Moscow Court Rejects Property Claims by Massimov’s Daughter Against Ex-Husband

A trial involving the family of former KNB chief Karim Masimov has ended in Moscow, Orda.kz reports.

His daughter, Tamila Karim, attempted to sue her ex-husband, Azamat Kapenov, over an elite plot of land and a house in Serebryany Bor worth about one billion rubles. 

Orda.kz's editorial office obtained the decision of the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow.

The ruling notes that Kapenov and Tamila Karim married in 2013, both as Russian citizens. During their marriage, the couple acquired elite real estate in Moscow. Kapenov was not a successful businessman before marrying Masimov’s daughter and had even faced prosecution in 2009 for assaulting producer Yeltinzhal Turganaliyev in Almaty.

After the marriage, the criminal case faded from attention, and Kapenov’s career advanced.

However, the marriage itself did not last long: in 2019, Tamila Karim divorced her husband. A year later, she signed a written waiver of claims to the jointly acquired property. This document, certified by the Russian embassy in Dubai, became the central argument in the Moscow court.

Although the property division agreement was not notarized but only signed in the presence of consular officials, the court deemed it legally valid. As a result, all of Tamila Karim’s subsequent demands — to annul Kapenov’s transactions and to reclaim a share of the elite house and land — were rejected.

Karim T. was personally present at the embassy when the agreement was signed and the signatures were authenticated, and subsequently made no claims regarding the agreement and the fate of the real estate; no evidence to the contrary was presented in the case file. Thus, there are no legal grounds for invalidating the agreement on the division of the spouses' common property dated July 19, 2020, the court materials state.

Kapenov then disposed of the disputed property, selling a building and a 2,900 sq. m. land plot at 127 Khoroshevsky Serebryany Bor to Ch. B. Sheyshekeeva.

Khoroshevsky Serebryany Bor is a specially protected natural area in Moscow, a forest park in the Khoroshevo-Mnevniki district known since the 17th century.

Earlier, in June, Orda.kz reported that in 2020, a two-story cottage in Sosnovy Bor was put up for sale for one billion rubles. The listing described multiple bedrooms, a four-car garage, a sauna, a laundry room, and more.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow concluded that Azamat Kapenov’s sale of property was legal and did not infringe on his ex-wife’s rights. On August 22, the appeal upheld the lower court’s ruling. After more than two years, the case ended in complete defeat for Masimov’s daughter.

Alongside property disputes in Russia, the former spouses also litigated custody of their children in the UAE, where Tamila Karim resides. Court documents state that the children were placed under a split custody arrangement: half the month with their father, half with their mother.

Meanwhile, Azamat Kapenov himself remains under scrutiny by Kazakh and Russian law enforcement. In August 2024, he was placed on the international wanted list on charges of fraud and theft.

Media reports suggest he owned not only a Moscow region cottage but also a mansion on Rublevka and an apartment on Varsonofevsky Lane in central Moscow, now registered to his mother, Aigul Musayeva.

Recent reports of Kapenov’s detention in the UAE have added a new twist to the story. If confirmed, it could become one of the most high-profile episodes in the pursuit of fugitives linked to Masimov’s circle.

Original Author: Dinara Bekbolayeva