The name of the suspect in the release was not indicated, but the case materials indicate that we are talking about Anatoly Tymoshchuk.
The investigation established that the former captain of the Ukrainian football team since 2017 has been working as an assistant to the head coach of the St. Petersburg football club Zenit. In September last year, his club took part in a match, whose participants helped to collect money in support of the military departments of the Russian Federation, which are equipped from football hooligans and fighting in Ukraine. According to the prosecutor's office, after the game was completed, a T -shirt with autographs of the match participants was sold at auction. It is reported that the former Ukrainian football player decided to support the Russian army, whose T -shirt with an autograph was sold for 700 thousand rubles.
“Money from the sale of lots was sent to the aid of the 106th intelligence battalion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, known as the“ Intelligence Railway 106 Moscow ”, and later renamed the“ Svetlair ”of the RF Armed Forces,” the press service of the prosecutor's office informed.
Pre -trial investigation is conducted by investigators of the Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv region. The sanction of the article provides for up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
