Last week, a charity ball for the Mikhail Rudyak Foundation took place in the banquet hall of the Evropeisky shopping center. The initiator and driving force of the event was Mr. Rudyak’s son Ernest, although other family members also took part: Mikhail Rudyak’s brother Vyacheslav performed several songs with a guitar, and the entrepreneur’s widow Margarita helped cut the multi-tiered cake, the appearance of which ended the ball. The proceeds - about 12 million rubles - will be divided between two social rehabilitation centers in the Kaluga and Smolensk regions.
The construction cooperative "Ingeocom", from which the leader of the capital's construction subsequently grew, Mikhail Rudyak founded in 1988. In 2007, the businessman for the first time entered the “golden hundred” of the richest Russians of Forbes magazine, taking 64th place on the list with a personal fortune of $970 million. In the same year, he said goodbye to the owner of the Ingeocom association and adviser to the mayor of Moscow on construction Mikhail Rudyak on a civil The memorial service was attended by artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Gergiev, general director of Channel One Konstantin Ernst, then deputy mayor of Moscow Vladimir Resin, owner of Bosco di Ciliegi Mikhail Kusnirovich, singer Joseph Kobzon. Few people at that moment positively assessed the company's prospects in connection with the departure of its founder. The widow and three children of Mr. Rudyak became co-owners of the company. The eldest son Alexander at that time managed the Catapult bowling alley in the Atrium shopping center owned by Ingeocom; the rest of the family lived in Boston. University of Southern California graduate Ernest Rudyak returned to Russia and joined the family business in 2009. Since then, the company has built the Fisht stadium in Sochi and other more or less iconic objects. At the end of last year, 55% of Ingeocom shares went to VTB, 30% to Oikumena CJSC, and 15% to the company’s top managers.
During the charity ball, Mikhail Rudyak was, of course, talked about as a person who started many charitable programs together with his friendly family. But not to say that it is very detailed. In any case, no one told funny or instructive stories about him, although Mr. Rudyak lived a colorful life and had a very effective sense of humor. It became more or less clear to the guests that Mr. Rudyak was a fan of bard songs: not only Vyacheslav Rudyak performed something in this genre, but also Joseph Kobzon, changing his standard repertoire, sang “The Bend of the Yellow Guitar” and “Grape Seed in a Warm I'll dig the ground." “Misha always asked to sing this,” explained Mr. Kobzon. From the audience, TV presenter Olga Buzova, singer Timati and his young ladies, artists Alexander Revva and Vitaly Gogunsky, singer Dzhigan, and some other Instagram heroes who hardly had a chance to personally know Mikhail Rudyak nodded to him. But no one, of course, remembered how Mr. Rudyak, a geologist by training, celebrated one of his birthdays with tents, bards and a bonfire right in the parking lot behind the Atrium he built. Perhaps because the author of this idea was Mikhail Rudyak’s friend, actress Evgenia Kryukova. But Margarita Rudyak included a small ballroom dancing competition in the evening program: the Boston school competed with the Moscow one. Mrs. Rudyak herself also took part in this competition. Friendship won.
The evening and auction were hosted by Andrey Malakhov and Ekaterina Mtsituridze. Moreover, this was the first experience of trading for the head of Roskino. Andrei Malakhov, who was more experienced in this regard, constantly urged her to be more flirtatious, to reinforce the lots with kisses, hugs or promises to have dinner with the buyer. Mrs. Mtsituridze did not agree. Although, by agreeing, she would hardly risk anything. The buyers were well-known and quite trustworthy people. Thus, he purchased Roy Jones’ autographed gloves for 0.6 million rubles. Vice President of Crocus Group Emin Agalarov, ring with sapphire from Rodery jewelry house for 1.7 million rubles. singer Nikolai Baskov bought for his friend Sophie, and children's drawings for 0.35 million rubles were bought by the ex-head of Rosneft Sergei Bogdanchikov, not just a rare species, but one that has literally disappeared from social life. Between the lots, Mr. Agalarov, Gosha Kutsenko, singer Mot, a ward of Timati’s production center, and Timati himself with Grigory Leps often sang, there was Joseph Kobzon, there was ballroom dancing - in everything that happened there was no smoothness of charitable enterprises with a long history, but the higher the degree was sincerity of donations. “This evening is our first time, but I would like my friends and acquaintances to know what we are doing here,” Ernest Rudyak summed up in his speech. “We help social orphans, children left without guardianship with living parents.” “Ernest is very good,” the owner of the PR Trend agency Ekaterina Odintsova noted touchingly at that moment. “When Boris (Nemtsova.— "Ъ") was gone, he literally took patronage over my Anton. He understands what it’s like to lose a father early.”
