What the business empire of biker-patriots "Night Wolves" consists of... The well-known, including scandalous, bike club "" is not just one of the oldest motorcycle clubs in the country, founded in May 1989 as the first official biker community in the USSR, but also a rather powerful and widely represented business structure in the regions, if talk about the totality of owned commercial assets. However, this area of activity of the "Night Wolves" remains in the shadow of resonant public actions that organize Alexander Surgeon Zaldostanov and his comrades. Looking for the answer to the question what motopatriots live on and what do they pay for their hyper-activity, we studied the commercial specialization of co-owners of regional Night Wolves clubs throughout the country and the business interests of the most prominent figures at the head of the organization.
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No noticeable "big man", but a lot of "wolf" car repair shops, motorcycle dealerships, as well as trade, intermediary, security and even detective services - and so on throughout the country. “I don’t know how the owners of medium-sized businesses in the regions, but the Surgeon and his entourage fly in business class, I’ve seen it myself,” political analyst Abbas Gallyamov said sarcastically. However, the rest of the "leaders" set an example, if not pure indulgence, then at least some detachment from commerce. True, not all.
Alexander Zaldostanov himself formally left the founding of all business structures, except for one: along with a certain Anton Karandeev, he is listed as a co-owner in LLC Bayk.V. Center (wholesale trade). Also mentioned is his participation in the founding of numerous public organizations (more on this later). But his deputy for the club, Umar Kremlev, according to the SPARK-Interfax database, is the owner of a private security company PSC "SB Volk" (initially, when registered in 2014, it was called "PSC Night Wolves"). In 2016, the company entered into a state contract for the provision of security services for 16 million rubles with the Moscow Property State Unitary Enterprise. In 2015, the "wolves" received 8 million rubles for the protection of the museum-estate "Arkhangelskoye" and 3 million rubles for the protection of the objects of the State Unitary Enterprise "Mosgortransniiproekt".
In general, Umar Kremlev owns a number of commercial structures: TD Holod LLC (wholesale trade in food), Kremlin Gold LLC (jewelry production), Stalingrad LLC (intermediary services), Patriot LLC (activities in the field of sports ) and LLC TSK (freight transport services). Another venture associated with club members, Iron Wolf LLC, was engaged in the motorcycle trade, but has now closed, according to SPARK. Earlier, the TATU-Center, which belonged to bikers, also ceased to operate.
Security
In the regions, the "Night Wolves" really developed, including in the field of commerce. The Volk-50 private security company, owned by Gennady Nikulov, one of the leaders of the Night Wolves in the town of Kalyazin, Tver Region, recently opened in Sevastopol. Two more security agencies owned by Nikulov also started working there. He also owns the Volk private security company in Krasnodar, the Wolf 1423 private security company in Voronezh, as well as a whole pool of security companies in Moscow, in the names of which you can find the invariable “Wolf”. In addition, Nikulov is one of the co-owners of the Night Wolves bike clubs in the cities of Kashin and Dolgorudny (Moscow Region) and one of the leaders of the Bike Center of the Tver Region.
PSC of the Deputy Surgeon received a contract for the protection of the estate "Arkhangelskoye" Gennady Nikulov's partner in the "Night Wolves" department in Dolgoprudny, Vyacheslav Stegalov, is the head of the Volk 77 private security company there. By the way, the Surgeon was once among its co-owners. Stegalov also owns LLC "Water Battle", which is engaged in "activities in the field of sports," and is also referred to as the former co-owner of LLC "Iron Wolf" - a motorcycle sales company.
In the Istrinsky district of the Moscow region, one of the co-founders of the local branch of the club is Alexei Kaplin, who, according to SPARK-Interfax, owns the private company Bars Group Okhrana and the company Katerok LLC, which is engaged in retail trade. The business of providing security services is also owned by Evgeny Lapin, co-founder of the club's branch in the Tambov region. The Tambov "wolf" also owns LLC "Antares", which is engaged in security and private investigations. Igor Cherkezia, co-founder of the "wolves" branch in Bashkortostan, manages his security business (Luger private company).
Sale and repair of cars
The business of selling cars and servicing them is another suitable activity for men in leather who also have a passion for fast driving. Many who are the founders and heads of the branches of the bike club "Night Wolves" in the regions really earn by working car dealerships and auto repair shops. Among them is Sergei Zakharov, co-founder of the "wolves" branch in the city of Torzhok, Tver Region: he owns Plastdetal LLC and GTS LLC - companies that provide vehicle repair services.
