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Alekperov previously owned a 36.8% stake in football club Spartak Moscow. Fellow former Spartak owner Leonid Fedun is Alekperov's close associate. Alekperov also owned superyacht builder Heesen Yachts until 2022.","As part of the international governmental responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have imposed sanctions against Alekperov."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1 September 1950","date":"1950-09-01"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451455#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Baku","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9248"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451455#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Soviet 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