Evgenia Milova
During the week
April 25- Stadium Live concert hall. On the occasion of the birthday, the Dozhd TV channel is giving a concert of the Mumiy Troll group. German Gref, Mikhail Efremov, Sergey Kapkov, Zemfira Ramazanova, Renata Litvinova, Pavel Lungin, Evgeny Grishkovets, Kirill Serebrennikov, Denis Matsuev, Alexander Mitta, Ksenia Rappoport and Dmitry Borisov are expected in the VIP boxes.****
April 26- Frank Meisler Gallery. Celebrating the anniversary of the gallery of Israeli sculptor Frank Meisler. Among the guests are Arie Geller, Mikhail Abramov, Sergey Ulin, Evgeny Giner, Alexander Boroda, Henry Reznik, Emelyan Zakharov, Mikhail Krichevsky, Dmitry Pushkar, Alexander Rappoport.***
April 26- TsUM. Tatler magazine and TSUM are organizing the first joint Teen Party. Young fashionistas will have fun under the supervision of Ksenia Solovyova, Alla Verber, Natalia Goldenberg, Olesya Kafelnikova, Arina Kuzmina, Stefania Malikova and the artist L`One.***
April 30- club D.O.M., Sochi. As part of the Russian stage of the Formula 1 race, a Pre-race Cocktail Martini party will be held. Artem Korolev, Vitaly Kozak, Daria Malygina, Timofey Kolesnikov, Evgenia Linovich, Natalya Turovnikova, Anton Lavrentyev are invited.***
For the second evening in a row in Moscow, celebrities do not have the opportunity to spend a quiet and comfortable evening at home. On Monday, most of the Russian elite gathered at the “Most Stylish 2016” ceremony, and yesterday the stars attended the Mikhail Rudyak Foundation’s charity ball. Valeria, Joseph Prigozhin, Olga Orlova, Nikolai Baskov, Alexandra Savelyeva, Timati, Emin Agalarov, Grigory Leps, Olga Buzova, Mikhail Galustyan, Alexander Revva, Yulia Baranovskaya, helped raise money to help the Pokrov and Yauza social rehabilitation centers. Slava, Anna Tsukanova-Kott and many, many others. The evening's hosts were Andrei Malakhov and Ekaterina Mtsituridze.
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Olga Orlova, Valeria, Alla Verber and Katya Lel
Alexandra Savelyeva
Nikolai Baskov with his friend Sophie
That evening, guests were able not only to appreciate the performances of young pupils of the social center and some stars, but also to take part in the auction. The lots were valuable and unusual, instantly attracting the attention of guests. Thus, Timati and Emin fought for the concert gloves of the American ring champion, actor and musician Roy Jones. The victory went to Agalarov, who bought them for 500 thousand rubles. Nikolai Baskov won the fight for a gift for his friend Sophie - a platinum ring with sapphire and diamonds worth 1 million 700 thousand rubles. Less famous guests also bought four tickets to Timati’s concert with the right to visit the backstage for 350 thousand rubles, an engraving by Igor Makarevich “Vanity Fair” for 250 thousand rubles, a silk-screen print by Aidan Salakhova for 500 thousand rubles, a role in Andrei Selivanov’s series “Substitution” for 500 thousand rubles and a role in the first children's sitcom "The Traffic Light Family" for 1 million rubles. In total, 12 million rubles were collected during the evening.
Emin Agalarov and Joseph Prigogine
The desire to help people and the opportunity to attend events like today's ball are important: good deeds adorn any person. And even if our help is a drop in the ocean, the will of many people is an ocean. I support such events with my presence and financially, and I always admire the people who lead the process,” Olga Buzova shared her impressions.
