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Baltic Bank took the “Northern Capital”
Baltic Bank in the highest court, he won a lawsuit against structures associated with the ex-owner of the bank, Andrei Isaev. According to the court's decision, the bank will gain control over the closed-end real estate investment fund (CLIF) "Northern Capital", on the balance sheet of which was the famous Singer house in St. Petersburg and other real estate. However litigation It didn’t end there - now the bank believes that during the legal proceedings most of the assets were withdrawn from the Northern Capital, but intends to return them.
The Judicial Collegium for Economic Disputes of the Supreme Court recently concluded a long-term dispute in the case of control over closed mutual fund "Northern Capital". Baltic Bank owned 99 out of 100 shares of this fund, but in February 2014, one of the bank’s owners, Andrei Isaev, additionally issued 102 shares, which were acquired by a company associated with it. As a result, the Baltic Bank's share in the Northern Capital was diluted from 99% to 49%.
Twice in absentia
In St. Petersburg, a court arrested in absentia the ex-president of the Baltic Bank Oleg Shigaev, accused of major fraud and theft of 33 million shares of the bank worth more than 3 billion rubles. This is the second arrest in absentia of a former banker who is on the international wanted list. Back in 2015, a St. Petersburg court arrested him on charges of fraud and money laundering. According to investigators, the financier transferred 3.3 billion rubles, stolen by him from Baltic Bank OJSC, to accounts in Swiss banks under his control.
The cassation recognized as legal the refusal to recover 7.8 billion from the Baltic Bank
The court arrested the former president of the Baltic Bank in absentia
Owners of Baltic Bank
A controlling stake of 99.75% of the shares of Baltiysky is owned by Baltic Trading House LLC, headed by Oleg Shigaev and Andrey Isaev.
Oleg Shigaev: “The main problem is the imbalance of the currency of assets and liabilities”
Interview. The president and co-owner of the Baltic Bank does not argue about how competently the authorities carried out the devaluation, but is focused on eliminating its consequences in his credit institution.
link: http://www.finansmag.ru/94675/
Oleg Shigaev, president of Baltic Bank CJSC, abandoned his intention to leave his post, as he announced at the beginning of the year
Oleg Shigaev, president of Baltic Bank CJSC, abandoned his intention to leave his post, as he announced at the beginning of the year. At the annual meeting of Baltic Bank shareholders held at the end of last week, a new board of directors was elected, which was supposed to determine the figure of the bank's president.
link: http://www.stockmap.ru/news/075919304/
Oleg Shigaev: “Banks by their nature must issue loans”
Russian banks can no longer make money on lending as before. In times of crisis, financial institutions are forced to look for other sources of income. The President of the Baltic Bank, Oleg SHIGAEV, spoke about the current priorities of private credit institutions in an interview with Banki.ru.
link: http://www.banki.ru/news/interview/?id=1323439
Oleg Shigaev: “In the fall, the Russian banking system passed the strength test”
In the fall of 2008, Baltic Bank shareholders invested 4 billion rubles to support the bank. This could not but affect the results of the credit institution, and in October the bank took second place in Russia in terms of profitability after Sberbank. Bank President OLEG SHIGAEV spoke about this and plans for 2009 in an interview with journalist of the Kommersanta newspaper ANNA AKHMEDOVA.
link: http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1112613
Baltic Bank and the Government of the Murmansk Region signed a Cooperation Agreement
As part of the II Arctic Murmansk International Economic Forum, the Governor of the Murmansk Region Dmitry Dmitrienko and the President of OJSC Baltic Bank Oleg Shigaev signed a cooperation agreement between the Government of the region and the Bank on October 1.
link: http://www.nwab.ru/content/banks/default/
Baltic Bank moves to Moscow
President and one of the co-owners of Baltic Bank CJSC Oleg Shigaev officially confirmed that his bank is moving its head office to Moscow. Shareholders and top managers of Baltic explain this by transforming their financial institution into a federal-level bank. At the same time, participants in the St. Petersburg market believe that the bank will be sold to a new owner in the capital.
