Champions of terror

Chechen sports functionary and entrepreneur closely linked to the clan of Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic and a close associate of putin.
Since 2020, he has been head of the Moscow branch of the professional sports club "Akhmat", owned by Kadyrov and used to train fighters for the war against Ukraine. The president of the Akhmat club is Abuzeid Vismuradov, Kadyrov's childhood friend and personal security guard, as well as the head of SOBR Akhmat (a Rosgvardia unit involved in the war against Ukraine).
Alash Dadashov is probably the son of Aslambek Dadashov - a former aide to deputy and Kadyrov's right-hand man Adam Delimkhanov.
Since 2023, he has become a co-owner of two companies in temporarily occupied Mariupol, specifically the Ilyich Mariupol Iron and Steel Works, which is one of Ukraine's largest industrial iron and steel producers.
In early March 2022, during the first days of the russian army's invasion of Ukraine, Dadashov published on his web page a photo with Rosgvardiya fighters from the Chechen town of Argun with the caption "We are in the KRA (Kadyrov Ramzan Akhmatovich) team".

Participant in russia's war against Ukraine, commander of the Soyuz squad created in December 2022 by Sergei Kirienko and Yuri Trutnev on the basis of the russian Union of Martial Arts (RSBI) from professional athletes. As of December 2023, 145 people have joined the squad.
The fighters were trained and harmonized at the russian Special Forces University in Chechnya. Its founder, Daniil Martynov, an aide to Ramzan Kadyrov, is co-chairman of the RSBI. Kirienko, together with co-founder Yuri Trutnev, is personally responsible for providing and personally visiting Donbass to transfer equipment - drone detection equipment, equipment and outfit, sniper rifles - to the Soyuz detachment.
During the war, the RSBI made purchases from the Moscow arms showroom Arsenal for 139 million rubles, and from the rifle manufacturer Lobaev Arms for 35 million rubles. The RSBI bought optical equipment from the companies Innovative Weapon Technologies (for 19 million rubles) and Navigator (25 million rubles). The russian University of Special Forces in Chechnya received 38 million rubles from the RSBI for training volunteers.
The charitable foundation "Our Fatherland" under Gabbasov's leadership systematically organizes and conducts fundraisers for the needs of servicemen of the russian armed forces, is engaged in socialization and employment of the so-called "veterans of the SMO" and patriotic education of young people, establishes schools for piloting and assembling UAVs.
He was included in the list of putin's proxies for the presidential election in 2024.
Visited the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

He supported the so-called "referendum of the DPR and LPR on joining russia".
He organizes fundraisers for the needs of the flamethrower company of the so-called "LPR People's Militia" and personally delivers aid to the front to russian paramilitary groups.
He said that russian teams will be able to return to the international arena only after winning the so-called "war of attrition" when "new rules of the game in politics and sports will be written, and Europe will be forced to recognize them."
His son, Nikolai Kovalenko, is a forward for the NHL club "Colorado Avalanche".

In 2023, he was drafted into the russian army, served at the Naval Academy in St. Petersburg and played for the russian Navy team.
Until 2024 he had a contract with the Central Sports Club of the russian Army (CSKA), subordinate to the russian Ministry of Defense.
CSKA on a permanent basis provides active assistance to the military and veterans of the so-called "SMO" by purchasing and delivering special equipment, FPV-drones, generators and humanitarian cargoes to the front, carries out military-patriotic education of children and youth, organizes and conducts sports-patriotic events and promotes international cooperation, in particular, within the framework of the World Military Games project.
On September 01, 2023, the CSKA club with Fedotov's participation held an action to support the occupants unit "88th Volunteer Brigade Espanola" of the russian armed forces, formed mainly from russian fans.
He was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, First Class, for his victory at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
In April 2024, he signed a two-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL), earning $6.5 million over the course of the contract. Afterward, he suggested in a public statement that his paths with CSKA might cross again.

