For victories at the Olympic games our country pays athletes award. For the gold medal — four million, silver — 2.5 million, bronze — 1.7 million rubles Coaches also encourage — and-a-half to the prize that is given to the athlete. Since 2008, athletes with disabilities and their coaches receive bonuses in the same volume as conventional Olympians. However, people with disabilities often get less money because you have to share with officials.
We learned how this is happening, why and what can be done, so this disgrace to end.
In Russia Olympic Committee, Paralympic Committee and Russian Committee. Technically, it is a public organization that unites athletes with different physical abilities. But are they at the expense of the state. On staff salaries and office expenses the money goes from the state budget, so work in these “public” organizations, in fact, the officials, functionaries.
Our story — about the Russian Committee. It brings together athletes with hearing impairments and speech.
Coach Raisa Golovina, the deaf national team skier from Syktyvkar, Igor Orlov made in February in the local newspaper with accusations against the Chairman of Russian Committee of deaf sports Alexander Romantsov and head coach in cross country skiing Mikhail Grinev. Orlov claimed that they extort from the deaf athletes of Olympic prize money.
“MK” contacted the coach Igor Orlov, to find out more.
According to him, the officials extorted awards medalists of the winter Deaflympics 2015.
In particular, skiers of Komi has won 9 medals there, and officials wanted to get a 20% bonus for every medal. All medals gained about 10 million rubles.
“Calls from Moscow went last spring — after we had paid the extra. She received two bronze medals. She demanded 800 thousand rubles, with I — 400 thousand, — said Orlov. — Heaven and cried too. She used to live in wooden barracks near the market, in a communal apartment. And when he got the award, still took out a loan of three million and bought a house in Vylgorte.
She comes from a large family, grew up in a boarding school for the deaf, had always dreamed of having your own place, with 10 years in the sport. And here after 17 years of grueling workouts became the winner of Curdlipid, received the award and have to give snickering, lost conscience officials. Raya has a twin sister, is also hearing impaired, she’s at the stadium in the dining room work, gets paid peanuts. Raisa took care of my sister, they live together in Raisa bought the house.”
Calls from Moscow scared of disabled athletes.
Three skiers of Komi have raised money and taken to Moscow — in envelopes. But Raisa Golovina, the eagles coach has forbidden cheating. I decided to fight.
Addressed to militiamen: the FSB and the Investigative Committee. The FSB was asked to put a tap on your phone. But installed it or not, he doesn’t know.
The Komi Republic is a region Governor Gaizer, if anyone has forgotten.
Vyacheslav Gaizer rules until September 2015. Now arrested on charges of organizing in the region of criminal community, removed from office, with respect to its ongoing investigation.
The investigative Committee of Komi has responded to treatment Orlova in accordance with procedures established at the Geiser. Deputy head of the investigation Department spoke in the spirit of that award and really good, but that kind of money and do not mind to share.
Then coach the eagles have requested the assistance of the Deputy of the state Duma from Komi, the member of “United Russia”, the former Prosecutor of the Republic Vladimir Ponevejsky.
Ponevejsky promised to “nailing” ransomware. Orlov reminded him of this promise a month later. “What, didn’t you? — surprised Ponevejsky. Well I now understand! All the control, call you back”. It took six months. From Ponevejsky Orlov didn’t call until now.
“MK” tried to check with the MP, explains his inaction, but the phone is permanently disabled, ex-Prosecutor is unavailable.
The only one who really helped Orlov, Margarita Kolpaschykov, the head of the all Russian society of the disabled of the Republic of Komi. “I told her, what is the pressure on people with disabilities. Kolpashchikov phoned Olga Savastyanova — she is Komi in the Central headquarters of the popular front. Already after the intervention of the popular front joined the case of the Minister of sport Vitaly Mutko. As it turned out from correspondence with Olga Savastianova, he ordered to return the money and apologize, to go without scandals”.
Margarita Kolpashchikov confirmed “MK” that helped Orlov to fend off the extortionists. In a press-service of the Ministry of sports of the Russian Federation also gave us to understand that they are familiar with the situation. The Committee on deaf sports really came of the complaint, and the leadership of the Ministry dealt with them.
Understood, but not understood.
The instructions Mutko were ignored.
“The Chairman of Russian Committee he urgently went to us in Syktyvkar, but not in order to return the money, and to collect receipts from the athletes that they did not give him any money, — said Igor Orlov. — And surprisingly, this man was the assistant in the settlement of dastardly deeds. Stepan Churakov — former, and at that time still the acting head of the Agency of sport the Republic of Komi. In 18 hours was due to fly Romantsov “hush up” the situation, and in 14 hours Stepan Churakov showed me receipts from athletes that they claim to not have Romantsova”.
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The Chairman of the Russian Committee of deaf sports Alexander Romantsov
However, the eagles also had taken some measures. After learning that he arrives, he warned the FSB. Members of the security services controlled the situation and indicated that it was Stepan Churakov all furnished with lunaspice. After a few days Churakova fired.
Meeting with skiers Romanovym was held in the Ministry of sports. The eagles recorded it on video and passed to the FSB. “The most cynical that he promised us to punish Grineva, to understand and simultaneously a gesture Golovina, it is her duty to 800,000 rubles on her conscience and she needs to give. After the meeting she told me, but I don’t even believe it at first. And only after they viewed the film and confirmed the words of Raisa, was amazed at the arrogance and cynicism Romantsova”.
Unfortunately, the “MK” was not able to discuss these interesting developments with Romanovym, because he is also deaf.
But we called the senior trainer of a national team of deaf athletes in skiing Michael Grineva, which, according to Orlov, called the skiers and coaches, requiring a “close question”.
