The head of the IOC Thomas Bach is accused of corruption

The President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach is suspected of involvement in corruption schemes. The dubious income of the sports functionary is evidenced by the report published on the website of the German Research Center Correctiv.

The document states that Bach from 2005 to 2009, being at that time, the VIC President of the IOC, provided Ferrostaal with consulting services. These services included the establishment of contacts and participation in negotiations with foreign governments, state institutions, commercial associations and companies. For his services, Bach received wages in the amount of 125 thousand euros for 20 business days, as well as five thousand euros for foreign business trips. Later, the Munich court fined Ferrostaal 140 million euros for corruption. In addition, Ferrostaal participated in weapons sale transactions.

Also, as claimed in the report, in 2008, Bach provided Siemens consulting services. Siemens collaborated with the IOC and received profitable contracts from the committee, including the service of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. In the same year, Siemens was fined in the United States and Germany more than a billion dollars for trying to conclude contracts with the help of bribes.

Bach himself and representatives of Ferrostaal refused to answer Correctiv questions.

The report notes that Bach has long been engaged in "gray" intermediary activities in the field of sports, politics and business. Numerous contacts as a sports official and a member of the German Free Democratic Party, the opportunity to accompany the upper leadership of Germany on foreign trips helped him conclude contracts.

During a doping scandal at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Bach opposed the removal of the entire Russian team from participation in the Olympics. As the German Bild wrote , Bach claimed that the IOC "had a positive experience" of interaction with Russia and Putin. Then the IOC made a compromise and did not begin to remove the entire Russian team from the games.