Economic sanctions against Russia will have no consequences for AS Monaco
Some national media were not mistaken in drawing attention to this subject recently. In the current context, a hitch between a president of Russian origin and a Ukrainian vice-president was enough to attract AS Monaco Basket. Or, worse, arouse concern for the sustainability of the club in a context of economic sanctions targeted against the Russian oligarchs, with at the head of the ASM since the end of January, a man who was ranked in 2006 in the 100 greatest fortunes Russians by Forbes magazine. “I handed over the club to Mr. Fedoricsev for one reason only”, we explained Sergey Dyadechko last week. “I dream of seeing the Roca Team in the near future at the level of the best clubs in the EuroLeague. This requires an appropriate level of funding. However, my financial situation does not allow me to plan the club’s budget at EuroLeague level. »
President Fedoricsev is not Russian
Yes but now, if he was born in 1955 in Krasnogorsk, if he is grandiose around Moscow, Aleksej Fedoricsev does not have Russian nationality. He never even lived in the Russian Federation since he left the territory in the mid-1980s, at a time when the Soviet Union was still standing, before settling on the Rock in 1992. is only Hungarians,” says Geneviève Berti, director of communications for the princely government. In fact, while the Principality complies with the European Union’s list of 717 Russian personalities sanctioned by a freezing of their assets, the new boss of the Roca Team is never mentioned there. “The question does not even arise”, adds the government. Its ability to finance the club up to its new ambitions should therefore not be impacted by current events.
Aleksey Fedoricsev, to the right of Prince Albert II, on January 28 against Real Madrid
(photo: Sebastien Grasset)
Founder in 1997 of Fedcominvest, a Monegasque company that has become a planetary giant in the export of sulfur, Aleksej Fedoricsev also carries out numerous activities in Ukraine − particularly in the transport of goods −, where he has long been the owner of two port terminals in Odessa . “He is very affected by what is happening,” underlines Geneviève Berti. “He repatriated many of his Ukrainian collaborators for installers in Tuscany. »
ASM Ukrainians invest in humanitarian aid
A war which is also a source of permanent anxiety for other personalities of the Monegasque club. Vice-president Sergey Dyadechko, manager Oleksiy Yefimov and assistant coach Sergii Gladyr all have their families still settled in Ukraine and are going through hard times imaginable. “It’s very shocking for them”, slips Geneviève Berti. “They are very mobilized on collections, support. Thus, Yuliya Yefimova, the company of Oleksiy Yefimov, coordinated the departure of a first truck full of humanitarian aid bound for his native country on Friday. A collection point has been opened just opposite the Gaston-Médecin room (on avenue du Port in Cap d’Ail, between the Marriott hotel and the Didier Deschamps stadium), accessible Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. .
The truck left Monaco on Friday for the war zone