Konstantin Nikolaev Konstantin Nikolaev Konstantin Nikolaev () is a billionaire Russian businessman who is a co-owner of and , the largest private rail operator in Russia, CIS, and the Baltic states. He is a major investor in American Ethane and serves on its board. Late July 2018, his net worth was estimated at $1.2 billion. He allegedly is a financial supporter of Maria Butina. Through Igor Levitin, Alexey Mordashov, Arkady Rotenberg, Gennady Timchenko, and Alexander Voloshin, Konstantin Nikolaev is a partner and close associate of numerous persons in Vladimir Putin's inner circle. In 1996, Nikolaev, Nikita Mishin, Andrei Filatov, and Alexey Mordashov
Vasily Anisimov and Andrei Skoch. From here he switched form Russian mines to realeste. His wealth comes from investments in Metalloinvest and his real estate company Coalco. He is a friend of Arkady Rotenberg, and is the head of the Russian Judo Federation. Anisimov was married to Galina Anisimova, and has four children. Their daughter, Galina, was murdered with her husband, Alexander Nalimov, both found "bound and killed execution-style," in their Ekaterinburg home in 2000. Another daughter, Galina's half-sister, Anna Anisimova, is a socialite and ex-model who has been called the "Russian-American Paris Hilton". He lives in Moscow, Russia, and sometimes in