Fetisov, Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich

Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Fetisov was born on April 20, 1958 in Moscow , in the new district of Degunino , which had just become part of the capital. He started playing hockey in the yard team of the house number 4 on Korovinskoe highway . As part of the courtyard team ZhEKA number 19 on Korovinskoe Highway made its way to the finals of the city tournament " Golden Puck ".

At the age of 12, I got to CSKA to coach Yury Alexandrovich Chabarin . At the age of 18 he participated in the hockey tournament as part of the CSKA junior team.

In 1973–1989 - in CSKA, he rose to the rank of major (he was captain of the team and the USSR national team, with a short break in 1988), in 1994 - in Spartak (M).

In the 1980s, he played in the legendary top five of Larionov for the USSR national team and the club CSKA, together with Sergey Makarov , Igor Larionov , Vladimir Krutov and Alexei Kasatonov in the position of defender. In the 1980s, he earned awards from sponsors of tens of thousands of dollars, in 1988 he went to the Mercedes-Benz S-class , then a new Volvo appeared. ^[3]

In the championships of the USSR and Russia: 480 matches, 153 goals.

He graduated from the Leningrad Military Institute of Physical Culture .

In 1989-1994 - in the " New Jersey Devils ", in 1994-1998 - in the Detroit Red Wings . In the NHL championships: 546 matches, 36 goals, 192 assists. In Stanley Cup tournaments: 116 matches, 2 goals, 26 assists. For nine years, he earned at least $ 10 million, in the early 1990s he began to actively buy housing in Moscow, supplied imported furniture, computers, cigarettes, Bush ’s legs , etc. ^[3]

In 1994, he organized the Spartak Cup hockey tournament together with Gelani Tovbulatov and Vasily Klokov .

After his first victory in the Stanley Cup on June 13, 1997, Fetisov, together with his team-mate Vladimir Konstantinov and massage therapist Sergey Mnatsakanov, had a serious car accident while heading to a club party. As a result, Konstantinov and Mnatsakanov remained disabled, and Fetisov got off with minor injuries and quickly discharged from the hospital.

In 1998-2000, he was an assistant to the head coach of New Jersey Devils, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2000.

On August 25, 2000, Vyacheslav Fetisov’s farewell match took place in Moscow: Makarov, Larionov, Krutov, Kamensky, Bykov, Bure, Martin Brodo, Jari Kurri, Scott Stevens, Larry Robinson and Gennady Tsygankov participated in it. Stars of Russia - World Team 2000 - 7: 6 (2: 1, 2: 2, 3: 3).

In 2002 he was the head coach and general manager of the Russian national ice hockey team at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City . Under the leadership of Fetisov, the Russian national team won the bronze medal.

Since 2002, he has been the Chairman of the High Council of the public organization “All-Russian Voluntary Society“ Sports Russia ”” ^[4] .

Member of the Board of Founders of the World Anti-Doping Agency ( WADA ), Head of the WADA Athletes Committee ^[5] . On February 1, 2007 he was elected Chairman of the Conference of the States Parties to the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport ^[6] .

From 2004 until abolition in 2008, he was the head of Rossport.

From October 21, 2008 ^[7] to January 21, 2012 ^{[8] [9]} - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Continental Hockey League .

From April 29, 2009 ^[10] to January 21, 2012 ^[10] - President of the CSKA Hockey Club.

December 11, 2009 played one official home match for CSKA to increase attention to the club, league and hockey in general ^{[11] [12]}

Since 2009, he has been the head of the department of sports industry management at the PRUE. G.V. Plekhanov ^[13] .

From April 5, 2012 - Chairman of the Board of the Russian Amateur Hockey League (RLHL) . ^[14]

Since June 2016 - the host of the program "Fetisov" on the TV channel "Star" ^[15] .

Since 2018, he has been the head of the Supervisory Board of the People’s Film Project “Ilyinsky Frontier” ^[16] .

Winner of all the highest titles of world hockey:

