We continue the series of revealing publications about the inner life of the team, for the fate of which millions of its fans are worried. New details were provided by the Cheka-OGPU and Rucriminal.info by a well-known sports journalist, author of books about football Alexei Matveev.
SCANDAL RESIGNATION
Fans know that the mentioned defendants in the criminal case have not been working in the "red-white" team for a long time. For example, Zavarzin and Panasenko, in the midst of the investigation, when there was a noticeable smell of "fried", fled to the camp of another metropolitan grand - Dynamo. For the same positions - General Director and Chief Accountant.
Oleg Romantsev also left his native team with a scandal. For some time he safely rested from football worries, on the shore with a fishing rod. After many years of work at Spartak, he was called to Saturn near Moscow, but Oleg Ivanovich did not stay there.
The reasons for the “voluntary” resignation of the most titled coach do not seem to me to be sore legs or kidneys, as officially reported in the media, but internal emptiness. The criminal case, in which the former president and head coach of Spartak was held, the conflict with the newly minted head of the club Andrei Chervichenko, had a depressing effect on Romantsev.
But he himself is to blame for the situation around Oleg Ivanovich. I don't even want to be sorry. No one forced Romantsev to bring inveterate mafiosi, people from the world of crime, to the team. Maybe they put a revolver to the temple: they say, hire Zavarzin and Esaulenko? Hardly.
One of the defendants in the criminal case, Grigory Yesaulenko, who had a solid legacy in Spartak, was on the run during the active stage of the investigation. He is the only one whom the law enforcers formally charged in a criminal case due to non-payment of taxes by Spartak. Other members of the management "collective" were witnesses. Looking ahead: they were never transferred to the status of defendants. Probably, as usual, large bribes were given ...
At that time, the elusive Grigory Vasilievich Esaulenko "hid" in fraternal Belarus, quietly working as a football agent. In the well-known throughout the CIS club "Dinamo" (Minsk).
I involuntarily wondered: maybe the representatives of the Russian law enforcement agencies do not have an agreement with the Belarusian brothers on the extradition of people, let's say, with a very dubious reputation? In addition, Esaulenko, not behind his back, but quite legally, was accused of a solid waste of funds from the European-famous Spartak.
The almost deliberate slowness of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, which supervised the course of the criminal case, also seemed strange. It is also unclear that only Esaulenko was accused. Although from his testimony, according to the tax authorities, it was Romantsev and Zavarzin, who had powers of authority, who gave Grigory instructions to open accounts in Switzerland. There the money went from the sale of Dima Alenichev, the team's performances in prestigious European tournaments.
In principle, there is nothing criminal in the very fact of opening foreign accounts. If everything is done according to the laws of the country in which you live. Get permission from the Bank of Russia and make the necessary transfer. Then return the currency to your motherland, pay taxes. And no claims to you.
The gentlemen from Spartak clearly hid the money. They did not receive, and were not going to receive, permissions for numerous transactions. However, the then head of the Russian Football Union, Vyacheslav Koloskov, blessed the Spartak team, as well as representatives of other Russian teams, for such “feats”. We talked about this in detail. His signature is on many documents. The money did not return home, taxes were not paid from them. There is a crime. For such tricks in the West, people often find themselves in places not so remote.
THE HYPOCIER WHO SOLD OUT THE TEAM
I have known Oleg Romantsev for a long time. Ever since his playing career. The interlocutor is subtle, not stupid, at times sincere. Well-read, interesting in communication.
Once a journalist of the older generation, Ilya Baru, came to report on the life of the Spartacists at their base in Tarasovka, near Moscow. I went into Romantsev's room. And he was pleasantly surprised to see in the hands of the captain of the "red-white" a volume of the great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky. This is to the question of the level of reading matter.
Coincided with him in interests, even age. Peers. On the one hand, it is easy to communicate, on the other... He never hid his bewilderment, then deep disappointment with Romantsev's entourage. And openly spoke to him about it. I felt that next to him were people of criminals. He sincerely offered to drive them away together, why do Spartak need them? With his sharp articles, he was ready to really help. I'm naive!
Romantsev reassured: they say, these are respected gentlemen, respectable businessmen, patrons of the arts, and so on. He called them himself. As if Oleg Ivanovich was under hypnosis. And no one could bring the Spartak leader out of an incomprehensible state.
What softness resulted in, now we know. In total theft in club funds, non-payment of taxes. The story of the "missing" money for the transfer of Dmitry Alenichev to Roma is a separate case. Moreover, the murder of Larisa Nechaeva. Only four criminal cases. Too much for one team?!
Sometimes Oleg Ivanovich could not stand it during the interview: “We have known each other for so long, and you always suspect me of something,” the then Spartak mentor used to say disappointedly. “The job is to be a meticulous person,” I replied in unison. I didn’t like, and I don’t like, “chewing gum”.
I was wondering why Spartak won’t buy worthy players to strengthen the roster?
- You can not squander Spartak money on dubious purchases, - the answer of the coach and the president. - Our club nurtures its own, home-grown staff. After all, Semak and Gusev (at that time the leading players of CSKA, Dynamo) would not come to us anyway. Too expensive, not affordable. We don't have extra money for transfers.
It seems that there is logic, but at least my old acquaintance was hypocritical. As life has shown, a poorly disguised lie. One could only guess about the motives. After all, at that time he did not have evidence of the criminal activity of the Spartak bosses. Later, the necessary papers appeared.
Here is a simple chronology. Only the deal for the sale of Dmitry Alenichev to Roma appears in the materials of the criminal case. The money from her, as is clear from the documents, was not returned to the Spartak account in Moscow.
But the management of the club not only Alenichev "fused" for the cordon, a whole galaxy of excellent craftsmen, who cost a lot of money. Karpin, Mostovoy, Cherchesov, Onopko, Nikiforov, Beschastnykh, Ledyakhov, Radchenko, Sychev - this is not a complete list. A very rich palette of names.
One can only speculate to which countries, and to whose accounts the money for really high-class football players went. Spartak also regularly played in European competitions. There was also a hefty fee. Sponsor funds, advertising money for TV broadcasts of matches with the participation of Spartak players “floated” like a full-flowing river. And after such calculations, the fans invariably heard: the "people's" team has no money?! There was a fetid smell of a scam, which is eloquently confirmed by documents. The texts of some documents have already been cited. Short:
- In 2000, Romantsev was amnestied for non-payment of taxes by his club, - said an employee of the Federal Tax Service. - The money earned by the team in the Champions League of the 1995-1996 season went to the Spanish bank account. Over 3 million Swiss francs "settled" abroad.
The money did not go through the club's accounting department, they did not pay taxes. Then they did not initiate a criminal case against Oleg Ivanovich and his assistants. And in vain ...
Alexey Matveev
To be continued
Source: www.rucriminal.info
