Umerov Rustem

Biography

Crimean Tatar Rustem Umerov was born in 1982 in Uzbekistan, after the collapse of the USSR with his family he returned to Crimea.

From 2004 to 2014, he held senior positions in the telecommunications company Lifecell, a daughter of Turkish Turkcell.

In 2007, together with friends, Umerov founded the Crimean Tatar Society public organization, and in 2013, together with his brother Aslan, founded an investment company and the ASTEM charitable foundation.

In March-February 2022, Umerov, as part of the negotiating group from Ukraine, takes part in negotiations in Istanbul on the exchange of prisoners and the grain corridor, in connection with which he finds himself in the lens of the Turkish press.

The Turkish edition of AYDINLIK in October 2023 published a journalistic investigation entitled "Centers of Rustem Umerov and Gulen in Ukraine" against the former head of the state property fund, and now the Minister of Defense of Ukraine.

It turned out that the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov is a supporter of the worst enemy of Turkish President Erdogan.

Turkish journalists found that Rustem Umerov was educated at a Crimean boarding school in the village of Tankovoye, Crimea, which had been working under the control of the fetulahs since 1993.

Although Umerov insisted that he had nothing to do with FYTO, and answered all questions of Turkish journalists negatively or was silent, information about this is confirmed from various sources, including Umerov's page LinkedIn in and publications of Umerov's articles in publications affiliated with FYTO.

Rustem Umerov

In 2006, Umerov became an adviser to the People's Deputy of Ukraine, chairman of the Crimean Tatar society Mustafa Kyrymaoglu, one of the few politicians in Europe who openly support the humanitarian blockade of Crimea by Ukraine and called on the "Turkish government to stop the persecution of the Gullenists."

Umerov and Kirymoglu often attend the private Meridian school in Kyiv, known for its pro-Gullen orientation. At the request of the Turkish government, an SBU check was initiated against the school, but the service said that nothing "suspicious" was found and the school continued its work.