"He's a player you can go to war with.
Obviously, Franck Ribéry, author of these remarks in 2013, when he was teammate of Anatoliy Tymoshchuk at Bayern Munich, was wrong.
He is not the only one since the assistant coach of Zénith Saint-Petersburg has disappointed in large widths all of Ukraine, since the start of the conflict against Russia.
To the point of making the former idol of the Ukrainians, captain of the selection and quarter-finalist of the 2006 World Cup, a real enemy and traitor.
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According to several documents emerged in recent days, and dug by an investigation of 20 Minutes, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk would have signed documents with the Russian intelligence services (FSB) in 2012. In these papers we would find the signature of the former player, with the presence of the official coat of arms of Russia and the FSB.
A signature which, according to the Russian document, allows “to provide access to category A information to the Russian Federation and to promote mutually beneficial and long-term cooperation.
Having access to all the highest Ukrainian political figures, Tymoshchuk could thus give information of great importance to Russia.
In times of war, this is called a crime of high treason.
TYMOSHCHUK IS AN FSB AGENT?
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Investigative journalist Kostyantin Andriyuk has just shared the alleged following info:
About 4 years ago, during the first news about the divorce, KA received an interesting message with 5 photos from an unknown addressee.
Documents from 2012 pic.twitter.com/SOu7c1cGdo
— Zorya Londonsk (@ZoryaLondonsk) March 10, 2022
Deeds were also confirmed by words.
Originally from Loutsk in the west of the country, the player did not say a word to defend his country, or even to criticize Russian abuses.
Thus, the Ukrainian Football Federation took the pure and simple decision to erase the player's record and his coaching license.
Former friend of Tymoshchuk, sports journalist Kostyantyn Andryuk also told 20 Minutes, his own disappointment: “In 2014, during the war in Donbass, I realized how much he had changed.
His speech was pro-Russian, he boasted of being untouchable and of receiving a lot of money via the Zenith and Gazprom.
He kept telling me that he knew people and FSB colonels”.