In late April 2017, the Boxing Federation of Russia announced the formation of a new Supreme Supervisory Board that would directly influence the structure and future development of the sport by taking over the financial affairs of the federation. The council is chaired by the head of the Russian Presidential Security Service, major-general Alexei Rubezhnoi, and is composed of other notable Kremlin figures like Timur Prokopenko, the deputy head of domestic policy in the Russian Federation, and Denis Medvedev, a representative of the Federal Tax Service in Russia. And yet the most striking and conspicuous addition to the council was that of Igor Sechin, the CEO of the Russian state oil conglomerate Rosneft and “the scariest man on earth.
Boyar of Boxing: Why Putin’s closest ally watches over Russian boxing
