Jasmin Жасмин | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Sara Lvovna Manakhimova Сара Львовна Манахимова (in Russian) |
Also known as | Sara Lvovna Shor (Russian: Сара Львовна Шор) Sara Lvovna Semenduyeva (Сара Львовна Семендуева)[1] |
Born | Derbent, Dagestan, RSFSR, USSR | 12 October 1977
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer, actress, model, tv presenter |
Instrument | Vocal |
Years active | 1999–present |
Labels | Квадро-Диск (2000—2004), Монолит Рекордс (2005, 2013), CD Land (2006–2009), Никитин (2012), Velvet Music (2013) |
Website | www |
Sara Lvovna Shor (Russian: Сара Львовна Шор, born Manakhimova, Манахимова, in first marriage Semenduyeva, Семендуева; born 12 October 1977), better known by stage name Jasmin (Жасмин, lit.: jasmine), is a Russian pop singer, actress, model, and TV presenter, and designer of Mountain Jewish descent. She holds the honor of Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (2014).
During her musical career she released 10 studio albums. She has been married to Ilan Shor since 2011.[2][3] In addition to Jasmin's son from a previous marriage, they have a daughter, Margarita, who was born in 2012, and a son, Miron, who was born in 2016.[4]
On 26 October 2022, she was sanctioned by the United States Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control as a Specially Designated National under GLOMAG over her and her husband's association with the government of Russia.[5] Originally convicted in 2017 of fraud in Moldova, Ilan Shor on appeal had his sentence doubled to 15 in years in prison in absentia with confiscation of his assets, Ilan Shor fled to Israel in 2019 and is currently on a wanted list.[6]