Ziyad Manasir (; born 12 December 1965,

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) is a

ian-born

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entrepreneur and businessman. He is the founder of Stroygazconsulting, a construction company based in

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. He also is the founder of Manaseer Group.

Biography

Manasir was born on 12 December 1965 in

. He attended the

Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University (formerly Azerbaijan State Oil Academy) () is a tertiary education institution in Baku, Azerbaijan. History The rise of what became ASOIU is tied to the rise of the petroleum industry in the Ba ...

. When he was a student, he began purchasing and selling computers and vehicles. Soon after, he moved on to trading yellow phosphorus, wood, and oil products. In 1994, he bought a construction firm in

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to construct houses for Gazprom workers. In 1996, he founded Stroygazconsulting (SGK) () which develops oil and gas condensate fields, constructs and overhauls pipelines and roads and is one of the largest contractors of LUKOIL,

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, the

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of the Ministry of Transport in Russia and the

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associated firm

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and its subsidiaries. Beginning in at least 2008, Ziyad Manasir through his firm Stroygazconsulting and its contract to construct the Moscow to Minsk toll road, which is also known as ''Belarus'' or M1 in Russia, is closely linked to Dmitry Lebedev,

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, Yuri Kovalchuk and the

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which is closely associated with

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and his inner circle especially

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, Igor Rotenberg, the Rotenberg's representative Georgy Koryashkin (),

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, N-Trans,

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through his daughter Olga Grigoryeva and others. In 2014, Manasir sold 74.1% of SGK shares to Ruslan Baysarov. He stated that he has many more friends in Russia than in Jordan.

Personal

His wife is Victoria Manasir and they have five children: Diana Manasir, Helen Manasir, Alex Manasir, Roman Manasir, Dana Manasir. He resides in

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, Italy. He owns the yacht '' Dar''

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