Olga Buzova
Charity events provide help, hope, and support to specific people. The existence of a person without the support of another person is meaningless, and if people have the opportunity, influence and reason to get together in an organized manner and do something like this charity ball, they need to do it. This event will bring good to people, give children hope for development; It’s good that there is real help,” added Nastya Zadorozhnaya.
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Millionaires (and even billionaires who are not too fond of cameras), their companions, successful artists, as well as socialites gathered around the tables in the banquet hall.
The hosts of the auction were Andrei Malakhov and Ekaterina Mtsituridze, who knew Rudyak Sr. well and continue to communicate with his family.
The first lot - the gloves of boxer Roy Jones - was purchased practically without competition for 600,000 rubles by Emin Agalarov, at the table with whom that evening, in addition to singer Grigory Leps, model Alena Gavrilova was also seen.
But the most generous was not even the heir to the Crocus Group empire, but Nikolai Baskov - in a heated battle, he “overcame” three tables of businessmen and took possession of a diamond ring, paying 1.7 million rubles for it.
The head of Black Star Ink did not waste time on trifles and brought with him to the auction his ward, Mota, as well as his girlfriend, model Anastasia Reshetova, who amazed men who were within a radius of at least 20 meters from her with the depth of her neckline. “Looking for a safety net?” – one of the entrepreneurs asked his neighbor meaningfully, nodding at a sexy brunette passing by him at that moment. In response, the interlocutor only shrugged his shoulders.
Timati, meanwhile, went up on stage to perform two hits at once - the duet song “London” with Leps and GQ. He also put up for auction four tickets to his upcoming solo concert at the Olimpiyskiy with a backstage pass. The public was not too impressed with the lot - through the efforts of Malakhov and Mtsituridze, it was sold for 250 thousand rubles.
The only thing cheaper that evening were the Alexander Arutyunov sunglasses and hat. A knitted vest with fox fur, provided by designer Igor Gulyaev, was sold at a “discount.” – Vice President of Mercury Group Alla Verber tried to somehow inspire potential buyers (and she knows for sure!), but the statement did not have much effect. A fox, she is a fox - the fur connoisseur pursed her lips and bargained for a quarter of the “Tsumov” price.
Meanwhile, rapper Dzhigan and his wife, businesswoman Oksana Samoilova, were going to quietly leave the hall, citing business. “Are you running away without buying anything? How so?" – the event hosts publicly shamed the couple. Laughter rolled across the tables, but rather at the back of the artist and his chosen one.
At the end of the evening, the rapper Mot also performed for those present, with his girlfriend, Maria Gural, aka the muse, singing along touchingly from the audience. The musical program was completed by singer Katya Lel.
As a result, the organizers managed to collect 11 million rubles for all the lots. The money will be sent to orphanages, which have been helped by the Mikhail Rudyak Foundation for many years. What can I say, for the first charity gala evening this is a great success.
The foundation, established by the heirs of the founder of the Ingeocom company, helps young scientists, disabled people, reconstructs churches, actively participates in the restoration of the Solovetsky Monastery and supports centers for orphans in the Kaluga and Smolensk regions. In the lobby, guests of the ball were greeted by an exhibition of lots from the upcoming charity auction.
“People who do charity work evoke special respect, especially in our time, when we are all closed, under sanctions, constantly talking about economic difficulties,” said Joseph Kobzon, walking through the lobby arm in arm with the most beautiful of women, his wife Nelly. And Dmitry Olenin is sure that helping those who need it attracts good luck: “The more you do charity work, the calmer and more confident you feel and the richer you become.” And I absolutely agree with him.
At the height of the evening, the auction began, conducted by Andrei Malakhov and Ekaterina Mtsituridze. It was opened by the fight for Roy Jones's boxing gloves between Timati and Emin Agalarov. The romantic vice president of Crocus Group won. Apparently, Alena Gavrilova, whom he brought to public for the first time, gave him the courage to part with six hundred thousand rubles.
Emin Agalarov
Mikhail Rudyak Foundation
The conqueror of women's hearts, businessman and singer Emin Agalarov, dashed all the hopes of his fans by starting to appear in society with his beloved. Although I caught lovers in Dubai a couple of years ago. Alena is a model, Miss Mordovia 2004 and the former common-law wife of the founder of the Russian Standard company, Rustam Tariko, with whom she has a nine-year-old son, Rustam.