A conversation with Mikhail Pavlovich took place last week on April 7th. He just returned from the operative of Management on economic crimes of the interior Ministry, where he had been summoned to give evidence during the inspection of operational data about the extortion of the prize.
“I’ll repeat the same thing mentioned in the police — said “MK” Mikhail Grinev. — Never talk about money wouldn’t start with any athlete, and the eagles wrote all the dirt, because aiming for my place.”
Never such was and here again
Scandals concerning requisitions with disabled athletes climb not for the first time.
In April 2011 the winners of the Paralympic games wrote a letter to President Medvedev and Minister Mutko. They accused senior coach of the national team on ski races and biathlon Irina Gromova is in the extortion of the prize money.
The letter was signed by six coaches and six athletes from different regions. They argued that the coach tried to extort the Olympic prize, explaining the need to “lure” officials.
Evidence the Paralympians were not, so everything is softened. Disgruntled athletes went to another coach, and Gromov was left to lead the team.
A similar scandal broke out in 2012 with the Paralympic and deaf athletes. It broke out because of the premium for Curdlipid in Taipei in 2009.
As the media wrote, the winners of Curdlipid were urged to donate 10% of the prize to the Charity Fund of support of deaf sports movement, whose founders were functionaries of the Russian Committee of deaf sports, including the current President Alexander Romantsov.
Athletes are warned that those who paid the 10%, will not attend the upcoming international competitions — the European and world Championships. They are simply not included in the team.
And so it went.
“The objectors” were outraged, wrote letters, but in vain. As directed Mutko has established a working Commission for the “jam issue” and scandal functionaries remained in the leadership of the Russian Committee of deaf sports.
And now they are back in the news. And for the same reason.
“MK” contacted the Ministry of sport of Russia by the Deputy Minister Marina Tomilova, which oversees the adaptive sports. If she knows about another scandal at deaf athletes? What measures have been taken? Has there been any confirmation of charges? To her office recorded the coach of the eagles, why she didn’t?
The responses we received. Tomilova is now on vacation. The employee who is in a situation understood, on vacation, too.
An interview with Orlov was published in February. No official response there yet. So they leave, probably, already for a long time.
It is clear that for the Russian Ministry of sports and Minister Mutko such stories extremely unpleasant. He have enough dirt. That’s why our goal is always to suppress it, keep it, solving quietly.
But such a tactic brings the opposite result. Officials only from her bloom and become bold, ceasing to be considered even with their own superiors.
Syndrome zavskladom
Each scandal individually, it is possible to explain intrigues and conflicts. But when the same scandalous story is repeated several times with different actors, it is necessary to look for systemic explanations.
According to our experts in the field of state management of high performance sport, with athletes requisitions due to the fact that they are very dependent on Federal sports centers are a member of.
Disabled athletes competing at major international competitions, in the region with their coaches. The senior coach and other Moscow officials on the training process is not affected. But it goes through them all, so athletes need. Permission to receive equipment, field trips fees, travel expenses, food, accommodation.
Money for it are allocated from the budget of the sports Ministry. Procurement conducts sports training Center. And officials of the Federal committees and centers are like zavskladom. They all get handed out to athletes. In this case, their purpose is authorized to issue.
Can give, and can not give out. Someone who doesn’t behave.
But the main lever of Moscow officials that they determine, which of the athletes will go to any international competition and what the race will be run.
There are dozens of technical tricks, with which they can ride even the most championsthe champion. Not to give him opportunities to speak at events to which he has been preparing for several years.
At the last moment it turns, lost his visa. Or forgot to buy him a plane ticket. Or himself was blamed for being late filed any application: already we have had before.
Thus it is possible to punish the recalcitrant athletes. To get rid of those who don’t like it. To neutralize those who represent competition to those who like it.
The bias sports officials has no place in conventional sports, and in sports for people with disabilities. But to blackmail her usual athletes, extorting from them the prize, officials still fear.
“With a healthy fear to contact, knowing that with them, this will not work, — noticed Igor Orlov. Where a deaf-mute turn? They often cannot realize their civil rights because they are disabled”.
How to act if you extort money, and you do not intend to give them?
At the request of MK on this intriguing question is answered by law enforcement officers investigating economic crimes.
First of all you must understand that it will last for a long time. As militiamen, to which you eventually have to go, will require “background”. That’s why you should have a separate notebook and record in it by days and hours all events.
Very cool and will be right from the point of view of morality and law, if all calls and conversations with extorting a party you will record on the recorder. Not only internal, but also and phone.
So it’s not lost, after each recorded call is necessary to make multiple copies of a record and put there where you put your cherished notebook, marking the date, time and brief content of the call.
When you go to the police, you will have a complete history with a timeline — and you will easily restore it to the polling officer the real picture.
Be prepared for the fact that the employee asks, that you have received money that you extort. When? Where prihodnik? If you had the right to receive this money? Whether you had the money?
You such questions seem absurd, but don’t be offended by law enforcement, because of one common person, who accesses them, come another 50 mezdrovyj that charge any type of payment system is also perceived as extortion.
Remember that when you go to the police, you have to not just tell in words the trouble and shake a stick. You will need to present it in writing in the statement and to confirm his innocence, to Express in it the consent to participate in the necessary investigative activities.
The statement should be short. To it are attached the copies of your existing audio and video. To complete should be to notify you of the decision within statutory deadlines.
As a rule, act on such decisions provides from 10 days to one month.
If you called and asked to participate in an investigative event (operative experiment), direct fan their application within three — to heads of the Prosecutor’s office, Investigative Committee and the superordinate structure of the Ministry.
If you are not received a response, go to media and give the reporter copies of your application and recordings.
It is not excluded, of course, that after the speech the media you will begin to smack of not only threats, but also the enforcement officers of your region. But it could be as lucky. You know, where they live.
