Bulat Chagayev

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Bulat Tschagajew ( Russian Булат Чагаев ) is a Chechen businessman . He is known as the former main shareholder of the Swiss football club Neuchâtel Xamax , which he bankrupted in 2012.

Life

Chagayev is the son of a former high- ranking CPSU leader and the son-in-law of the last Soviet CPSU chairman in Chechnya. He made his fortune with commodity and real estate companies . He owned four companies in Geneva and a villa in Saint-Sulpice . Chagayev is a close friend of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov .

Tschagajew was sponsor of Terek Grozny and hired Ruud Gullit as his coach. In May 2011, he bought the majority of shares in the Neuchâtel Xamax football club, despite protests from fans and small shareholders. He owned 69.5 percent of the shares. Within a few weeks he sacked goalkeeper Rodrigo Galatto, coach François Ciccolini, sporting director Sonny Anderson , goalkeeping coach Jean-Luc Ettori and team doctor Roland Grossen. He withdrew the dismissal of the Brazilian player Carlão .

On August 28, 2011, Tschagajew was elected to the board of directors of Neuchâtel Xamax and has been its chairman ever since. Islam Satuev, also a Chechen, was his representative. For the election the statutes of the association had to be changed, which until then stipulated that the two-member board of directors must include at least one Swiss citizen. Chagayev was allowed to stay in Switzerland for three months every six months. The canton of Neuchâtel refused to grant him a work permit at the end of November 2011 because his activity as club president was not a full-time job.

On January 18, 2012, Neuchâtel Xamax withdrew its license for the Axpo Super League from the Swiss Football League after the league had reported the club to its own disciplinary committee several times for outstanding salaries. On January 26, 2012, Chagayev was arrested and placed in custody. The public prosecutor accused him of unfaithful business management. On the same day, FC Xamax filed for bankruptcy. After the bankruptcy, Neuchâtel Xamax had to be dissolved, whereupon in April 2012 the association “Xamax 1912” was re-established as a rescue association. In the same month, the public prosecutor extended Chagayev's pre-trial detention due to the risk of escape.

Chagayev was released on May 25, 2012. In January 2013, his villa in Saint-Sulpice was foreclosed and three months later the canton of Vaud refused to extend his visa. As a result, he no longer had a residence permit and had to leave Switzerland. The trial against him began on August 23, 2016 in Neuchâtel . Contrary to expectations, Chagayev was present, where he protested his innocence. The Neuchâtel criminal court sentenced him on December 6, 2016 for mismanagement, disloyal management, attempted fraud and forgery of documents to a partial prison sentence of three years, half of which he has to serve in prison.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ A despot holds Xamax in suspense. Wiener Zeitung , March 28, 2011, accessed on September 1, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Xamax in Chechen hands. 20 Minuten , May 5, 2011, accessed September 1, 2011 .
  4. ↑ a b c Philipp Reich: How Bulat Tschagajew Xamax fell into the abyss - a drama in 35 acts. watson , August 23, 2016, accessed December 6, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Tschagajew: «I wanted the club, so I bought it». Swiss television , May 6, 2011, accessed on September 1, 2011 .
  6. ↑ a b Further unrest at Xamax. fussball.ch, August 29, 2011, accessed on September 1, 2011 .
  7. ↑ Bulat Chagayev strikes back. transfermarkt.ch, July 27, 2011, accessed on September 1, 2011 .
  8. ↑ Alexander Kühn: The Xamax despot also dismisses his president. Tages-Anzeiger , July 27, 2011, accessed September 1, 2011 .
  9. ↑ Tschagajew does not receive a work permit. Tages-Anzeiger, November 29, 2011, accessed January 3, 2012 .
  10. ^ Xamax owner Tschagajew in custody. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , January 26, 2012, accessed on January 27, 2012 .
  11. ↑ Neuchâtel Xamax becomes Xamax 1912. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, April 14, 2012, accessed on April 14, 2012 .
  12. ↑ Tschagajew's pre- trial detention extended. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, April 23, 2012, accessed on April 23, 2012 .
  13. ↑ Three years in prison for Bulat Tschagajew because of the Xamax bankruptcy. watson, June 12, 2016, accessed December 6, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Chagayev, Bulat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Чагаев, Булат (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chechen entrepreneur and football official
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century