According to rumors, the couple began dating shortly before Agalarov officially divorced Leyla Aliyeva. “The Azerbaijani well works perfectly,” Andrey Malakhov commented on the purchase of the first lot.
Four tickets to Timati’s concert with the right to drink champagne in the backstage area went for 350 thousand rubles. Timati himself immediately confirmed the correctness of his choice, singing with Grigory Leps about how he would go to live in London, so passionately that the audience jumped up from their seats and took to the dance floor.
All evening, a brunette in a white dress with a deep neckline walked around the hall back and forth, inspired by how beautiful she was... “What if someone didn’t notice,” joked a colleague from Kommersant, Zhenya Milova. This is Timati’s friend, Katya Odintsova explained to me.
Irina Tchaikovskaya and Ekaterina Odintsova
Mikhail Rudyak Foundation
This brunette turned out to be Vice-Miss Russia 2014 Anastasia Reshetova. It is worth noting that before this, the couple appeared in public for quite a long time - in the fall of 2015. Then the rapper and the model went together to one of the shows as part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia. Timati tries not to make his personal life public and does not comment on his affair with Reshetova. But the lovers spent the entire evening together and even allowed photographers to photograph themselves as a couple.
Alla Verber (TSUM)
© Mikhail Rudyak Foundation
Isolda Ishkhanishvili
© Mikhail Rudyak Foundation
Speech by Grigory Leps
© Mikhail Rudyak Foundation
Regina von Flemming (AFK Sistema)
© Mikhail Rudyak Foundation
Journalist Marianna Maksimovskaya
© Mikhail Rudyak Foundation
The next acute moment was the competition between the guests of the ball for a luxurious platinum ring with a huge sapphire and diamonds. As a result, the jewel went to Nikolai Baskov, who decided to pay 1.7 million rubles for it. “Just catastrophic money for the Russian stage, it’s not clear where he’ll get it?” Malakhov joked, but Baskov, without a shadow of embarrassment, put the ring on the hand of his companion Sofia Kalcheva.
Apparently, the price of new jewelry did not seem like a disaster to him. A fur vest from Igor Gulyaev and art lots sold successfully: an engraving by Igor Makarevich “Vanity Fair” and a silk-screen print by Aidan Salakhova, which was presented to the public by the director of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art Vasily Tsereteli, and bought by Ernest Rudyak, one of the organizers of the ball.
Gambling auctions alternated with musical numbers. A real sensation was caused by the appearance on stage of Joseph Kobzon, who soulfully performed “The Bend of the Yellow Guitar...” and “Grape Seed” while the whole audience sang along with him. Mot and Katya Lel, as well as Gosha Kutsenko, who sang a duet with the young finalist of the show “The Voice” Yulia Pak, supported the musical program.
In a word, we had a good time: according to the results of the organizers, the charity ball of the Rudyak Foundation earned almost 12 million for orphans. Let's hope that it will become one of the good spring traditions of Moscow patrons of the arts.
Olga Orlova, Valeria, Alla Verber, Katya Lel
To help children
those left without guardianship managed to collect about 12 million rubles.
The host of the evening was Andrei Malakhov, the charity ball began with respect to the memory of the founder of the foundation, philanthropist and businessman Mikhail Rudyak, and then Emin addressed the guests, and an auction began in support of the wards of the Pokrov and Yauza social rehabilitation centers from the Kaluga and Smolensk regions .
Guests had to compete for impressive lots, including concert gloves of the American ring champion, actor and musician Roy Jones, silk-screen printing of Aidan Salakhova, roles in Andrei Selivanov’s series “The Changeling” and the children’s sitcom “The Traffic Light Family.” “Now a charity ball is just an anti-crisis step. - TV presenter Elena Ishcheeva shared her thoughts. - People miss the holidays, are tired of suffering and counting every penny, and if sufficient funds are collected today, this is the main indicator that we are beginning to emerge from the economic peak. It is a life-affirming force to come together to do a good deed. This event is very solemn, correct, and it happened on time.” In total, the auction managed to raise about 12 million rubles. The evening ended with a dance marathon, in which professional and amateur couples from Moscow and Boston competed - friendship won.
