Former Owner of Domodedovo Airport Obtains Israeli Citizenship
Dmitry Kamenshchik, former owner of Moscow's Domodedovo Airport, has left Russia and settled in Israel, where he gained citizenship. The state took over the airport in 2025 over alleged foreign influence.
Dmitry Kamenshchik, the Russian businessman who formerly owned Moscow's Domodedovo Airport, has moved to Israel and obtained Israeli citizenship, according to Forbes, which cited his representative. The airport was nationalized in 2025 after a lawsuit from Russia's Prosecutor General's Office, which was based on alleged "foreign influence."
Move to Israel
According to the representative, Kamenshchik left Russia in 2025, immediately after the authorities carried out a court order to seize the airport. He received Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return, which gives Jews and their descendants the right to citizenship. He now lives in Tel Aviv and remains active in business.
The representative stressed that when Kamenshchik gained control of the airport, and also when prosecutors filed the lawsuit to nationalize it, he held neither a residence permit nor citizenship in any other country.
Basis of the case
Formally, the prosecutors' case rested on the claim that the airport had come under foreign influence. They alleged that Kamenshchik held residence permits in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates in 2022 and 2023, while the chairman of the airport's supervisory board, Valery Kogan, held Israeli citizenship.
Sale of the airport
After the expropriation, Domodedovo was sold for 66 billion rubles, about half its market value. Entities controlled by Arkady Rotenberg became the new owners.
