“Why are you training terrorists?”: Russians demanded the closure of the sports club attended by the fighter who attacked Crocus

“I’ve only been there twice”

New details are emerging about the lives of the terrorists detained on suspicion of the attack on Crocus City Hall. It turned out that one of the detainees, 19-year-old hairdresser Mukhamadsobir Fayzov, visited an MMA club in Ivanovo.

Champion of the Ivanovo region in MMA, hand-to-hand combat coach Andrei Kurbatov told how Fayzov ended up in the sports club.

The sports club where the detained terrorist Mukhamadsobir Fayzov worked out is located in Ivanovo. The trainers who work there receive threats. Netizens write: “Close it urgently, conduct raids”, “Disperse everyone”, “A breeding ground for terrorists”, “I hope the FSB has already started checking.”

Coach Andrei Kurbatov, who works at the club, told the details.

“Fayzov actually trained in our club, but I didn’t train with him, he has nothing to do with MMA,” says Kurbatov. – He trained with another person: he attended classes in either Muay Thai or kickboxing, these are similar areas. But he was only twice, we never saw him again.

– Maybe he was remembered for something?

– He wasn’t remembered for anything. But now they write to me from left-wing accounts: why are you training terrorists? I’ve now left for a competition in Bryansk, I need to prepare the guys for selection for the Russian Championship, and I’m getting endless calls, they’re sending me a photo of this person from my gym. I’m shocked. Tomorrow I have a training session planned, but I don’t know whether to do it or not, due to such bullying.

The same coach who conducted classes with Fayzov a couple of times refused to communicate with the press.

– He asked not to give anyone contacts. I decided to go to the FSB and the police myself and tell them what I remember. Let them decide for themselves how to use the information,” Andrey added.

Not only the sports club was subjected to harassment, but also two barbershops, where Fayzov worked as a hairdresser at different times. They threaten to burn down the last salon, which is located in the city of Teykovo. The second one, in Ivanovo, is being demanded to be closed. On the page of men’s beauty salons they comment: “Close your garbage dump”, “They saved on migrants, this is the result”, “They gave work to terrorists”.

According to barbershop employees, it is possible that the establishments may be closed for a while in order to avoid unpleasant incidents.