The older brother of legendary hockey player Alexander Ovechkin Sergei could have been a member of the Bauman organized criminal group in the early 1990s and extorted money from entrepreneurs, with most of his earnings allegedly given to the family and invested in the sports future of his younger brother, such details of Sergei ' s biography being cited by the Mash television channel in sports.
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Allegations have appeared in the Russian media that the financial foundation for the hockey career of world-famous hockey player Alexander Ovechkin was laid with the generous help of organized crime - his older brother operated in one of the bloodiest organized crime groups in Russia.
The older brother of legendary hockey player Alexander Ovechkin Sergei could have been a member of the Bauman organized criminal group in the early 1990s and extorted money from entrepreneurs, with most of his earnings allegedly given to the family and invested in the sports future of his younger brother, such details of Sergei ' s biography being cited by the Mash television channel in sports.