link: http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/677448
The bank found Kirilenko in Cyprus
The head of the credit institution, Oleg Shigaev, announced that legal proceedings on the claims of the Baltic Bank against Mr. Kirilenko will begin in Cyprus in March. He also noted that the entrepreneur’s property has now been seized. However, Shigaev did not specify what exactly the owner of “Stroymontazh” on the Mediterranean island has.
link: http://www.compromat.ru/page_28898.htm
Annual general meeting shareholders of OJSC Baltic Bank
The shareholders decided to approve the annual report and annual financial statements, including the profit and loss statement of the Baltic Bank for 2009. The General Meeting of Shareholders elected the Board of Directors of OJSC Baltic Bank in the following composition:
Shigaev Oleg Anatolyevich...
link: http://banks-rating.ru
link: http://www.dg-yug.ru
Baltic Bank will pay dividends in the amount of 50% of the par value of ordinary shares
The Board of Directors was elected in the number of 11 people: Isaev Andrey Valentinovich, Koval Tatyana Stepanovna, Leon Igor Iosifovich, Platonov Oleg Alekseevich, Potemkin Sergey Anatolyevich, Stepov Viktor Vasilievich, Shigaev Oleg Anatolyevich, Verkhovy Gennady Viktorovich, Shestakov Alexander Nikolaevich, Zelinsky Anatoly Mikhailovich, Salimov Oleg Vakhmuratovich.
link: http://www.finnews.ru/cur_new.php?idnws=564
Baltic Bank plans to open an office in Krasnodar
In the next 1.5 years, as part of the business development program and further regional expansion, Baltic Bank plans to open at least 7 branches: in Omsk, Vladivostok, Kazan, Krasnodar, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo and Ufa. “In this regard, in order to increase the efficiency of management of the bank’s management, a decision was made to move the headquarters to Moscow,” said bank president Oleg Shigaev.
link: http://www.yuga.ru
Baltic Bank expanded its board of directors by five people
Thus, the board of the bank was approved in the following composition: President of the Baltic Bank Oleg Shigaev, executive vice-presidents Vladimir Zhirov, Andrey Konoval and Maxim Mosunov, senior vice-presidents Alexander Zhukov, Nikolay Slavin and Olga Yakovleva, as well as Alexey Babichev, Elena Goretaya, Irina Ilyina, Alexander Krasnov, Larisa Sergeeva.
link: http://www.banki.ru/news/lenta/?id=2894485
The annual general meeting of shareholders of OJSC Baltic Bank was held
The General Meeting of Shareholders elected the Board of Directors of OJSC Baltic Bank in the following composition: Drobyazko Marina Rudolfovna, Zelinsky Anatoly Mikhailovich, Isaev Andrey Valentinovich, Panfilov Yuri Mikhailovich, Prokhorenkova Elena Georgievna, Shestakov Alexander Nikolaevich, Shigaev Oleg Anatolyevich
link: http://bankir.ru/novosti/s/sostoyalos
Oleg Shigaev: “Even seemingly prosperous companies are trying to declare themselves bankrupt”
President of the Baltic Bank Oleg Shigaev explained why it is profitable for Avtovaz to lend and why it is unprofitable for banks to sit on bags of money.
link: http://www.dp.ru/a/2009/11/26/Oleg_SHigaev_Dazhe_vneshne/
Isaev in Aeroplaz
Isaev is the founder of CJSC Petersburg Real Estate Agency (PAN). According to SPARK-Interfax, he shares ownership with Oleg Shigaev of Baltic trading house", which owns 99.7% of OJSC Baltic Bank.
