Viktor Topolov

6th Minister of Coal Industry of UkraineIn office
18 August 2005 – 4 August 2006Prime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko
Yuriy YekhanurovPreceded bySerhiy TulubSucceeded bySerhiy Tulub Personal detailsBorn (1945-12-21) December 21, 1945 (age 78)
Agapovka, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSRPolitical partyUnited CentreOther political
affiliationsOur UkraineAlma materKomunarsk Mining and Metallurgical Institute (1973)OccupationPolitician, government official

Viktor Semenovych Topolov (Ukrainian: Віктор Семенович Тополов) is a Ukrainian politician, bank director and head mining engineer.

Topolov is suspected by the FBI in late 1990s money-laundering and fraud.^[1][2] He also was known to be associated with Alex Oronov.^[1] Topolov also used services of three executives the FBI have described as members of a violent Russian organized-crime network: one, a mob enforcer closely associated with Semion Mogilevich, the powerful organized crime boss.^[1]

Topolov was a president of Ukrainian football club.^[2] In 2006 along with Alex Oronov, Topolov co-owned an ethanol company.^[2] Through his partner and investments from Morgan Stanley, he wanted to build a factory in Ukraine.^[2] Topolov ran a conglomerate "Kyiv-Donbas".^[2] Law officers say there was evidence Topolov transferred phony player contracts to shell companies and directed CSKA Kyiv to pay them.^[2] In late 2012 in interview to Forbes Ukraine, Topolov said that his venture "Kyiv-Donbas" was not totally official and one day he will write a book about it.^[3]

The Mogilevich's hitman Leonid Roytman who spent sometime in the United States prison worked as vice president in Kyiv-Donbas in the late 1990s.^[2] Vyacheslav (Slava) and Oleksandr (Alex) Konstantinovsky (known as Karamazov Brothers)^[4] also were employed for Kyiv-Donbas and to this day hold Ukrainian fast-food network "Puzata Hata" that is part of "Kyiv Donbas" business.

See also

• FC Arsenal Kyiv (CSKA Kyiv), Andrey Artemenko

References

External links

• Biography