One of the founders of the Tyumen club "Night Wolves of Western Siberia" Anatoly Anisimov, who owns LLC "ABV Service", is also engaged in car repairs. In Nizhny Novgorod, Andrei Slobozhanin, one of the leaders of the regional branch of the club, owns Sochi on Yuzhny LLC, which repairs and maintains cars, as well as a number of other companies: Favorit LLC ( retail), LLC Mettorgsnab (metal wholesale), LLC Anna (telecommunications) and LLC Zolotye Palochki (restaurant activities).
In Khimki near Moscow, Andrey Mishchenko, owner of Formula NV, teaches driving. In Tatarstan, the regional club was established with the participation of Viktor Mochalov, who has the most "profile" business - his Motor LLC sells motorcycles. Another Tambov "wolf", Andrey Mitin, earns money by transporting goods through his Zolotoy Oven LLC.
The co-founders of regional Night Wolves clubs often lead regional motorcyclist associations. Gennady Nikulov runs the official bike center of the Tver region, Rostov "wolf" Sergei Borisov - the local motorcycle club "Russian Choppers", Alexander Leontyev from Tatarstan - the powerlifting federation, and Alexander Lunkin from the Istra branch - the capital's federation for the development of motorcycling.
Regional leaders of "Night Wolves" make money on everything - from medicine to beer trade Photo: slon.ru Alcohol and food
Many "wolves" in the regions make their living from the food and beverage trade, as well as from the restaurant business, which has already been partially mentioned. Alcohol is traded, for example, by OOO Volchye Logovo, owned by Yuri Kozlov, co-founder of the Night Wolves club in Kashin. His colleague from Khimki, Ilya Golovachev, is a co-owner of Ivna LLC (also sells alcohol), as well as Park LLC and Brigantina LLC (retail and wholesale trade in food products, respectively). In Pskov, the "night wolf" Alexander Korushkin owns LLC "PPK", which is engaged in the wholesale trade in beer.
Evgeny Lapin, who has already been mentioned in connection with the security business in his homeland, trades in wholesale alcohol and food in Tambov. He owns several enterprises in this area (LLC "Proviant", LLC "DDT", LLC "Proviant Holod", LLC "Proviant RC"). In Rostov-on-Don, Sergei Bobrisov sells products through OOO Respect.
In the Istra district of the Moscow region, two co-founders of the local branch of the club are connected with the restaurant business at once. Alexander Rabinov owns Yubileinoe LLC (retail trade), Istra MGIK LLC (restaurant business) and Obshchepit Unity LLC, and his partner Vladislav Demkin holds Vek LLC (restaurant business).
Medicine
Oddly enough, a number of regional "night wolves" are associated with the business in the medical field. “Probably because the leader is the Surgeon,” one of the prominent representatives of the head club, Felix Chernyakhovsky, joked in a conversation with Znak.com.
In Novosibirsk, the "wolf" Sergey Menshikov is a co-owner of Sibmedtech LLC (trade in medical equipment) and Mediafarm LLC (drug trade). In Tatarstan, Alexander Leontyev owns the Eagle Clinic LLC. In Pskov, Yuri Burlin is engaged, among other things, in the wholesale trade of medical equipment through SK Service LLC.
Finally, the already mentioned Istra "wolf" Alexander Rabinov is the owner of a number of institutions that provide dental services: LLC Dentalia, LLC Megamed, LLC Dental Clinic No. 1.
Construction
Another brutal area of business interests is the construction and development business. Vitaly Padalkin from Krasnogorsk owns Forward LLC, which is engaged in construction work. The company of Yuri Makarenko, the co-founder of the club in the same city, is engaged in real estate management. In the city of Kashin, OJSC "Istok Development" Vasily Zhuravlev rents out its own real estate. In Kaliningrad, Sergei Tolochko owns the construction companies LLC Bars 39 and LLC Baltregionstroy, and his partner in founding the local branch of Night Wolves Alexei Kachurin - the installation company Divino LLC.
There are representatives of the construction business among the "wolves" in Tyumen. One of the leaders of the club, Nazariy Dobrovolskiy, owns DMC LLC and Spetsstroyavto LLC in this area. His northern neighbor, the "night wolf" from the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Dmitry Burlev, is also associated with the construction business through his Rostransstroy LLC.
In the Pskov region, the already mentioned Yuri Burlin, in addition to an enterprise selling medical equipment, owns Montazh SK LLC and Scorpion Monitoring LLC, which are engaged in construction and installation work.
Mount Athos and the Sexton Club
However, it would hardly be an exaggeration to say that the main business of the "wolves" - at least at the federal level - is their social activities. The acquaintance and even quite friendly relations of Alexander Zaldostanov with Vladimir Putin is a good resource that shows its capitalization. It is no coincidence that the most rapid growth of regional branches was noted precisely in recent years - especially in the summer and autumn of 2015. In total, over 30 regional and local clubs have been created in Russia by now. Several projects are affiliated with the parent organization, which regularly receive large budget grants.