link: http://www.vedomosti.ru
Found in Cyprus
The Baltic Bank, to which Stroymontazh did not return 965 million rubles, secured the arrest in Cyprus of the property of the company’s shareholder Artur Kirilenko, who acted as a guarantor for the loans, said bank president Oleg Shigaev
link: http://www.vedomosti.ru
Oleg Shigaev remained in his position
As Kommersant predicted, Oleg Shigaev retained his post as president of the Baltic Bank after the annual meeting of shareholders held last week. The board of directors unanimously voted to confirm the powers of its former chairman, Anatoly Zelinsky, and did not raise the issue of changing the president.
link: http://www.kommersant.ru
Oleg Shigaev: “Even seemingly prosperous companies are trying to declare themselves bankrupt”
“DP”: What is the situation in the bank now, can we say that the crisis is over? Oleg Shigaev: The acute panic phase of the crisis, when investors took their money, ended a year ago. However, at the same time the banks had problems of a different kind. Many clients stopped servicing their loans.
link: http://www.novoteka.ru
The owner of the bankrupt Stroymontazh, Artur Kirilenko, has been put on the federal wanted list.
In March, Oleg Shigaev, president of the Baltic Bank, said that the bank had secured the arrest of Kirilenko’s property in Cyprus.
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The Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for St. Petersburg charged in absentia the ex-president of Baltic Bank OJSC Oleg Shigaev with theft of about 3.4 billion rubles. and their subsequent legalization. According to investigators, Oleg Shigaev, who is now on the wanted list, convinced the credit committee to issue a loan to two companies that he himself controlled.
Initially, this criminal case was initiated upon the commission of crimes under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud on an especially large scale), paragraph “b”, part 4 of Art. 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (legalization (laundering) Money acquired as a result of committing a crime). The reason for this was the statement of the head of the temporary administration of the Baltic Bank, Sergei Shevchenko, which led to a pre-investigation check. At that time, the amount of the stolen goods was estimated at 2.6 billion rubles, but the investigation initially did not exclude its increase. Let us note that during the process of reorganizing the Baltic Bank, a hole of 30 billion rubles was identified.
As part of the investigation, investigators conducted searches in Oleg Shigaev's house in an elite area of St. Petersburg - on Krestovsky Island and in his apartment in the Moskovsky district of the city, where documentation was also seized.
Now the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, having collected enough evidence, has charged Oleg Shigaev in absentia with fraudulent theft of more than 3.37 billion rubles from the Baltic Bank. and in the subsequent legalization of the stolen property.
According to investigators, Oleg Shigaev, being the president of the bank, convinced members of the credit committee to allocate more than 3.37 billion rubles last summer. St. Petersburg CJSC "Izhant" and "Cassiopeia". Then most of the loans, 2.6 billion rubles, under the assignment agreement concluded with Izhant and Cassiopeia, went to Oleg Shigaev’s personal accounts. And he transferred them to the accounts of seven St. Petersburg companies. Part of the funds was converted into €7.2 million and went to the account of the financier’s wife, Anzhelika Shigaeva, at Credit Suisse Geneva. About $850 thousand were transferred to repay the loan that the financier took out from the Baltic Bank in 2011. And another 30 million rubles. were received in cash from the cash desk of the Baltic Bank branch on Bolshaya Morskaya Street.
After being charged in absentia, Oleg Shigaev was put on the federal wanted list, but, according to unofficial data, the banker is already abroad.
We would like to remind you that the reorganization procedure at the Baltic Bank was initiated in 2014 by the DIA after an inspection of the financial institution. Won the tender for rehabilitation Alfa Bank, which carried out an additional issue and bought almost 90% of the bank’s shares. However, Baltic Trading House LLC (BTD), which is backed by Andrey Isaev, one of the former co-owners of the Baltic Bank and a former business partner of Oleg Shigaev, filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank and the Baltic Bank. Mr. Isaev is challenging the reduction of the bank’s authorized capital and the additional issue.
Kommersant was unable to contact representatives of Oleg Shigaev. “Over the past year, we have contacted various law enforcement agencies 20 times, reporting the withdrawal of assets from the bank, but they did not listen to us. Active actions began only after the crime was completed,” said BTC representative Yulia Clientova, in turn. : According to her, BTC, being a shareholder of the Baltic Bank, asked to be recognized as a victim in this case, but was refused, since the damage caused to him was not established.
