A member of the Public Observation Commission of the Russian Federation, Ivan Melnikov, spoke about the cellmates of the Zenit attacker Alexander Kokorin of St. Petersburg, and Krasnodar midfielder Pavel Mamayev in the Butyrka SIZO. His words are given by RT.

Kokorin's fellow rookie is a man whose name is Dmitry. "He was arrested in connection with the malicious tax evasion, although he claims that he did not violate the law. He is a little older than Alexander, lives and works in Moscow. In appearance - an intelligent person, not some dangerous criminal. Just got into an unpleasant situation ", - Melnikov shared the details.

Together with Mamayev, a man named Alexander is sitting in a cell. "He is an athlete, was engaged in martial arts. He is laconic, but he made friends with Pavel, go for a walk together. Suspected of stealing on a large scale, but does not recognize his guilt, ”said a member of the PMC.

Earlier, on October 22, the head of the detention facility, Sergey Telyatnikov, spoke about the conditions of detention in Kokorin and Mamaev's detention center. According to Telyatnikov, there are no problems for the players: they don’t extort money, they wash their toilets only as they wish.

Kokorin and Mamaev will be in jail until December 8. Football players on October 8 staged two fights in Moscow. First, they beat TV anchorwoman Olga Ushakova, then Minpromtorg official Denis Pak and FSUE “NAMI” CEO Sergey Gaysin. According to the results of the incident, three criminal cases were instituted under the articles “Beating” and “Hooliganism”.