For example, in December 2015 it became known that the youth autonomous non-profit organization (a rather rare form of founding!) "Night Wolves" won a presidential grant from the operator "Union of Women of Russia". Grant funds in the amount of 9 million rubles were received by "wolves" to organize Christmas trees for children in the bike center. By the way, the status of the grant recipient did not prevent the organizers of the Christmas trees from organizing the sale of tickets - 2,000 rubles each.
“The historical and spiritual heritage of the Russian people, today's problems of Russia are taught in a fabulous and therefore understandable manner for children,” - this is a quote from a grant application. The parents of the children who came to the Night Wolves Christmas tree were embarrassed, to put it mildly, by the politicization of the performance: it’s easy to guess that the main byaks, without which, according to the law of the genre, more than one children's fairy tale with a happy ending could not do, turned out to be the Americans. An additional spice in the experience of bikers in holding New Year's parties was brought about by the fact that the same “Union of Women of Russia” refused to receive grants from socially oriented NGOs: for example, the “Vera” foundation, which is involved in helping hospices, or the “Volunteers to help children- orphans ".
There are also a number of public organizations through which the "wolves" collected presidential grants in 2015. The interregional public organization "Russian Motorcyclists" received 3.5 million rubles from the grant operator "National Charitable Fund" in December 2015 to organize a motorcycle rally to Mount Athos - "in order to develop the institutions of Russian public diplomacy, popularize the cultural and historical values of Russia and Russian Orthodoxy" ... In September 2015, another grant operator, the Union of Pensioners of Russia, gave 7 million rubles to the MOO Federation of Motorcycle Tourism for a series of automobile and motorcycle pilgrimages called Russian Road.
The Federation of Motorcycle Tourism and Russian Motorcyclists are public organizations founded by Evgeny Strogov, with whom Zaldostanov-Surgeon also established the Night Wolves MANO. The third co-founder is Vyacheslav Shkoda, who also partially owns the foundation of Russian Motorcyclists. On a par with Strogov, Skoda became the founder of a certain MOO "Night Wolves". In other words, having spawned public organizations, the guys prepared a good infrastructure for receiving money through potential grantees.
Zaldostanov himself is listed as a co-founder of MANO and MOO "Night Wolves", a fund for supporting patriotic projects of exactly the same name, as well as MOO "Russian Motorcyclists". In addition, with his participation a public organization "Stalingrad Call" was registered in Volgograd. An interesting detail: in the SPARK database, Alexander Zaldostanov appears as Zaldastanov. But whether this is a banal mistake in spelling the name of the main "night wolf" when compiling the database, or there is something more behind it, history is still silent.
In the fund for support of patriotic projects "Night Wolves" the general director is Valery Korneev, co-owner of LLC "Tsantrselkhozkompaniya" in the Tambov region. Anatoly Moskalev works as a director at MANO "Night Wolves", and the company itself is the founder of the famous bike club "Sexton".
Failed "chief bikers"
The Night Wolves can be proud of a number of high-profile events, the most famous of which was their cross-border motorcycle races on May 9th. For the position of the "wolves" on the issue of the ownership of the Crimea (where, however, as you know, the Surgeon and his comrades have not gotten through to it yet - at the suggestion of local deputies, there is a ban on the use of the plot of land allocated to the "wolves" near Sevastopol), against the members of the club sanctions from the United States and Canada. In the public space, "wolves" are overgrown with everything that nowadays befits those whose patriotic position cannot be doubted for a second, experts say.
The Russian government relies on the idea that our country is on the side of good, and good should be with fists. Sooner or later this should give rise to such a phenomenon as "paramilitaris". These are formal and not very formal associations of citizens, which, on the one hand, are not included in the repressive apparatus of the state, but on the other hand, are de facto part of it. One way or another, this is an effective power resource that can be “turned on” in the fight against opponents of the state, but at the same time remain “at nothing”, political scientist Abbas Gallyamov argues about the role of “Night Wolves” on the socio-political stage of Russia.
“Along with the Cossacks,“ Night Wolves ”are the most vivid visualization of the idea of“ paramilitarization ”. They have two functions: to serve as a bogeyman for the opposition and to be evidence that the government is based not only on the bureaucratic apparatus, but also on other, "popular" social groups. Sometimes it seems to me that the Surgeon has one more task: in addition to needing someone else who will visibly embody the idea of a brutal force guarding the regime. And this signal already says that none of those on whom the power relies should not feel like a monopolist, ”adds Gallyamov.
