Honored sports trainer of Uzbekistan XVI Ludvig Nobel Prize
Salim Kirgizbaevich Abduvaliev (Uzbek: Салим Қирғизбоевич Абдувалиев, born in
Tashkent,
Uzbek SSR in 1950) is an
uzbek businessman
film producer and the current Vice President of the
National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan.[2] In 2015 as film producer, he was awarded the "Do’slik" State Prize of Uzbekistan and the "XVI Ludwig Nobel Prize" in 2022.[3][4] He popularly is known as "Salimboyvachcha".[5]
Biography
Abduvaliev was born in May 1950
Tashkent city.[6] His father was the collective farm chairman. After retiring from the sport of freestyle wrestling, he worked in a factory, then he became a
trucker.
On 25 May 1998,
Yuri Shchekochikhin accused Abduvaliev along with KGB Major General Evgeny G. Khokholkov, who headed URPO (
Russian: Управления по разработке и пресечению деятельности преступных организаций (УРПО)) in the
FSB, and
Gafur Rakhimov of very unusual activities.[7][8][9][a]
Alexander Litvinenko stated that both Salim Abduvaliev and
Gafur Rakhimov control the narcotics trafficking from
Central Asia including
Afghanistan and cocaine from
Colombia to the Ismailovskaya mafia (OGP) which then moves narcotics using Saint Petersburg's
Tambovskayamafia (OGP) through the
St. Petersburg's
Sea Port (
Russian: Морской порт Санкт-Петербург) to flood Europe with narcotics and that
Vladimir Putin organized the network and is intimately involved in the trafficking.[13][14]Robert Eringer confirmed this.[15] Litvinenko stated that
General Abdurashid Dostum (
Russian: генерал Абдурашид Дустум) controlled 80% of the territory where opium poppies were grown in Central Asia including Afghanistan and that he works very closely with Salim Abduvaliev who is supported by numerous
FSB officials.[16]
According to
Jon Purnell, Abduvaliev is the Uzbek "mafia boss" and "the boss of the criminal world" of Uzbekistan.[17]
In 2006 he defended his thesis of Candidate of Economic Sciences on the theme "Management of social and economic development of municipal unions: generalization of the experience of Russia and the Republic of Uzbekistan."
Career
Sport charity
Abduvaliev is the President of the Wrestling Association of Uzbekistan.[18] He sponsors the
World Wrestling Championships, the international tournament "Grand Prix" cups of Independence of Uzbekistan in freestyle wrestling and others competitions. His money holds the largest youth and children's tournaments. He sponsors wrestling teams for four boarding schools for orphans.
For several years, the Tennis Uzbekistan President Cup was sponsored by Abduvaliev.[18][19]
Filmography
Below is a chronologically ordered list of films in which Salim Abduvaliev has appeared.
^From December 1997 to August 1998, MAKARYCHEV ALEXANDER KONSTANTINOVICH Alexander Konstantinovich Makarychev (
Russian: АЛЕКСАНДР КОНСТАНТИНОВИЧ МАКАРЫЧЕВ) was the first deputy head of the Directorate for the Development and Suppression of the Activities of Criminal Organizations (URPO) (
Russian: Управления по разработке и пресечению деятельности преступных организаций (УРПО)) in the
FSB.[10]
^"В ФСБ создано УРПО" [URPO created in FSB]. Агентура (Agentura) (in Russian). 12 August 2000. Archived from
the original on 28 January 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
^Ликинова, Юлия (Likinova, Yulia); Лукин, Михаил (Lukin, Mikhail); Стукалин, Александр (Stukalin, Alexander); Черников, Павел (Chernikov, Pavel); Черникова, Анна (Chernikova, Anna) (23 December 2002).
"КГБ в бизнесе: Бизнесмены (60 человек)" [KGB in business: Businessmen (60 people)]. Kommersant (in Russian). Archived from
the original on 27 December 2002. Retrieved 25 November 2023.{{
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^Кириленко, Анастасия (Kirilenko, Anastasia) (16 December 2013).
"Путин на "личной службе" у князя Альбера" [Putin on "personal service" with Prince Albert]. Радио Свобода (Radio Svoboda). Archived from
the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2020.{{
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^Хамидуллаев, Фахрулло (Khamidullaev, Fakhrullo) (31 August 2021).
"Салим Абдувалиев получил государственную награду" [Salim Abduvaliev received a state award]. upl.uz (in Russian). Archived from
the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.{{
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