Etibar Eyyub – весь компромат

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.

The network of "shadow" Azerbaijani oil traders trading Russian oil in defiance of sanctions is much more extensive than previously thought. It remains closely linked to the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR – Russian sanctioned oil is sold by current SOCAR employees, and deliveries are made through the state-owned company’s subsidiaries.

Media sources continue to publish an investigation into five Azerbaijani citizens – Tahir Garayev, Akhmed Kerimov, Anar Madatli, Talat Safarov, and Etibar Eyyub – who have been under UK sanctions since May.