Vice-President of the Center for Political Technologies Alexei Makarkin, returning to the business basis of "Night Wolves", notes that bikering is initially associated with medium-sized business. After all, to buy a cool motorcycle, regularly travel to Europe and ride around the country to biker events, you need money, and quite a lot by regional standards. “Plus self-affirmation, prestige, of course. If a biker is another face of a merchant, then this is how a merchant gets rid of the reputation of a “huckster”, to whom Russia still has a bad attitude left over from Soviet times, ”the political scientist says.
At the same time, he is convinced that the role of "wolves" is now exaggerated - the authorities paid attention to them when it was necessary to confront the "white tape" opposition, but now this threat is irrelevant, therefore, the need for "wolves" has decreased. In addition, during their stay in the focus of public attention, the "Night Wolves" could not act as a consolidating force even in their own community. The "wolves" have uneasy relations with other biker clubs and the role of "chief bikers" has not yet been successful for them, "sums up Makarkin.
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- Center for biker movement in the north-west of Moscow with a very friendly atmosphere.
- Convenient parking, motorcycle workshop, outdoor area with tents, Sexston entertainment club, hotel and street arena with a concert stage.
- Sex Clubston- these are three restaurants, two bars, dynamic music, bright shows and performances by DJs and rock musicians.
- Everything is done for the convenience not only of people, but also of their motorcycles!
- Can come here anyone who wants so a leather jacket and bandana are optional.
- You can buy souvenirs with the attributes of the Bike Center and order a cocktail according to your own recipe.
The center of the Russian biker movement “Night Wolves” is located in the North-West of Moscow in the Khoroshevo-Mnevniki district. The famous motorcycle workshop, the Sexston entertainment club with several restaurants and bars, an outdoor area with tents, convenient parking lots, an outdoor arena with a concert stage and even your own hotel - a whole city with an incredible atmosphere. In the Bike Center, everything is thought out to the smallest detail, so that not only guests but also motorcycles are comfortable!
Many guests prefer to come to the Bike Center on their motorcycles
It is simply impossible not to notice this place! A huge iron fortress and flaming torches at the entrance! The first thing that catches your eye is the brutality of the external forms and interior, which are originally played with general lighting and spot lighting. Bikes polished to a shine, the roar of engines, dynamic music, a sea of light and dozens of people who cannot imagine their life without wind, speed and freedom of movement. A very friendly, absolutely fabulous atmosphere reigns here, which in a matter of minutes destroys all stereotypes about bikers. This place is open to everyone: people come here not to compete, but to relax and communicate with interesting people.
Sexston Club
The Sexston Club consists of three restaurant halls and two bars, with a capacity of up to 600 people (300 seats), loud music and bright shows. Guests are greeted by massive furniture trimmed from the skins of wild animals, burning candles and gas lamps, massive spare parts harmoniously blended into the interior. The menu features European, Russian and Eastern cuisine, as well as an extensive one. Charming bartenders accept orders even for cocktails according to the original recipes of the visitors themselves!
Anyone can get here. You don't have to tie a bandana over your head and wear a leather vest with the Harley-Davidson logo. The face control rules are quite democratic: decent appearance, clean clothes, adequate condition. People in alcoholic or drug intoxication are not allowed. The club is equipped with the latest in sound and light technologies; a variety of show programs are regularly held here: from traditional motorcycle holidays to New Year's parties and children's performances. Popular DJs and rock musicians also perform at Sexston.
How to get there?
The Bike Center is located in the Khoroshevo-Mnevniki area of the North-Western Administrative District. You can get there by private transport along Nizhniye Mnevniki Street. You can also use by public transport... From the metro station "Molodezhnaya" (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line) you can take shuttle taxi or bus # 691. From the metro station "Oktyabrskoe Pole" (Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line) to the Bike Center there is a trolleybus number 19.
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Bike club "Night Wolves" recently turned a quarter of a century. On the eve of several "wolves" without much publicity received from Putin awards "for the Crimea." Last week it became known about the allocation of a large presidential grant to bikers. From ordinary motorcyclists "Night Wolves" imperceptibly turned into an extensive paramilitary organization.
Lair
Youth autonomous non-profit organization (MANO) "Night Wolves" - as they call themselves. "Youth", although the backbone of the "wolves" are by no means teenagers, but uncles well over forty (their leader, Alexander Zaldastanov, nicknamed the Surgeon, is already 51). Their headquarters have been located for 15 years on a vacant lot on the island of Mnevnikovskaya floodplain, at 110 Nizhnie Mnevniki.
According to Rosstat documents, in 2004, MANO rented these premises from Bayk.V. Center. The sole founder of this LLC, which is engaged in wholesale trade, is Alexander Zaldastanov. I remember when in the early 2000s it turned out that the premises of the club, which the "wolves" were building with the whole "pack", were personally crushed by the Surgeon, many bikers were offended and said that their legs would no longer be here. More precisely, wheels. But some later changed their minds, because the bike center "Sexton" with the nightclub of the same name is considered the main gathering point for all bikers in Moscow. All roads lead Catholics to Rome, bikers to Sexton. There is a restaurant, a club, and a shop.