[dp.ru, 04/10/2015, “The ex-head of the Baltic Bank Oleg Shigaev was put on the wanted list”: Already in November 2014, the manager of the Baltic Bank, appointed by Alfa Bank, Sergei Shevchenko, wrote a statement about the crime to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, after which in the house of Oleg Shigaev searches were carried out on Krestovsky Island.
Meanwhile, the reorganization of the Baltic Bank was preceded by a two-year corporate war between its shareholders Oleg Shigaev and Andrey Isaev.
According to a source in the banking market, Andrei Isaev allegedly convicted Oleg Shigaev of withdrawing money from the bank three years ago: “He conducted his own investigation and even then, in 2012, could have initiated a criminal case. But in the end he relented and offered to remain partners with conditional on Shigaev’s removal from management of the bank. In response, he received a full-scale war.” - Insert K.ru]
“Public” shareholder Shigaev versus “shadow” - Isaeva
Original of this material© "Business Petersburg", 07/03/2013
The Baltic Bank began to seethe
Pavel Solnyshkin, Natalya Kovtun, Alexander PirozhkoThe conflict between shareholders in the Baltic Bank has intensified. Former partners - the main owners of the bank, Oleg Shigaev and Andrey Isaev, are dividing the business and fighting for real estate purchased in the 2000s with the money of the credit institution. Experts estimate the value of the assets at 600 million euros. Partners try not to advertise the conflict. But several of their counterclaims are already pending in the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. And sources close to businessmen confirm the presence of problems.
This is not the first conflict between owners of large businesses that has flared up over the past few years. last years In Petersburg. And in the Baltic Bank itself they still remember the internal strife of the late 1990s, in which the media called Oleg Shigaev an active participant.
Former railway bank
Baltic Bank is the legal successor of the Leningrad Bank of Railway Transport Lenzheldorbank, founded in 1989. From its founding until 2005, this credit institution was the settlement bank of the Oktyabrskaya Railway (OZhD OJSC), which owned 8% of the bank’s shares. In the mid-1990s, OZD formed 80% of the Baltic Bank's liabilities. Now the bank in terms of assets (84 billion rubles) confidently remains in the seventh ten in the rating of credit institutions of the Russian Federation.The bank's own capital at the end of 2012 was 7.8 billion rubles. [...]
The President and his shadow
Until recently, the president and main public owner of the bank was Oleg Shigaev. Andrey Isaev, being all this time a member of the board of directors of the bank, did not call himself a co-owner and remained in the shadows: the partners owned 99.75% of the bank through Baltic Trading House LLC, in which they each had 50%. At the same time, back in 1992, Andrei Isaev founded the St. Petersburg Real Estate Agency (PAN CJSC) and was known as one of the leaders of the St. Petersburg commercial real estate market.PAN owns a dozen landmark real estate properties in St. Petersburg. ARIN experts estimate their market value at 600 million euros. Banking market participants believe that many, if not all, of PAN's assets were acquired with loans from the Baltic Bank.
Signs of conflict
The first signs of a corporate war between Andrei Isaev and Oleg Shigaev appeared in the spring of this year.Baltic Bank filed claims in the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region against two PAN structures: Singer CJSC (manages the Singer House) and Moika 22 LLC for the collection of debts on loans issued back in 2005. As part of the second lawsuit, the bank demanded that the building be seized, after which the defendant immediately repaid the debt in the amount of 310 million rubles. Then outside lawyers noted that such a claim could be a simple formality designed to resolve a controversial issue between the partners. However, during May–June 2013, new claims were filed in court. First, the bank terminated the agreement with PAN for trust management of the Northern Capital business center building, which was immediately sold to structures affiliated with the bank.
