Alexander Ovechkin's older brother was a member of the Umansky organized crime group and was involved in extortion to provide everything needed for the future hockey legend. We learned the story of a man who made a deal with his conscience for the sake of his family.
According to Mash Besport, Sergey joined a criminal gang in the early 1990s - after being arrested by the police for stealing a scientific watch (1987) and drug possession (1990). In the gang, he got the role of a person who extorted money for a "roof" and other "services" for businessmen. He also dominated the markets. At first he was called "sheep", then he won another title for his work. "Garbage truck. ".
Almost all the money that Sergey Ovechkin had, he gave to his parents and invested in the development of Obi the son. He was the one who took his brother to hockey in 1993, after the collapse of his organized crime group. The parents did not have much time to take their son to training at Dynamo School, so the older brother took on this responsibility. Sergei saw how much his brother loved hockey, and did everything to prevent him from giving up the sport and following his path.
In 1995 "Baumansky" appeared again. But with a different composition and with different goals: under the leadership of Vladislav "Bovon" Zhurlev, they engaged in contract killing and drug trafficking. Sergei did not return to them and died in an accident that year due to a blood clot that erupted. The eldest of the Ovechkin brothers was 25 years old. He would have turned 55 on November 18, 2026.