No, Zagitova was not cheated out of her money. she got her money. The issue as far as the immediate one, is the language in the contract and if the use of "legal entity" is legitimate.
Aksenov is not only VP of Moscow FS Federation, and VP of Administration at Sambo-90/Khrystalny, he is also a "sole proprietor" ИП - индивидуальный предпринематель. That's in English would be "dba" doing business as "insert a last name". He also has a sole proprietorship, acting as "Agent" for skaters. Zagitova is yet 17, not an adult, and her contracts are handled by agent (she can not yet get a tax ID number which is that ИП ref.) Why not parents? my observation is - they are small-town bumpkins who know nothing or very little about contracts, movement of money etc.. Her folks never though of getting her an agent until they were told it is important, etc.. Zagitov's family naturally like money, but they don't know how to handle it and what to do...
So, one can be included in a service contract as "Mr. Aksenov" or "Mr. Aksenov, dba" (ИП "Aksenov). So Aksenov has a contract with Zagitova to be her agent. As an agent he collects her fees, keeps his %, gives the Feds their %, probably gives the coaching team their % (all these % are also part of agreements/contracts with Agent/Feds/Coaches and Zagitova), and the remainder goes to Zagitova (and that is what happened).
However, in the contract document between "Roskonsert" and "Aksenov" the text reads "8 million rubles to be paid to Aksenov, a performer". It should have said legally "8 million rubles to be paid to dba-Aksenov (ИП Aksenov) a representative of a performer (A. Zagitova)".
So when the contract was examined, it looked like a swindle - as if money were paid to a non-existent skater/performer for the purpose of stealing 8mils into private pockets. Once it was proven that these money were collected on behalf of an underaged performer, that there is proof of the money's intended distribution, Aksenov will probably get a fine for wrong and deceptive wording of the contract. So de-facto Aksenov did not pocket the money and paid them out as required. De Jure - yet another stupidity which rightfully attracted authorities' attention.
And! while it has nothing to do with Navka, Zagitova, the show... the authorities maybe interested in how the amount to the Federation was handled by Aksenov - did the whole amount go into Fed's account, or some part of it went into private pockets of those in the Federation.
And! Roskonzert (the producer and financier/impresario) the entity who paid salary/fees to all vendors and skaters (Navka, Tchernishev, Hotarek, D/V, Zagitova through her agent) has one heck of a mess, how could they mess up a contract showing Aksenov as a performer, instead of "DBA Aksenov representing a performer".
Don't you people "ah" and "oh"... how could this stupidity happen..... Once i was in charge of operational procedures on a ferry flight (positioning flight) for B737 ex MIA to a Russian airport, and the idiots put my name in the column of КVS - Chief Captain (Pilot) of the Aircraft. As a result i had problems at every transit airport (and the factual flight captain) in USA and Canada (where we landed for fuel), and almost got arrested when we landed at first airport in Russia for a number of violations related to declaring wrong captain, and wrong occupations of people on board (it looked like they were sneaking me in by declaring false occupation and purpose of being on board).
So Aksenov, de facto, did nothing wrong to Zagitova and Navka.... but there will be an issue with contract showing him as a performer vs. agent of a performer.
For the record, most skaters have their own ИП (dba tax number and registration) once they are of legal age, to receive their fees......
For example here is one for Margarita Drobiazko
Ключевые сведения о ИП Дробязко М.А. из официальных источников.
www.rusprofile.ru
and one for Medvedeva (but she still has an agent to handle finances).
Ключевые сведения о ИП Медведева Е.А. из официальных источников.
www.rusprofile.ru
imgur.com
. Holland last few years has been rather aggressive against "russian sports" and suggesting to ISU measures that will affect negatively the Russian figure skating.
It's been in the press.
