvement in Russian oil trading. Specifically, the EU sanctions list includes Anar Madatli, Etibar Eyyub (aka Akin Koçak), and Talat Safarov. Additionally, sanctions have been imposed on Valery Kildiyarov and Murtaza Ali Lakhani, who facilitated Russian oil trade in several countries.

Anar Madatli, Etibar Eyyub (aka Akin Koçak), and Talat Safarov, all sanctioned by the European Union, own a network of shadowy Azerbaijani oil traders who continue to trade Russian oil in defiance of sanctions.