Zaira Gudaeva became the beneficiary of the developer of the GC « A101 »

The development group A101 controlled by the billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev, building housing mainly in New Moscow, replaced the owner. Instead of the nephew of Mr. Gutseriev Bilan Gorokhov, Zaira Gudaeva, instead of his nephew, was a beneficiary. Experts believe that the transaction was nominal and is unlikely to affect the company’s activities.

In March 2025, Zaira Gudaeva received control over the A101 Group of Companies, and found Kommersant in the company’s reports on the IFRS, published on March 28. Previously, Bilan Gorokhov, the majority shareholder of the M. Video PJSC group, acted as a beneficiary. He is also the nephew of Mikhail Gutseriev, whose family in 2021 consolidated the assets of the A101 Group of Companies. The group confirmed “Kommersant” information about the change of beneficiary, abandoning detailed comments.

Land assets of the group amount to 1.7 thousand hectares, indicated in the annual reporting of the company. These assets were purchased in 2015 by Mikhail Gutseriev and his other nephew Mikail Shishkhanov at the main owner of Rusagro and ex-Senator Vadim Moshkovich. Recently, Mr. Moshkovich was sent under arrest on suspicion of fraud on an especially large scale (See “Kommersant” from March 27).

According to the SPARK, 100% of A101 LLC belongs to the international company Balamer LLC, its founders are not disclosed. The final beneficiary of the A101 Group of Companies is considered the founder of the Safmar group Mikhail Gutseriev. His fortune by Forbes magazine in 2024 was estimated at $ 3.7 billion. In 2021, the businessman fell under Western sanctions due to business interests in Belarus. For this reason, the family of Mikhail Gutseriev gradually left the companies controlled by him. In 2021, the structures of the businessman officially left the capital of Russneft, in 2022 – from the Russian Coal holding and the Kuzbass fuel company (KTK).

In the same year, Zaira Gudaeva, who now became the beneficiary of the A101 Group of Companies, instead of brother Mikhail Gutseriev, Sait-Salam Gutserieva became a co-owner of the Petersburg Development company Green Pint, the publication of Business Petersburg reported. Since May 2024, Mrs. Gudaeva also has 49% in LLC “NK RUSSNEFT-BRANESK” ”(part of RUSSNELA). Also, among her assets, Viva Vox Fashion House and Viva Loks beauty salon in Moscow, shares in Mokhovaya LLC, which controls the Grand Cafe “Dr. Zhivago ”Alexander Rappoport at the National Hotel in the center of Moscow.

The managing director of Metrium Ruslan Syrtsov believes that the change of owner of the A101 Group does not have a decisive influence on the company’s policy. He is sure that the change of ownership of the company is nominal in nature.

The change of beneficiaries may be aimed at minimizing the consequences of sanctions against the developer or persons associated with him, says Alina Shleeva, senior lawyer of the Prosetum lawyer. But the formal transfer of assets does not guarantee one hundred percent protection, since it often allows you to trace the entire beneficiary of the beneficiaries, the PROSESS PRODUCTION PRODUCTION PRODUCTION OF CONSULATION OF CONSULATIONAL company NEO Vladimir Fomuchenko.

Theoretically, the change of beneficiaries can cause the disapproval of creditors, depending on the agreements, up to the early demand of the debt, Mr. Fomuchenko notes. However, usually the owner is insured from such claims and agrees on the structure of the structure with the creditor in advance, he is stipulated.

Daria Andrianova