Here, according to open information, until 2009 the company "Wolf War", created and headed by the same Zaldastanov, flourished. She specialized in the wholesale of non-food products (clothes under this brand are still produced today). True, the name of the company evokes a parallel with Nazism, which is probably why Zaldastanov closed the company. Personally, he now only has his own "Tattoo Center" in Lyubertsy, in which the "wolves" make tattoos for themselves. Or, as their rival club opponents say, they are "stigmatized."
Flock
Having taken over the premises of the Sexton club, the Surgeon also rewrote the organization's charter. Now the "Night Wolves" have a centralized structure with a rigid vertical of power headed by the permanent leader - the Surgeon himself. At the same time, according to the documents, Zaldastanov has two co-founders at the Night Wolves MANO - Vyacheslav Shkoda, a member of the expedition around Australia on the Rusich boat, and Evgeny Strogov, head of the Motorcycle Tourism Federation. It is their organization that is 99% owned today by Sexton.
In addition to MANO, there is also the "Night Wolves" IPO, an interregional public organization. In addition to Surgeon, Strogov and Skoda, it has two more owners: Anton Karandeev and Pavel Frolov, the performer of the unofficial biker anthem "Wolf". On five of them they also own the Association of Bikers registered in Lyubertsy.
But most importantly, the "Night Wolves" have regional divisions in almost all major cities of the country. In some of them (Krasnogorsk, Solnechnogorsk district of the Moscow region) the same Surgeon acts as a co-founder, in others - his confidants.
Alexander "Surgeon" Zaldastanov / Russian Look
Business interests were associated with the bikers of Krasnogorsk and Dolgoprudny Orthodox political strategist Alexei Vayts. The Night Wolves' lurch into religion began in 2008, after Weitz joined the club, and many associate this churching with his influence. If the Surgeon is the president of the Wolves, then Weitz is their gray patriarch.
At the same time, the rapprochement of motorcyclists with the authorities began (last year, Putin even awarded the Surgeon with the Order of Honor). Now, before wild "wolves" eat from their hands: they receive not only government grants for non-profit organizations (although they have quite a flourishing business), but also government orders.
Spending several holidays in Moscow? The only service provider is Night Wolves. Organization of performances by "Padonka Band" and similar musical groups in Krasnogorsk? They are. Fuel supply for Spetsstroy? The company "Scanoil" is connected with the "wolves". Even the Ministry of Defense is hiring the same "wolves" for protection (at least two contracts were signed last year). Not night club for "Night Wolves" became the main business, namely security.
Grin
In 2011, Alexander Zaldstanov, Weitz's friend and leader of the Dolgoprudny "Night Wolves" Vyacheslav Stegalov and Deputy Ataman of the Central Cossack Army, Vice President of the Fund for Assistance to Legal Protection of Employees law enforcement and the secret services and a member of the board of the International Union of Paratroopers Gennady Nikulov established the Volk 77 private security company, which soon grew into a whole holding of security structures, Volk. No business - only Orthodoxy and patriotism.
- A small group of people began to proclaim the good news of Christ and the power of the Spirit. Their simple message swept away all obstacles in front of them, because they all felt that God was with them. And we follow their example, exerting the same influence on our generation as they do on theirs, - the president of the holding Nikulov does not hide. - This is how I immediately answer hundreds of questions that arise related to our organization: what are our ideas and who is behind us. A security license is only a permit to use a tool to make money. God - God, and Caesar - Caesar ... God is with us!
Caesar, however, is also with them. Nikulov does not forget to add on occasion that he was "presented to the President of Russia." After the annexation of Crimea, Nikulov received a diploma from Putin. After all, it was the "wolves" who helped to suppress riots on the peninsula and built the first barricade in Lugansk.
Today, according to the documents, the holding has several legal entities, and its branches operate in more than a hundred cities of the country (Nikulov recently announced the figure 108) - thousands of armed people licensed to carry weapons. And this is only in Russia, but there are foreign representations (in Italy under the leadership of Giovanni De Vekis, in Hungary and Switzerland, even in Taiwan). Considering that Nikulov is a co-founder of another security holding - Vlata, one of the oldest in the country - the fighting force turns out to be very powerful. So "Night Wolves" is not just about driving along the roads with Putin.
It is not without reason that Kiev suspects that, among other things, the "wolves" closely connected with the Russian special services are behind the recruitment of militias in Donetsk and Lugansk. Kiev biker Alexei Vereshchagin is still under arrest by the Security Service of Ukraine, although he supplied only humanitarian supplies to Slavyansk.