At the same time, the court received a claim from the bank against the management company to recover 262 million rubles from the latter. As part of this lawsuit, the Baltic Bank demanded that the PAN accounts in the Baltic Bank be seized, from which, according to the bankers, attempts are being made to withdraw funds. Then, the management company PAN-Trust, owned by Andrei Isaev, filed a claim with the arbitration tribunal against the Baltic Bank for termination of the bank account agreement.
In addition, against the backdrop of legal vicissitudes, changes occurred in the structure of the share capital of the Baltic Bank: Baltic Trading House LLC left it. The company transferred the bank's shares to the beneficiaries themselves: Oleg Shigaev and Andrey Isaev each began to own 49.87% of the bank.
Silent War
The owners of Baltic Bank do not advertise the fact of the internal corporate conflict. Isaev’s representative told dp.ru that the partners’ relations are normal. “And the claims filed in arbitration are purely technical,” he claims.Those around Shigaev do not comment.
Nevertheless, sources familiar with the situation present the following version: “The background is as follows. Shigaev asked Isaev, who had accumulated a certain number of overdue loans, referring to the latest instructions from the Central Bank, to temporarily strengthen collateral and add collateral for loans in some places. He complied. request. After this, Shigaev had the opportunity to increase the pressure,” a dp.ru source outlined the version.
Lawyers also say that the events of recent months together add up to a fairly clear picture of the division of the business.
“If one lawsuit could be a formality, then a series of lawsuits is already a serious call,” comments the head law firm"RosRazvitie-SPb" Igor Eliseev. And the transition of partners from a joint LLC to direct ownership of their blocks of shares, according to him, is an eloquent sign of the presence of different opinions regarding the development of the business. “If within the framework of an LLC, partners had to resolve all issues among themselves, now they can avoid interfering with each other at all, vote differently at shareholder meetings and command their representatives on the board of directors,” explains the lawyer.
Experienced fighter
This is not the first time that Baltic Bank has experienced a conflict between co-owners.In the previous fight, which took place 15 years ago, Oleg Shigaev also took an active part.
Then he worked as Deputy Minister of Railways, where he moved from the post of First Vice-President of the Baltic Bank. Shigaev, according to media reports, informally controlled Baltic Trading House CJSC (BTC), one of the large shareholders of the Baltic Bank, which then existed in the form of a LLP (limited liability partnership).
The largest block of shares in the bank's capital then belonged to a division of Russian Railways - Oktyabrskaya railway. But the “opposition” co-owners, led by BTC, took aggressive steps against OZD: they convened an alternative meeting of shareholders, and challenged the appointment of the chairman of the bank’s board in court. By the way, this position was held by Olga Kazanskaya, now the vice-governor of St. Petersburg.
The background to the conflict in the bank could be the reluctance to repay large loans received by structures affiliated with BTC. OZD gained the upper hand in that confrontation and soon increased its share in the bank’s capital to a controlling stake, but Oleg Shigaev headed the bank in 2000.
Subsequently, the structure of the bank's owners changed several times and eventually took its current form.
The echo of the corporate conflict in St. Petersburg has reached Lake Geneva. A Russian banker is unlikely to be able to hide in the safe haven of world capitalism under the guise of a victim of the regime.
Oleg Shigaev– co-owner and ex-president Baltic Bank - ended up on the Interpol list. A “red warrant” has been issued for him, which means that if discovered, he must be detained and handed over to law enforcement agencies of the state that has put him on the wanted list. Such a “case” may come very soon.
According to law enforcement agencies, Shigaev lives on the outskirts of Geneva and does not seem to be planning to hide. Apparently, a request for extradition has already been sent to the commune of Tone - most likely both events were synchronized. In the meantime, the Swiss authorities are diligently avoiding the press and refraining from public comments. They are probably simply afraid of accusations that they are being used to “extract” another political prisoner to their homeland.
