[1] Topolov also used services of three executives the FBI have described as members of a violent Russian organized-crime network: one, a mob enforcer closely associated with Semion Mogilevich, the powerful organized crime boss.

[2] Law officers say there was evidence Topolov transferred phony player contracts to shell companies and directed CSKA Kyiv to pay them.

[2] In late 2012 in interview to Forbes Ukraine, Topolov said that his venture "Kyiv-Donbas" was not totally official and one day he will write a book about it.

[3] The Mogilevich's hitman Leonid Roytman who spent sometime in the United States prison worked as vice president in Kyiv-Donbas in the late 1990s.

[2] Vyacheslav (Slava) and Oleksandr (Alex) Konstantinovsky (known as Karamazov Brothers)[4] also were employed for Kyiv-Donbas and to this day hold Ukrainian fast-food network "Puzata Hata" that is part of "Kyiv Donbas" business.