Oleg Raevsky, the former promoter and manager of Alexander Emelianenko, has been detained by police for drug trafficking.
Raevsky’s arrest is in relation to a drug trafficking case in 2017, where the promoter was arrested during a controlled transaction set up by the Department of Drug Control in St. Petersburg. Raevsky was caught selling 5.16 grams of white powder, which forensics later determined as cocaine. His buyer had already established an agreement with local authorities and the controlled transaction took place shortly thereafter.
Following the arrest, police seized twenty 5,000 ruble notes, all of which had been marked by the authorities ahead of the transaction.