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Footballer of the Obninsk football club “Kvant” suspended for betting on sports Vitaly Melnikov arrested V Moscow region until January 18, 2025. He, along with five accomplices, is accused in the case of the kidnapping of businessman Samrat Javadov and the cruel reprisal of him through torture.

According to investigators, the athlete and five other Kaluga residents kidnapped entrepreneur and took him to the forest in the urban district of Chekhov, where they tortured him, filming this process on camera. When the victim lost consciousness, he was allegedly left at the crime scene. The injuries he received were incompatible with life.

Javadov’s disappearance was discovered in November. Two weeks later he was found in the same forest.

Javadov could have contacted “bad company”

According to the entrepreneur’s mother, he could have contacted “bad company” – after the kidnapping, they demanded five million rubles from her as a ransom for her son.

Based on the case materials, it is also known that in addition to 21-year-old Melnikov, one of the suspects in the massacre is a former fencer Dmitry Moiseevwho completed his professional career two years ago.

To everyone involved in the case presented accusation of massacre committed by a group of hired persons. At the moment, confrontations have been carried out with the participation of the accused, testimony has been checked on the spot, and their phones have been examined. A number of examinations have also been appointed. The investigation is ongoing.

Kvant footballers were massively disqualified for betting on sports

How reported journalist in October Ivan KarpovMelnikov was disqualified for three years (2.5 years of which were suspended) for betting on e-sports, the European Championship and other sporting events. The athlete admitted to what he had done and could return to the field in six months.

“I want to sincerely apologize to the fans, to the team, the coaching staff let me down. In general, we learn not from other people’s mistakes, but from our own,” repented then Melnikov promised to improve.

Moreover, before Melnikov, for the same reason, the Ethics Committee Russian Football Union (RFS) disqualified five more Kvant athletes for a period from six months to ten years. Most distinguished then Magomed Isaev and Armen Avagyan: the first bet about seven million rubles in two years, and the second made more than ten bets on the match of his own team, he received a ten-year disqualification. In addition, referee Vyacheslav Bulay was also suspended for ten years. “His betting turnover exceeded five million rubles,” the RFU clarified.