Everything is lost…
Shigaev is wanted under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (major fraud) and Article 174 (money laundering). total amount stolen and legalized, presented in the request for the extradition of the banker - 3.4 billion rubles. It is no secret that these are favorite articles for “political amalgam” - attempts to hide the settling of political or administrative scores and, accordingly, “reverse thrust” - building a political defense for someone accused of a criminal offense.
Shigaev also made an attempt to build a line of just such political defense. In his blog, he attacked his opponents precisely from a political point of view. And then he presented himself as a political critic of the regime, which allegedly “earned from the “patriots” the stigma of “traitor” and “hireman”. True, these definitions come from the banker himself, which, of course, makes the entire line of political defense unconvincing. Judging by the fact that the blog contains only a single entry dated March 18, 2015, Shigaev’s own defenders also doubt the prospects of this strategy.
Thus, there is every reason to believe that Interpol agreed to include the banker in the wanted list, assessing the chances of his extradition from Switzerland as quite high.
Corporate Harassment
In the Shigaev case, it is not political, but corporate persecution that is clearly visible. And the intensity of the struggle can be assessed by the fact that proven “Alfa fighters” entered the fight for the assets of the Baltic Bank - Alfa Bank, to which the Deposit Insurance Association (DIA) entrusted the reorganization of the Baltic Bank in August 2014. And at the end of 2014, Baltic Bank already joined the Alfa-Bank banking group.
Alfa Bank won the competition for reorganization, despite long list potential applicants. Otkrytie, MDM, Binbank, Novikombank and even Vneshprombank were noticed in it (the latter subsequently collapsed so that no one dared to raise and save it). The DIA allocated 57 billion rubles for the operation, and another 10 billion came in the form of a loan from the Central Bank. The nature of the rescue operation, as well as the composition of its participants, is determined by the presence of a serious conflict between the owners of the Baltic, as well as the possibility of exiting it profitably. In essence, this is an opportunity to gain control over attractive real estate in the center of St. Petersburg: we're talking about about the so-called “Singer House” located on Nevsky Prospekt, also known as the “House of Books”, and about the building of the Kempinski Hotel on the Moika embankment. Both objects entered the Baltic business perimeter in the mid-2000s, when the Central Bank began to require replenishment of the capital of credit institutions when they were included in the deposit insurance system.
Real estate banks
It was then that the accusation came to light that Oleg Shigaev, shortly before the start of the reorganization, withdrew more than 3.37 billion rubles from the bank, of which 2.6 billion went to the personal accounts of Shigaev himself.
Thus, Shigaev apparently expected to leave the formed tandem (and at the same time the triangle), settling on the shores of Lake Geneva. That's where he was when he was charged in April 2015.
Now the ward Baltic Bank itself is acting against the founding father, on whose behalf representatives of the new shareholders are acting - who are counting on an early meeting with the veteran.
- How many World Cup matches were you able to attend?
I was at two matches. In Sochi, Belgium - Panama and in Samara, Russia - Uruguay. I enjoyed the matches and the atmosphere in the stadiums. In general, I only had a pleasant impression of the infrastructure, and the legacy of the World Cup is very cool. I planned to attend a few more matches, but circumstances arose that did not allow me to do this. But this was enough for my emotions, because these were the first World Cup matches that I saw live.
- Which city did you bring the most emotions from?
There is no such thing as whether there are more or less positive emotions from a certain city. There is a general pleasant impression from what I saw and the trip to these cities. I was in Samara for a couple of days, and spent almost a week in Sochi. One might say, he combined business with pleasure. Sochi is generally one of my favorite cities in Russia.
- What will you remember most about this World Championship?
That it took place in Russia. And also the fact that, leaving the game between France and Denmark out of the equation, there were goals scored in all other matches - this is phenomenal. There were many sensations, teams that were considered favorites either did not make it out of the group or were eliminated at the first stage of the playoffs. Of course, the finalist of the tournament – Croatia – will be remembered.
- The most unpleasant event this month?