And if something happens, the "wolves" can just as resolutely stand up for Putin. They already have the weapons and skills for this.
/ from the dossier
Night Wolves, the first official Soviet biker club, was founded on May 31, 1989 in Moscow. The president of the club is Alexander "Surgeon" Zaldastanov. There are many regional offices in Russia and abroad (Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania). The number is about 5 thousand people. The club is friends with the Russian Orthodox Church and enjoys special sympathy from Vladimir Putin.
Bikers have been holding the January show for kids since 2004. Fireworks, stuntmen and field cuisine are all in the spirit of Orthodoxy and patriotism. Last year, not only Koschey, Snegurochka with Santa Claus and three heroes were participants in the performance, but also NATO, Business and an Alien Star (a girl who resembles the American Statue of Liberty). The villains stole the key of time in order to rewrite history, and the good heroes, to whom Koschey also fell, did not allow to prevent the reunification of Crimea and Russia. With whom the fairy-tale characters will fight this time is still a secret. 21 performances are planned (about 4,000 tickets have been sold for 2,000 rubles). Thus, the "wolves" will earn about 8 million. The guests of the show are often disabled children and children from orphanages. Apparently, 9 million were given for their entertainment.
Santa Claus and the Surgeon at the "wolves" tree celebrate 2015. Photo: Frame youtube.com
This is not the only grant that bikers have received: in October they received 12 million to set up a Patriot Center on Gasfort Mountain in Sevastopol. By the way, because of this plot of 267 hectares, passions are still boiling. Last week, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation found out: the site was leased "without encumbrances and the imposition of security obligations", and the rent was set with violations.
Commons.wikimedia.orgIn addition to the Youth Autonomous Non-Profit Organization (MANO) "Night Wolves" biker leader Alexander Zaldostanov nicknamed Surgeon and his associates, according to the register of legal entities, there are several other organizations, including Russian Motorcyclists and the Federation of Motorcycle Tourism. All of them regularly win grants. For the same trees, "wolves" have already received 4 times: 3.7 million, then 3.5, and twice for 9 million rubles. In addition, they were given 9 million in 2014 for the Prometheus International Stunt Festival. At the same time, the Ministry of Culture allocated 15 million for a bike show in Sevastopol. In 2013, they gave 3.5 million for the Win! Project. And in 2014 - 9 million for the "Friendship Road" motorcycle rally. There were also 7 million for the project "Russian Way" (including a sociological study of "modern motorcycle culture in Russia"). On "little things" falls and in the regions - for example, half a million from the budget of the Novosibirsk region. on the spiritual and patriotic education of youth. In total, since 2012, according to experts, the "wolves" have received from 50 to 80 million rubles. “Not enough is allocated - more is needed,” believes Alexander Zaldostanov, emphasizing that he does not steal money, but receives it openly.
Business in biker jacket
"Night Wolves" is the first official Soviet biker club, founded in 1989. Now they have many regional branches in the Russian Federation and abroad (in Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania). Today, the "wolves" are said to be Orthodox patriots who enjoy the president's sympathy. By and large, the organization does manage to regularly hold spectacular patriotic events.
And once the Surgeon and Co. provided a "roof" for a barely nascent business. “We were Robin Hoods,” Zaldostanov admitted in an interview with foreign journalists. “Entrepreneurial activity began - numerous tiny shops, shops, and we defended them as our friends.” There is a version that in 1991 bikers first "entered" politics - they stood on the barricades against the Emergency Committee. They say, Yeltsin even awarded the Surgeon, but today Zaldostanov does not mention this in his biography.
The Night Wolves are called a youth organization. True, the backbone of the club is people over 40, Zaldostanov himself is already 52. Their Moscow headquarters have been located on Nizhniye Mnevniki Street in the Sexton bike center for more than 15 years. There is a restaurant, a club, and a shop. It is known that in 2007 the "wolves" managed to earn, mainly from this club, 140 million rubles. Until 2009, Wolf Wear, founded by the Surgeon, flourished. She specialized in the wholesale of non-food products, and clothing under this brand is still produced today. Of all the business that the "wolves" were engaged in in the 90s and 2000s, Zaldostanov personally had only the Tatu Center, in which his comrades-in-arms make tattoos. But others continue not only to ride bikes "for the soul", but also to make money in real business. For example, a company associated with the "wolves" was engaged in the supply of fuel for one of the state structures. Bikers also provide security services - it is this business that has become the main one for them today. In 2011, the Volk 77 private security company was established, which soon grew into a whole holding of Volk security structures. Today the holding has several legal entities, and its branches operate in more than a hundred cities of the country.
