The girlfriend of the head of Moscow "Spartak" influences the management of the club

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

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Summer brought back not only restaurants and shopping centers to our lives. Football fans not only waited for the resumption of the Russian football championship, but even got to the stadium. Who would have thought that at the end of July, many of them would not be leafing through sports reports, but looking for the archive of Playboy magazine ten years ago. What for? The answer is simple to admire the photo of the hot beauty Zarema Salikhova, who is associated with the reshuffle in Moscow "Spartak".

Who is Zarema Salikhova?

Zarema Salikhova is a 34-year-old beauty from Ufa. In the mid-2000s, she was a participant in several beauty pageants, starting her career in her hometown. At that time, beauty contests organized by brands and the media were popular. One of the most popular and at the same time promoted was the Miss Russian Radio contest. The first stage of this competition was held in large cities of Russia, and then the winners of the regional stages competed for the grand prix in Moscow. In 2005, 18-year-old Zarema Salikhova won such a regional stage in her hometown and went to the competition in Moscow. Then there were several more beauty contests, including "Beauty of Russia-2006", but it was participation in that very show from "Russian Radio" that could be significant for a girl.

The fact is that the owner of "Spartak" and billionaire Leonid Fedun was directly involved in the competition. It was his structures that then owned the Russian Media Group, which included Russian Radio. According to media reports, it was then that a meeting between Salikhova and Fedun could take place, although this is not known for certain.

Then Salikhova dropped out of the media agenda, but returned in 2010, and immediately through Playboy. Her candid photo session in the image of Dita von Teese could not leave anyone indifferent. It turned out to be painfully remarkable. Until 2018, nothing was heard about her again, until she appeared in the stands of the stadium at one of the matches of the World Cup with Leonid Fedun.

Who is Leonid Fedun

Leonid Fedun is 64 years old. He is a prominent Russian businessman who in 1994 pioneered the creation of one of the largest Russian oil companies, Lukoil. He is the vice president of the company and one of the richest people in Russia (according to various estimates, he is among the 20 or 30 richest Russians). In addition, Fedun has owned the Moscow football club Spartak since 2004, which has since been runner-up in the Russian championship five times and won the championship once. It was Fedun who built the modern Otkrytie Arena stadium in Moscow, which hosted the 2018 World Cup matches.

What is known about Salikhova and Fedun

Nothing is known for certain. Most of the information that oversees the media are rumors and speculation. Fedun has not appeared in public for a long time with his wife Marina, who is the mother of his two children, but it is not clear whether he is married or divorced. Meanwhile, rumors persistently claim that Salikhova gave birth to three children, the eldest of whom is allegedly about 10 years old.

The chronologically possible beginning of a relationship between a beauty and a billionaire may date back to the early 2010s. In 2010, Salikhova was still on the pages of the magazine topless (it is doubtful that the billionaire would have allowed her to appear naked for the magazine), and in 2013, according to the well-known sports telegram channel Mutko against, Fedun's brother (who handles many of the owner's property affairs “Lukoil ) rewrote part of his property to Salikhova. Whether it is true or not, there is no doubt that Zarema has begun to influence Spartak in recent years.

One CEO, two CEO

Actually, the obvious fact of influence that is associated with Salikhova is extremely doubtful. In the summer of 2020, Spartak changed its CEO. The new manager who should lead the team to success is Salikhova's fellow countryman, ex-head of the Ufa football club Shamil Gazizov. It is not known if they know each other, but football insiders claim that Salikhova pushed for his candidacy. In addition, according to the same insiders, Salikhova allegedly initiated a work review and audit of the previous CEO Thomas Zorn.

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It is not clear how exactly, and indeed, whether Salikhova actually influences the functioning of the football club. Real confirmation of this fact can be obtained only after Zarema is officially presented as a member of the club's board of directors. Perhaps then her story will become more public and she herself will be ready to tell it. In the meantime, this is a beautiful love story of a beauty who is apparently also a clever woman and a millionaire. Too romantic for our latitudes. We are waiting for a story about a modern woman manager, which is much more in line with modern realities.