Appealing to the Barcelona slang, there is something ‘more than in a club’ at Sheriff Tiráspol. Founded in 1997, it is the personal whim of Viktor Gushahn, the former KGB agent, now an oligarch, who controls everything in the independent region of Transnistria, situated between Moldova and Ukraine. It is a club without a country, a club that channels like few others the nationalist sentiment of a secessionist territory and that is devoted to the personalistic management of a president who created a security company in 1993 that today has become a gigantic conglomerate. In Tiráspol, the capital, Gushan and the Sheriff send, both maximum representatives of the pro-Russian inclinations so deeply rooted in that place. No one there wants to be Moldovan or European, despite Moldova’s demands, but Russian. The iconography of Tiráspol testifies to this reality, bathed in the streets with flags of the former Soviet Union and communist references. The statue of Lenin presides over the center of the city, while the Russian military presence, with about 1,700 soldiers deployed, supports the ambitions of a region that was at war in 1992. The armed conflict left nearly 1,500 victims.
In 1940, during the Second World War, an agreement between the Germans and the Soviets was
creates the Moldovan Socialist Republic, which separates from Romania. The following year, Moldova
it comes under Nazi rule; in 1944 the USSR regained Moldavia.
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, the tensions between the Moldovan government
and the authorities of the separatist state culminate in the Transnistrian war that ended
in 1992, with the unrecognized independence of that state.
Languages:
Russian / Moldovan (Cyrillic) / Ukrainian
Currency:
Transnistrian ruble
Form of government:
Presidential republic
Form of government:
Parlamentary republic
Economy:
Mainly agrarian
80% of the total production of the “country” is industrial (heavy industry, electricity production
and textile manufactures). It exports to 90 countries around the world. Its main destinations are:
In 1940, during the Second World War, an agreement between the Germans and the Soviets was
creates the Moldovan Socialist Republic, which separates from Romania. The following year, Moldova
it comes under Nazi rule; in 1944 the USSR regained Moldavia.
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, the tensions between the Moldovan government
and the authorities of the separatist state culminate in the Transnistrian war that ended
in 1992, with the unrecognized independence of that state.
Languages:
Russian / Moldovan (Cyrillic) / Ukrainian
Currency:
Transnistrian ruble
Form of government:
Presidential republic
Form of government:
Parlamentary republic
Economy:
Mainly agrarian
80% of the total production of the “country” is industrial (heavy industry, electrical production
and textile manufactures). It exports to 90 countries around the world. Its main destinations are:
In 1940, during World War II,
in an agreement between the Germans and the Soviets
creates the Moldovan Socialist Republic, which separates
from Romania. The following year, Moldova
it comes under Nazi rule; in 1944 the USSR
recovers Moldova.
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991,
the tensions between the Moldovan government
and the authorities of the separatist state
culminate in the Transnistrian war that ended
in 1992, with unrecognized independence
of that state.
Languages:
Russian / Moldovan
(Cyrillic) /
Ukrainian
Currency:
Transnistrian ruble
Form of government:
Parlamentary republic
Form of government:
Republic
presidential
Economy:
Mainly agrarian
80% of the total production of the “country”
is industrial (heavy industry, production
electrical and textile manufacturing). Export
to 90 countries around the world.
Its main destinations are:
In Transnistria almost everything, if not everything, belongs to the Sheriff. The security company created by Viktor Gushan, together with Illya Kazmaly, is today an economic, political and social empire. “Sheriff LLC monopolizes and controls virtually every aspect of life in Transnistria,” the magazine wrote. Foreign Policy. Its business reaches the energy, construction, alcohol, tobacco, gas stations, telecommunications, food markets … And Gushan’s fortune is estimated to be close to 2.3 billion euros. Through the privatization process experienced by state-owned companies in the region after the fall of the Soviet Union, Gushan extended his power and economic activities by imposing himself on the competition with debatable techniques, which some describe as criminal. “It creates jobs and invests money. It is a partner we can trust,” he assured AFP the president of Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselsky, of a political party that also does not resist Sheriff’s tentacles. It is vox pópuli that Gushan is in the shade.
During the 90s a process of privatization of the companies took place, in which Gushan was awarded the most privatizations.
lucrative Transnistria making a huge fortune.
During the 90s there was a process of privatization of companies,
in which Gushan is awarded the most privatizations
lucrative Transnistria making a huge fortune.
During the 90s there was a process
privatization of companies, in which Gushan
awards the most lucrative privatizations of
Transnistria getting a great fortune.
At the head of Sheriff’s network of companies is the football club, the jewel in the crown that Gushan has invented to reinforce his position. Sports growth is undeniable. They have won 19 of the last 21 Moldovan leagues, where the Sheriff plays, for the benefit of a pragmatism that allows him to compete on the continental scale. There is plenty of facilities. It has three stadiums: one for 14,000 people, another for 9,000 and a third for the training of the quarry. The squad of the first team refers to a lot of different origins and is valued at just over 21 million euros, according to the specialized website Transfermarkt. With that suit, he served to make history at the Bernabéu and claim the value of football as a determining element in the unique idiosyncrasy of Transnistria. It was something historic. The security company that beat Madrid.
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