In Ufa, a suspended sentence was given to a hockey player who tried to buy a military ticket through a former policeman

The Leninsky District Court of Ufa sentenced 22-year-old hockey player Anvar Suleimanov, who played for the Ufa club Salavat Yulaev, to five years' probation in the case of buying a military ID. This was reported by a correspondent of RIA Novosti from the courtroom. 1″ />ArticleAttack on Philadelphia. The goalkeeper of the Russian national hockey team Fedotov, instead of a contract with the American club, was sent to serve in the Far North

Suleymanov, who pleaded guilty, said that in the summer of 2019 he asked an entrepreneur, a former policeman, Farit Samigullin, to help him issue a military ID. Previously, Samigullin had already helped the athlete get a Schengen visa for a trip to the training camp.

The two of them went to district military enlistment office. Samigullin then asked for 170 thousand rubles for the work and said what documents were needed to issue a military ID due to flat feet, which the hockey player did not have (clause “b” of part 4 of article 291 of the Criminal Code).

Suleimanov did not receive a military ID and is now registered as fit for military service, lawyer Gulshat Kamaltdinova said in court. The head of the military enlistment office, Konstantin Voropaev, did not receive money from Suleymanov through the ex-policeman, she added.

The Leninsky Court is now considering the cases of two more hockey players, pupils of the Salavat Yulaev club, who are also accused of buying military tickets through Samigullin . We are talking about the 25-year-old striker of the Admiral club Vladislav Lukin and the 25-year-old striker of the St. Petersburg club SKA Mikhail Vorobyov.

In April 2022, 37-year-old Samigullin was detained in the parking lot of the Ufa Arena by FSB officers in connection with the case of bribes for military tickets (Part 3 of Article 291.1 of the Criminal Code). As Kommersant wrote, he was the founder of the AF-Group construction company, and also played as a striker for the Neft team, which plays in the amateur Night Hockey League.

The head of the military enlistment office, Voropaev, said during interrogation that he Samigullin at a match in Ufa-Arena three years ago. The Telegram channel Shot claimed that a large-scale bribe-taking case was also opened against him (Part 5 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code).