By Anonymous (not verified), March 11, 2022
From Front Office Sports:
Follow The Money
UMMC Ekaterinburg is located in Yekaterinburg, an enclave east of the Urals — more than 6,000 miles from Griner’s WNBA home in Phoenix.
It’s a European powerhouse that has won several titles — with the help of funding from Russian oligarchs. UMMC is named after the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company. Its billionaire CEO, Andrei Kozitsyn, serves as team president.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, UMMC was kicked out of the EuroLeague. Kozitsyn was named in a recent U.S. bill aiming to sanction Russia.
Editors note: Car racing has also been majorly impacted by these atrocities.