The Sheriff empire: 20,000 workers, from the textile sector to banking and football as a "visiting card for Transnistria"

• Report A huge bust of Lenin, offers for 'Black Friday' and the austere Hotel 'Russia' where Real Madrid will sleep in Transnistria

• History On the border between Moldova and Transnistria, the surreal line that Madrid must cross: "'Border' will be for them"

"With the collapse of the

, the economic ties of the state collapsed causing a shortage of food and consumer goods in the republic. But a few energetic and motivated people took responsibility for providing food to the people." It seems the opening lead of a movie set in another era, in another world, but no, it is the presentation of the

company website

, the business network that governs everything in the self-proclaimed

.

"

. They do not give interviews. They do not want," say people from Tiraspol who do not dare to give their name. There are hardly any reports or communication cracks in the company. Not even the dozens of emails sent over weeks or the attempts of some local journalists serve to find out the opinions (or at least have a paltry reply) of the

, which is responsible for 60% of its economy, between direct jobs and subsidiaries. , and the owner, too, of

. Not even before the visit of

in the penultimate day of the group stage of the

.

In addition to football, the

where Sheriff operates is to spend the ink of various pens:

,

, concrete,

and thermal

, cognacs and wines,

, bakery and pastry products, design and printing, an agency advertising, a sports complex, medical centers, restaurants, supermarkets, gas stations, a hotel complex ... And they even work on technological improvements in sturgeon breeding. You only have to take a walk through

to discover the word Sheriff in almost every street, even in the

of the Hotel Russia, where Madrid sleeps in the capital.

The origin will already sound to you.

, two

agents

, created Sheriff in

, after the

. And during the last

has grown to

. "It is one of the

, not only in the Transnistria area,"

, head of scouting at the Sheriff until 2015 and now a footballers agent

, tells EL MUNDO

.

Some of those 20,000 workers are obviously on the

, which they have led to the Champions League after a decade climbing in continental soccer.

"They have built a strategy, step by step,

There are no money problems," adds Pavlichenko.

A sporting success thanks to Sheriff who has motivated the

.

"For this area, football has become a way of expressing itself to the world," Yulya Sorokopud,

correspondent

in Moldova

, explains to this newspaper

.

"It is a business card for Transnistria."

Sentimentality and globalization

But not only football is the thing. On the plane that arrived in Chisinau, several passengers admitted that they were making a business trip to the Transnistrian area, praising the

that existed in the territory and confirming that

given by the

of its streets is distant. much of a reality in which

. "The situation has changed a lot in the last four years, although

" says Pavlichenko. "But people are traveling a lot, they are learning how things are done in other countries and they are arriving

".

And all, with

.

Not on the flag, with the communist hammer and sickle as the protagonist, but on a day-to-day basis.

In fact, he has received the '

' from the Transnistrian government.

"Our goal is to create decent living conditions for the people of

(that's what the citizens of the area call their republic)," the company, which owns

, explains on its website.

between Tiraspol and Bender, the other important city in the region, with an Ottoman-era fortress that belongs to the army.

In the capital, the company owns the most imposing building on the entire Avenida 25 de Octubre, right in the center.

A whole block of a classic building, but not Soviet-style, with

.

They have enough, they will think, with all the supermarkets and gas stations in the area.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more

• sports

• Real Madrid

• Champions League

Champions League 2021 - 2022 On the border between Moldova and Transnistria, the surreal line that Madrid must cross: "'Border' will be for them"

FootballThe details of the secret contract of the Superliga

Champions LeagueAncelotti, the Sheriff and the trip to Transnistria: "If you are in the world of football, you have to adapt to everything"

See links of interest

• La Palma volcano

• Last News

• Translator

• What

• Holidays 2021

• 2022 business calendar

• Home THE WORLD TODAY

• Master investigative journalism

• Dynamo Kyiv - FC Bayern München

• Villarreal - Manchester United

• Barcelona - Benfica

• Chelsea - Juventus

• Lille - FC Red Bull Salzburg