I was very upset about the elimination of the Russian team in the quarter finals. Yes, we can say that the result is good for us. Many did not believe in the team, even in leaving the group. But we passed Spain in 1/8. Yes, it could be better, but that's how it is. And yet, I was really upset.
- You just returned from Saransk.
Yes, I was at the game of the first round of the FNL “Mordovia” - “ Nizhny Novgorod" Plus, I myself am from this city.
- How has the city changed during the World Cup?
In a dramatic way. Let's take the area around the stadium. Bring a person here “before” and “after”, as you know they happen historical photographs, so he is unlikely to know that this is the same place. 10 years ago in this area there was a forest, a field, a swamp, trading markets and a few residential buildings were hidden somewhere. Now it has been put in order, and in fact it turned out that a new city was built. The Insar River flows in this place and everyone associated it with dirt. The authorities tried to hide it and not show it to visitors. Enclose with a fence. But now they have cleared the banks, raised them, expanded them, and built an embankment along which you can walk and enjoy the views.
The small, cozy, clean city has become even more beautiful. And in principle, for a normal life, as for me, nothing else is needed.
The small, cozy, clean city has become even more beautiful.
- What do the locals say? Did they really need all this?
I have never heard any negative reviews from locals. No one has ever said to me, “We don’t need a World Cup,” etc. Everyone is happy and proud of this event.
- What connects you with the Mordovia football club?
The only thing that binds me is that there are players on the team whose interests we represent. Of course, this is my home team, which I will always have in my heart. I will never forget the moment the club reached the Premier League for the first time. The small town, 300-350 thousand inhabitants, was represented among the elite. The city went crazy for three days. It's hard to even imagine what it was.
- What is his future fate?
I hope that the new team director Nikolai Vasilyevich Levin will return the team to where it should be, taking into account the infrastructure and most importantly, his desire to set tasks for the team. I have no doubt that in a couple of seasons Mordovia will return to the Premier League. In my opinion, the first step towards this has already been taken. The new/old director has returned to the club. This is right.
- Does the region need a club/stadium?
Of course we do. There were almost 27 thousand people at the FNL first round match. In my opinion, everything is clear here. But it is also important that the head of the Republic has a desire to develop all this. If it happens, then football club big potential.
There were almost 27 thousand people at the FNL first round match.
I really hope that everything that has been built - infrastructure, bases, arena, stadium - will be used correctly. This is a very serious springboard for local football. Under his feet there is a basis on which the team must be built.
- How much time does your work take?
A lot of. I'm immersed in it headlong. Approximately 24 hours 7 days a week. But I love her. So I don’t feel any discomfort about this. I want to do this business and realize my plans.
- How does your family feel about this?
At first I had to explain why I had to be in touch even at night. Now with understanding.
- How were you received in the agency business?
When any person comes into this area and is recognized as a new person, then everyone who does not know you has the following question: who is he? But over time, you prove with your actions that you are worth something, and people begin to treat you differently. Respect appears. But again, like everywhere else. In any other field of activity.
- For some reason this answer reminded me of the song of Scryptonite: “I grew up here and did what I knew how to do...”.
- Were there any conflicts with competitors?
I think that there are always conflicts in our topic. Sometimes it's open, and sometimes people live with it and look at you askance. I think this is wrong, but you won’t be nice to everyone, and competition is the engine of progress, without it you can’t go anywhere.
- Did you have any disagreements with your players?
Situations are different. I try to look for compromises, since I myself am a non-conflict person, but, given our sphere, conflicts arise, yes.
- Is there a specific example?
Every agent has plenty of such examples. A football player, in my opinion, must correctly perceive the things that you are trying to explain to him. I don’t want to give specific examples. This will be incorrect.
- The most difficult client?
Hard to say. Our profession is such that we need to find mutual language with everyone. There is no such thing, some are complex, some not so much.
- What is your worst negotiation?
There haven't been any like this yet. Initially, when I entered the profession, naturally, difficulties arose, the reason was simple - lack of experience. For example, I didn’t know how to behave at a meeting or what to say.
