Taiwanchik commented on hitting the sanctions list and said that the American authorities are bandits themselves.

The list also includes Zakhary Kalashov (Shakro Molodoy), Vasily Khristoforov (Vasya Voskres), Kamchibek Kolbaev (Kamchi Bishkeksky), Lasha Shushanashvili (Lasha Rustavsky), Vladislav Leontyev (Vadik Bely), Yury Pichugin (Pichuga), Vladimir Tyurin (Tyurik), Gafur Rakhimov (Gafur Cherny) and Ruben Tatulyan (Robson).

It is claimed that all above-mentioned persons are involved in commission of a set of transnational crimes. In particular, Gafur Rakhimov, Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov and Ruben Tatulyan rendered material support to ‘thieves-in-law’, according to the American department. Thus, Rakhimov, the president of Asian Boxing Federation, is called by the American authorities one of the main in the criminal environment of Uzbekistan and the important person in the organization of heroin traffic.