After the beginning of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he was conscripted into the russian army and served in the sports company of the Central Sports Club of the russian army (CSKA), subordinate to the russian Ministry of Defense.
CSKA on a permanent basis provides active assistance to the military and veterans of the so-called "SMO" by purchasing and delivering special equipment, FPV-drones, generators and humanitarian cargoes to the front, carries out military-patriotic education of children and youth, organizes and conducts sports-patriotic events and promotes international cooperation, in particular within the framework of the World Military Games project.
In April 2022, took part in putin's meeting with russian Olympic athletes held in the Kremlin and personally expressed his gratitude to putin.
He was awarded the Order of Friendship for winning the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Openly displays the Z-symbol. Also, despite the ban on the use of russian symbols, it publicly displayed an image of the russian flag at the 2022 FIS Nordic World Cup in Lahti (Finland).
Publicly disseminates propaganda narratives that, despite the neutral status of russian athletes, they are respected and recognized abroad as representatives of the russian federation.
In April 2022, he took part in putin's meeting with russian Olympic athletes in the Kremlin.
He was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, first class, for winning the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Participant of the 2024 BRICS Sports Games in Kazan (russia).
He is the ambassador of the sports equipment brand Demix.
He holds the rank of junior sergeant in the russian Guard. Represents the Dynamo sports club, known for its affiliation with the russian internal affairs and state security agencies.
He supports russia's armed aggression against Ukraine.
He criticized and called "absolute stupidity" the requirements for russian athletes to condemn hostilities against Ukraine in order to be allowed to participate in international competitions.
He took part in propaganda events with the participation of russian sanctioned individuals, and also congratulated putin on his birthday on his Telegram channel.
In 2021, he was awarded the Order of Friendship for winning the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Openly promotes and justifies a war of aggression, legitimizes the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, as well as the temporary occupation of the territory of Ukraine, and disseminates russian propaganda narratives and misinformation about Ukraine. In particular, published posts on her own Instagram page stating that there was a "military coup" in Ukraine in 2014, the "military conflict" stemmed from the ban on communicating in russian in Ukraine, and the "special military operation" announced by putin would not have begun if the "Kiev authorities" had finished firing on the territory of the temporarily occupied Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
In 2021, was training for the next sports season in Kiev.
Maintains ties with russian politicians.
Continues to actively participate in international tournaments, as the international tennis associations have suspended only the national teams of russia and Belarus, but the ban does not apply to individual participation of athletes.

In April 2022, he took part in putin's meeting with russian Olympic athletes in the Kremlin.
He was awarded the Order of Friendship for winning the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
He publicly spreads propaganda narratives that despite the neutral status of russian athletes, they are respected and recognized abroad as representatives of the russian federation.

He openly supports russia's war against Ukraine and expresses his vision of mobilization in russia.
He publicly supported putin's candidacy for the presidential election in the russian federation in 2023.
He criticized the requirements for russian athletes to condemn hostilities against Ukraine in order to be allowed to participate in international competitions and equated fulfilling these requirements with treason.

Participant of the Ice Legend World Champion Show 2024 in Beijing.
Participated in putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly of the russian federation in February 2024, which was attended by the most important figures of state administration, public representatives and experts from various industries.
Participated in Evgeny Plushenko's propaganda ice show "Union of Champions" in 2022, which was held in support of russian athletes who were disqualified due to sanctions and did not make it to the World Championships. The invitations prepared by the organizers of the show were made in the colors of the russian flag with the letter "Z" - a symbol of the russian occupiers in Ukraine.

In 2022, she took part in Yevhen Plyushchenko's propaganda ice show "Union of Champions" in support of russian athletes who were disqualified due to sanctions and did not make it to the World Championships. The invitations prepared by the show's organizers were made in the colors of the russian flag with the letter "Z" - a symbol of the russian occupiers in Ukraine.
She is a member of the russian national figure skating team in pairs.
In 2020, she visited the temporarily occupied Crimea.