SoundAndFury
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I wonder if Donbass will survive the revolution...
Why wouldn't they?
I wonder if Donbass will survive the revolution...
What's not...
Well, connected with the Donetsk mafia's dirty money,
I have a feeling that there will be no Donbass next season, likely all Ukrainian sports will be getting cuts, DK, Shakter. They will be probably considered too much of expenditures in these times.
I fully expect subsidies to Donetsk to dwindle and tend to believe guys like Kolesnikov benefited heavily from graft on these funds. We'll see, of course.
Akhmetov is backing Dobkin in the presidential elections, which isn't a good sign.
Akhmetov has always done well to stay out of politics. He's a pretty adroit business man. While I'd love to believe that corruption and graft are going to be washed away in this new bright era of Ukrainian political revolution, history and cynicism tell me that it's unlikely. As they say, the Czars of Donetsk will still need to give the peasants bread and entertainment.
Akhmetov has always been heavily involved in politics. Between funding the POR, being an MP, and bailing out several guys....currently bailing out Dobkin and I think a few others who were arrested
Now he's financially backing Dobkin and the POR again...
History shows Akhmetov sent off into exile in 2005. I see no reason why history won't repeat itself. Especially if Yulia wins the presidency. With Taruta the Donetsk governor and Kolomoisky set up in Dnipro, it may be 'out with the old, in with the old' and the oligarchs will play musical chairs.
Maybe Budivelnik will come back
Падакин ждет Поникаровского в "Донбассе"
Украинский нападающий "Калгари Хитмен" Павел Падакин, с которым "Донбасс" вчера достигнул договоренности о подписании контракта, заявил что не намерен приезжать в Донецк пока донецкий клуб не подпишет еще одного украинца Алексея Поникаровского. Молодой форвард родом из Киева объяснил это тем, что с детских лет хотел играть со своим земляком в одной команде.
By when will we know if the team will participate next season? As things stand... well... the situation at the moment is not so prospective for seeing KHL games...