- What are the dangers of the agency business?
The agency business is life. Is life dangerous?
Let's return directly to football. Did you assume before the start of the championship that the Russian team could reach the quarter finals?
I was pessimistic about the forecasts regarding the performance of our team. But if you look at what they said about the team and how it performed, this is an excellent result. We made it to the top eight strongest teams in the world.
- Has your agency only had one player on the national team so far, Igor Smolnikov?
No, we called up Evgeniy Chernov, the left back of Zenit. Stanislav Cherchesov invited him to the national team training camp.
What can you say about Smolnikov’s debut? I know that he apologized to the team on the bus. (Igor Smolnikov received a red card in the game with Uruguay). They say that Igor did not get into the game and let the team down. There are no questions, this is a fact, but the very result of that meeting, and in general, the team’s performance was a failure.
- Will he continue to be called up to the national team?
I think yes. Everyone goes through mistakes. This moment will serve as a lesson for him. He will only be stronger mentally and draw conclusions.
According to other personalities in the team. Smolov said that we need to perform in such a way that we will be invited to Europe. Did any of us perform like this?
I won’t single out anyone in the team. As a team they deserve praise. But if you take into account age, club affiliation, what is the desire to leave for Europe, then I will mention Golovin, Zobnin and Fernandez. They are definitely capable of moving to any of the Top 5 leagues.
- Why don’t they leave?
A combination of factors. High salaries, mentality, plus it’s better to fight for titles here, to play in European cups, than to fight for basically nothing in Montpellier, Udinese, Stoke. Again, lack of knowledge of the language. There is also a moment of overvaluation of our players. How much will Zenit ask for a national team player, on average 15 - 20 million - expensive.
How much will Zenit ask for a national team player, on average 15 - 20 million.
But now there is a successful performance of the national team and on this wave, there is no interest in ours, as was the case in 2008, when many left their heated seats. It can be assumed that someone will leave now.
- Based on other teams, who do you remember at the championship?
I remember those who disappointed more - Germany, Argentina, Poland. I know from the Poles that they changed their formation just before the start of the championship. From playing with four defenders, they switched to playing with three central players, and this is a question, of course, for the head coach, with whom we parted ways immediately after the tournament. But there is also goodies- Japanese. It was a perfectly staged game, maybe we were a little short of experience with the Belgians, but they played with inspiration, they were leading 2:0 – that’s worth a lot. Can a nice word remember Iran, Peru and Mexico. If it weren't for VAR, Iran would have left the group altogether. But considering that the Spaniards got there instead and we beat them, maybe this is for the better. The most pleasant impression of such dark horses was left by Iran.
- Messi, Ronaldo won’t win the World Cup again?
Honestly, I’m very sorry for Messi, somewhere he himself is to blame, but still. I hope that they will still play and Messi will win the Cup.
- 32 teams - a lot for the World Cup?
I think 32 teams is just right. There is someone to look at. This is a big festival, a month long. And it left an excellent aftertaste.
-Who did you root for in the final?
If I don’t have any sympathy for a particular team, then I root for beautiful football, or for the team that is initially weaker. On paper, the Croats were weaker.
- Are the French a team without weaknesses?
A very competent specialist is working with France - Didier Deschamps, this victory is his merit. It is clear that he has young football players on his hands that are crazy in terms of their level, but they still need to be properly built into a single whole. They are world champions - this team can become a dynasty. I think it will.
You are sometimes very categorical on your Twitter. Do you think that Vukojevic should not have been in the locker room with Putin?
I understand that Vukojevic celebrated a worthy result for his team, which may not happen in the future, but there are things that are not acceptable. 5 days ago he shouted “Glory to Ukraine”, and now he appears in the same photograph with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. At such moments, it seems to me that I don’t understand something in this life. You must be consistent in your actions. I can’t explain it, I don’t know what’s in his head, I think that the act he committed after the game with Russia was unacceptable.