• Olympic champion ( 1984 , 1988 ), Olympic silver medalist ( 1980 ), Olympic medal bronze medalist ( 2002 ) (as a coach)
• World Champion 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990; silver medalist 1987; Bronze medalist 1977, 1985, 1991. In the tournament ZOI and World Cup - 123 matches, 48 ​​goals.
• The nine-time European champion 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991.
• Repeated champion of the USSR 1975, 1977-1989. Silver medalist of the USSR championship 1976
• USSR Cup Winner 1977, 1979, 1988
• Multiple winner of the European Cup . In the EC - 26 goals. Record holder in the number of goals in European Cup competitions among defenders.
• Winner of the NHL regular championship and winner of the Stanley Cup (1997, 1998), finalist 1995.
• Winner of Canada Cup (1981), finalist 1987. Participant of the World Cup 1996, captain of the Russian team at this tournament (4 matches). In Canada Cup tournaments - 16 matches, 3 goals.
• 2000 - Olympic Order
• In 2005 he entered the IIHF Hall of Fame .
• Included in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto .
• Entered the symbolic centennial team of the centennial All-Star Team of the International Ice Hockey Federation .
• since June 7, 1997 - member of the Triple Gold Club .
• On April 19, 2008, a bust of Vyacheslav Fetisov was opened on the Walk of Fame of CSKA .
• Number 2, under which played Vyacheslav Fetisov, withdrawn from circulation in CSKA.

Club career

International Competitions

In 1993, publications appeared in the Canadian and American press that Russian criminal groups extorted money from NHL players from the countries of the former USSR, threatening the lives and health of their family members who remained in their home countries. Agent Vyacheslav Fetisov denied that something similar happened to his client, but acknowledged that this happens with many players; the hockey player himself claimed that the Russian NHL players have no problems with the mafia ^[17] .

According to the FBI report, which refers to the American journalist Robert Friedman In 1993, Fetisov began to invest in various Moscow enterprises and pay for the " roof " of Otari Kvantrishvili . After the death of Kvantrishvili, Vyacheslav Ivankov (Jap) became the “close partner” of the hockey player ^[18] . The company Slavic, Incorporated was registered in Fetisov’s name in New York, which, according to the FBI, was used by Ivankov to launder money and sell business visas in Russia ^[19] . ^[20] According to Fetisov himself, he never did business and was not involved in criminal activities, and he opened a company with his emigrant friend named Victor ^[21] . ^[22]

From April 2002 to March 2004 - Chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation on Physical Culture and Sports ( State Sports Committee ).

In September 2003, Fetisov became a member of the High Council of the United Russia party. Since 2003, Fetisov also worked actively and acted as a member of the United Russia High Council.

Since 2003 - Acting State Counselor of the Russian Federation, 1st class .

From March to November 2004 - Head of the Federal Agency for Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism.

From November 2004 to October 2008 - Head of the Federal Agency for Physical Culture and Sports ( Rossport ) ^[23] .

In November 2007, Fetisov was officially awarded the United Russia party membership card.

In September 2008, Vedomosti reported that the presidium of the General Council of United Russia recommended Fetisov’s candidature for election as a representative of the legislative assembly of the Primorsky Territory to the Federation Council (this place became vacant after Igor Pushkarev , who represented the regional legislature, in May of the same year was elected mayor of Vladivostok). On the same day, Fetisov agreed to become a seaside senator. On October 17, 2008 he was elected a member of the Federation Council from the Primorsky Territory . From October 27, 2008 - Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Physical Culture, Sport and the Development of the Olympic Movement. Member of the Federation Council Committee on Local Government. Member of the Commission of the Council of the Federation for Youth and Tourism ^[24] .

On December 4, 2011, he was elected a deputy to the Legislative Assembly of the Primorsky Territory ; however, being again elected a representative of the regional parliament in the Federation Council, he refused the deputy mandate.

From December 16, 2011 - First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the Federation Council on Social Policy ^{[25] [26]} .

From September 18, 2016 - Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VII convocation, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs ^[27] .

From December 16, 2017, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the All-Russian Society for the Conservation of Nature . ^[28]

Legislative Initiatives

Amendments to the Citizenship Act

In October 2012, together with senators Ilyas Umakhanov and Vladimir Dzhabarov, amended the Law on Citizenship. Senators offered to allow Russian citizenship on preferential terms to persons over 18 years old who can prove that they or their ancestors once were citizens of the USSR in a straight line, lived in the Russian state, Russian Republic, RSFSR, USSR or Russian Federation ^[29] .

The legislative initiative of the senators caused a wide public response in the media and on the Internet, since many considered this an opportunity for migrants from the former Soviet republics to migrate to Russia. According to a study by the Levada Center, published at the end of November, 63% of Russians believe that the number of migrants should be reduced, and 71% - that migrants contribute to the growth of crime in the country, while 67% believe that migrants are taking jobs away from Russians ^{[ 29]} .

Fetisov himself explained his initiative by saying that the law on resettlement of compatriots, adopted in 2006, is corrupt in nature, and many young Russians are planning to go abroad ^[30] .

