"An idiotic case, hastily put together according to the quota": arrested Olympic champion Andrei Perlov is being persuaded to sign a contract with SVO.
She spoke about the case against her father. Alina Perlova. Athlete from Novosibirsk He was arrested on March 28, 2024. The charges stem from fraud, in which Andrei Perlov allegedly stole 963,900 rubles allocated by the regional Ministry of Sports for the rental of football fields for training.
Andrey Perlov — one of two Novosibirsk track and field athletes in history to win Olympic gold medals. In 1992, Barcelona As part of the unified team, he won the 50-kilometer race walk competition. Three years earlier, he had set a world record for this distance.
After retiring from sports in 1996, Perlov served as deputy head of the Novosibirsk Region Department of Physical Culture and Sports and also headed the regional football federation for a long time. From 2020 to 2022, he headed the Novosibirsk football club.
"When he was the director of a football club, he allowed children under seven to train on the open fields, whereas only children seven and older were allowed. Therefore, it's fraud. The investigator stutters in court like a C student on an exam, provides no evidence, yet still extends the arrest time and again. Then he brings Dad a contract in the pretrial detention center so he can finally join HIS people, and this idiotic case, hastily stitched together according to the apportionment plan, is closed." — writes Alina Perlova.
Andrei Perlov is now 62 years old. During his five months in custody, Perlov has been in and out of the prison hospital and solitary confinement. According to Alina, the investigator promises during court hearings that he will extend his detention until he has completed all necessary investigative steps.
"Because the defendant must know: the extension of his detention could last indefinitely. Or until he agrees to sign a contract <...>. Before the last extension, the investigator made my father and the lawyer sign a non-disclosure agreement—she was tired of media coverage. I understand who wants to embarrass themselves, but now we've been deprived of even that publicity, the last lever we had." — says the daughter of the Olympic champion.
