A partner in several Syrian companies working in trade and industry with partners who hold Russian citizenship. Al-Rased website reported testimonies from young men from Suwayda Governorate who said that they were deceived by Akram Deeb Taraf, who invited them to sign contracts written in Russian for contract as civil guards to guard diamond and gold mines in the Russian “Yakunsik” province in exchange for a salary of 2,000 US dollars with other privileges, including Russian citizenship. They later discovered that they had signed contracts to fight as members of the Russian army in Ukraine, and that Akram Deeb Taraf received a commission for every fighter he brought from Syria.