Prospect Info: Ivan Demidov (2024 5th OA): SKA St. Petersburg (KHL): Part II

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Does Rottenberg own the team partially? How can he have that much power.
His father Boris is an old judo buddy and a close ally of Putin, and became one of the fabulously rich oligarchs in the 1990's when old Soviet industries were privatized for pennies. His father is also close friends with another Russian billionaire and Putin ally Gennady Timchenko, who is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors & Club President of SKA St. Petersburg. It's a long story, but the KHL has essentially always been a political project with SKA St. Petersburg as the flagship team, and Rotenberg Jr. has simply been able to leverage his political connections to land up as the coach of that team.

Nominally Gazprom, the Russian state company which owns their vast natural gas reserves remains the owner of the team, but it's really just a sham that enables them to have essentially infinite money to spend. SKA is not just a regular hockey club, it's essentially another state owned entity with politically appointed directors and now even head coaches. Look up on Wikipedia what other titles Rotenberg holds. First VP of the Russian Hockey Federation. VP of SKA St. Petersburg. GM of the Russian men's hockey team. Member of the KHL board of directors. Head Coach of the U25 Russian hockey team. This is what a rotten corrupt society run by oligarchs looks like.

There is a reason why Demidov fell to us at 5th, and they're not wholly irrational. I'll be glad when he's finally in Montreal practicing with the team
 
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