Alexander Zaldostanov (Surgeon). Photo: RIA Novosti / Ilya Pitalev
"For Crimea"
V New Year"Wolves" will race across Yalta on motorcycles dressed as Santa Clauses. They are always welcome guests on the peninsula - it is not for nothing that in 2014 several "wolves" received awards "for the Crimea" from the president. According to one of the versions, bikers patrolled the roads together with "polite people" and helped their comrades-in-arms to secretly move to Russia Yanukovych... For which the United States was included in the sanctions list. They were not allowed into the EU for a motorcycle rally in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory. Here they also remembered the exploits in the Donbass. A. Zaldostanov claims that it was the Ukrainian "wolves" who built the first barricade and checkpoint in Luhansk. The SBU never ceases to assert that the "wolves" fought, recruited and financed. Kievsky biker A. Vereshchagin ended up in the dungeons of the SBU only for taking humanitarian aid to the belligerent region. The LPR battalions really included the Night Wolves battalion. Now, during the ceasefire, they partially perform the functions of the police to maintain order.
In January, the Surgeon became one of the founders of the Anti-Maidan movement and announced that he was ready to use violence to stop anti-government actions. They say that the leader of the "wolves" Surgeon has every chance to become, for example, a deputy of the State Duma. His recent appearance at the presidential address - right in a leather jacket and a traditional hat - attracted everyone's attention. He himself speaks of his mission as follows: "Our goal is the reunification of my country within the borders of the USSR." Here is such a wolfish appetite ...
There is no need to list the historical cataclysms that have occurred in our country for 70 years, since they are well known. It was they who made it impossible for the existence of Motorcyclism before the time indicated above.
We consider it necessary to refresh in memory some facts of the history, which is inseparable from the name "Night Wolves"
- ... since 1983
The first illegal concerts of music rock bands banned by the state authorities took place, almost all of which were accompanied by massive brawls. Moscow was visited by citizens from all over the country, called "Lyuber". It was then that the prototype of the NIGHT WOLVES was created, people on motorcycles, as a force that protects musicians and the so-called "informals". A lot of interesting things can be said about those times, but this page will be too voluminous.
- 1988
Finally, a group of people who have passed through a cruel natural selection is formed, cultivating the philosophy of a man of freedom, the symbol of which is a motorcycle.
- 1989
On May 31, the official name was established and the first in Russia Motoclub NIGHT WOLVES was established - NIGHT WOLVES MC RUSSIA, with its own coat of arms and flag. Formation does not pass state registration. For those times, this is impossible.
- 1992–1994
With the participation of the NOCHNY WOLKI Motoclub, the first Russian rock club called "Sexton", translated as "Gravedigger", was created, where live concerts of Russian rock bands begin. The club becomes iconic. Clubs created later throughout the country with a similar concept are in one way or another very similar to the Moscow Sexton.
- 1994
The NOCHNY WOLKI Motorcycle Club holds the first event in the history of the Russian Motorcycle Movement - BIKE-PATI. The venue is an abandoned industrial hangar in the area of Dolgoprudny. The first mass organized motor-convoy consisted of 140 motorcyclists. The event was attended by 200 people.
- 1994–2006
Carrying out annual motorcycle races on various routes and at different distances, which over the years acquire organized forms. "NOT RUN", "WOLF RUN", "BIKE-SHOW RUN" and others ...
- 1995
Motor club NIGHT WOLVES creates a motorcycle workshop "Wolf Engineering". Works of masters "W.E." are well known in Russia, the former USSR, and abroad.
Motoclub NIGHT WOLVES creates its own "Tattoo Center" and holds the First International Tattoo Convention in Russia with the participation of the best domestic and foreign tattoo masters.
Motoclub NIGHT WOLVES creates a line of motorcycle and sportswear "WOLF WEAR", the models of which are becoming popular all over the world.
Motoclub NIGHT WOLVES conducts its own state registration. In the same year, the Association of Bikers of Russia was created and registered, which was subsequently abandoned and soon closed.
Motoclub NIGHT WOLVES presents the First International Bike Show. Three days without a break, around the main symbol of the holiday - a motorcycle. Bikers from all over the world attended the holiday, which was attended by over 5000 people.
- 1996–1999
They are held, which have become an annual, grandiose event - II, III, IV, V, - Bike show, over the years turning into an event bringing together thousands of people from all over the world.
- 1997
Creation of our own theater of mass performances, including musical, pyrotechnic, stunt and laser programs. The presentation of the first performance "The Night of Legends Alive" took place at the Bike Show in 1997, and was also presented at the celebration of the 850th anniversary of Moscow at the site near the Sparrow Hills.
- 1997–1999
Creation of video films dedicated to the Bike Show and motorcycle movement in Russia in general.