In September 2013, one of the online media ^[31] appealed to the Federation Council Commission on Controlling the Income and Expenses of Members of the Upper Chamber with a request to deal with the undeclared apartment of Fetisov’s wife, which is 1051 square meters in size, located in the center of Moscow. A number of media ^{[32] [33] [34] [35] [36]} links the request to the commission with the accusations against Fetisov on Alexey Navalny’s blog. However, the commission on the basis of the inspection of the property did not reveal the facts of providing false data in the declarations for 2011 and 2012. Fetisov himself responded to the charges in an interview with Itogi magazine. ^[37]

On March 17, 2015, the Anti-Corruption Foundation of Alexei Navalny published unverified information that Fetisov owns three offshore companies in Cyprus . ^[38] According to the federal law “On prohibiting certain categories of persons from opening and holding accounts (deposits), storing cash and valuables in foreign banks located outside the territory of the Russian Federation, owning and / or using foreign financial instruments” Fetisov must be dismissed from the post of senator. ^[39]

Brother - Anatoly Fetisov (July 26, 1967 - June 11, 1985) - hockey player, CSKA player ^[40] .

Wife - Ladlena Fetisova (Lada Sergievskaya was born on July 17, 1959, married on March 15, 1989) - President of the Republic Sport charity foundation ^[41] , is engaged in logistics , has a car salon on Novorizhskoye highway with good friends of Fetisov, in 2009 she earned more 370 million rubles. ^[3]

Daughter - Anastasia, was born on July 10, 1991 in New York, a citizen of Russia and the USA, she studied at a school in the USA from 5 years, and at an in Moscow from 12 years ^[42] ; Hollywood as an assistant producer , in May 2016 she entered the postgraduate school of cinematography at the University of New York and is preparing to become a director , living in a two-hundred-meter apartment in the in New York , bought for six and a half million dollars. ^{[3] [43]}

Father - Alexander Maksimovich Fetisov (born 1932), worked at a construction site ^[44] Mother - Natalya Nikolaevna, died in 1996 from cancer. ^[45]

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  Vladimir Putin and Vyacheslav Fetisov at the awards ceremony on June 27, 2018 in the Kremlin.
  The Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (April 9, 2018) - for a great contribution to the strengthening of Russian statehood, the development of parliamentarism and vigorous lawmaking ^[46] .
• The Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (November 4, 2005) - for a great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, the successful performance of the Russian national team at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad of 2004 in Athens ^[47] .
• The Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (August 25, 2000) - for his great personal contribution to the development of Russian hockey ^[48] .
• Order of Honor (August 23, 1998) - for outstanding contribution to the development of the national sport ^[49] .
• Order of Friendship (August 6, 2007) - for active participation in the work to ensure the victory of the application of the city of Sochi for the right to hold the XXII Olympic and XI Paralympic Games in 2014 ^[50] .
• Order of Lenin (June 15, 1988) - for high sporting achievements at the XV Winter Olympics ^[51]
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor (May 22, 1984) - for high sporting achievements at the XIV Winter Olympics ^[52]
• Two Orders "Badge of Honor"

the first - (July 7, 1978) - for high sporting achievements at the 1978 Ice Hockey World and European Championships ^[53]

the second - (May 22, 1981) - for his great contribution to the development of Soviet hockey and successful performance at the 1981 Ice Hockey World and European Championships ^[54]

• The honorary title " Honored Worker of Physical Culture of the Russian Federation " (April 16, 2008) - for merits in the development of physical culture and sports ^[55] .
• Honorary sports title " Honored Master of Sports of the USSR " (1978)
• Silver Olympic Order ( IOC ) ^[56] .
• Honored Coach of Russia (2002)
• Honorary badge "For merits in the development of physical culture and sports" (October 21, 2013) - for his great personal contribution to the development of physical culture and sports in the Russian Federation, promoting a healthy lifestyle and in connection with the 90th anniversary of the founding of the federal (state) and territorial executive authorities in the field of physical culture and sports ^[57]
• Sign "For services to the Moscow region" (April 15, 2008) ^[58]
• Diploma of the Government of Moscow (April 18, 2008) - for outstanding sporting achievements, great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports and in connection with the 50th anniversary of birth ^[59]
• The insignia "For services to Moscow" (Moscow, April 19, 2013) - for outstanding contribution to the development of national hockey ^[60]
• UNESCO Champion in Sport ^[61] .

Promoting the President and Government of the Russian Federation

• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (September 10, 2016) - for merits in the field of physical culture and sports, a great contribution to the development of national hockey ^[62]
• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (November 23, 2011) - for a great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports and many years of conscientious work ^[63]
• Certificate of Honor of the Government of the Russian Federation (April 20, 2008) - for merits in the development of physical culture and sports ^[64]
• Почётная грамота Правительства Российской Федерации (19 апреля 2005) — за заслуги в развитии физической культуры и спорта ^[65]

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