- 1998–2004
Creation of branches of the organization in 32 regions of Russia, as well as in Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia and Germany, the backbone of which was made up of people who accept the Russian way of developing motorcycle culture and want to become a part of the history of the Club.
- 1998–2009
Creation of branches of the Motoclub in 33 cities of Russia, as well as in Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Germany, the backbone of which was made up of people who accept the Russian way of developing motorcycle culture and want to become a part of the history of the Club.
- 1999
At the 3rd International Exhibition "Motorcycles and Scooters' 99" a new model of a modern motorcycle - "WOLF" was presented, the design solution and design of which were developed by the Night Wolves Motor Club, and embodied in industrial and serial production by the Irbit Motorcycle Plant (trade mark "URAL") ...
Opening of the Bike Center in Moscow, created by on their own Motoclub, for the possibility of holding your own events and actions of the Motoclub NIGHT WOLVES and the BIKER ASSOCIATION.
- 2000
Participation in the development of a special-purpose motorcycle for the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation. The prototype motorcycle was personally presented to the Minister of Emergency Situations Shoigu and was highly appreciated.
- 2001
Opening of a new club "Sexton" on the territory of the Bike Center, named after the legendary Moscow "Sexton" a.
Creation of the WOLF RACING Team in the structure of the Motoclub. Specialization of the Team - off-road auto-moto rallies and raids, expeditions and enduro. The team took, is still taking part in the holding and organization of competitions of the level of Championships and Cups of Russia, international competitions. It also holds its own sporting events of various levels.
- 2002
Holding the VI International Bike Show, the program of which, in addition to the traditional scenario, includes the "Mad Max Show", prepared by the NIGHT WOLVES Motoclub for two years. The VI Bike Show was attended by over 50,000 people.
- 2003
As part of the official celebration of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg. For the first time ever, the motorcycle club NIGHT WOLVES holds the traditional Moscow BIKE SHOW, outside the Moscow region. The 7th Bike Show was attended by 30,000 people.
Establishment of the International Nomination "Russian Verst", with the rules "1000 Russian Versts in 14 hours 23 minutes". The goal is to celebrate long-distance motorcyclists, to unite Russian and World motorcyclism.
- 2004
Conducting the VIII International BIKE-WEEK-2004. The first traditional BIKE-SHOW held by the NIGHT WOLF Motorcycle Club on the territory of Moscow, simultaneously in two places - the village of Terekhovo (Nizhnie Mnevniki St.) and the BIKE CENTER.
VI ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL TATTOO-CONVENTION. VI International Annual Tattoo - Convention held by the NIGHT WOLVES Motorcycle Club and TATTOO-CENTER.RUSSIA. For the first time it took place outside of Russia - in Latvia, Riga.
- 2005
The IX International BIKE SHOW took place in Kaliningrad, from July 1 to July 3, 2005 and was dedicated to the 750th anniversary of the city's foundation. IX BIKE SHOW caused a great resonance among the participants and guests, having gathered at least 200 thousand people. The event was widely covered in the Russian and foreign press: on television and radio, on the Internet. On the day of the MAD MAX SHOW, about 100 thousand spectators gathered on the territory.
- 2006
The X Jubilee International BIKE SHOW was held in Kaliningrad, from 4 to 6 August 2006. The culmination of the X BIKE SHOW was the already traditional MAD MAX SHOW, which over the years becomes more spectacular. 30 thousand viewers were registered. The BIKE SHOW continued ... On August 6, a column of motorcyclists - participants, the Mad Max fuel tanker - a transforming stage, went to the resort area of the Baltic coast - Svetlogorsk, where 2 more days passed ...
- 2007
Organization of the system of support points of motorcycle tourism "Bike-Post" on the basis of branches of the Motoclub.
- 2007–2008
XI and XII International Bike Show, which has become one of the main motorcycle events not only in Russia, but also in Europe. The culmination of the latest BIKE SHOWS, along with the traditional program - concerts and competitions, is a special program of the Surgeon and the Night Wolves Motorcycle Club. A bright and spectacular performance, including a set of stunt, technical, musical, video and laser effects, with the work of live artists, stuntmen, specially staged cinema effects and scenery.
- 2009
The XIII International Bike Show took place in the city of Russian glory - Sevastopol. 5,000 motorcyclists came to the International Bike Show, 50,000 people attended the Bike Show. An unforgettable sight for everyone who visited the Bike Show was the program, in which the stars of Russian rock took part, a performance with unique decorations and special effects. The XIII Bike Show has become a grandiose event not only for motorcycle traffic in the CIS countries, but also an event in the entire motorcycle world! The bike show was held with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, with the support of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy and the Administration of the Hero City of Sevastopol.
