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Sheriff (in Cyrillic: Шериф) is the second-largest company based in Transnistria.

It owns a chain of petrol stations, a chain of supermarkets, a TV channel, a publishing house, a construction company, a Mercedes-Benz dealer, an advertising agency, a spirits factory, two bread factories, a mobile phone network, the football club FC Sheriff Tiraspol and its newly built Sheriff Stadium at an estimated cost of $200 million including a five-star hotel still under construction.

The name came from the two founders of the company, the Ukrainian-Transnistrian CEO and president Viktor Gushan and Russo-Transnistrian Ilya Kazmaly, who were previously Soviet special services officers.

In the early years of the company, it supported the government of president Igor Smirnov. According to an article in Kommersant, it received a reduction on taxes and import duties. In recent years, however, Sheriff and the Smirnov-led government has clashed and the company now supports Renewal, a political party which is in opposition to Igor Smirnov and pursues a confrontational policy towards his government. Partly thanks to the campaign support of Sheriff, this party now holds a parliamentary majority, with Sheriff co-founder Ilya Kazmaly and the company's human resources director, Ilona Tyuryaeva, both being Renewal-deputies.

References

  1. Sports in Pridnestrovie: Going for Gold
  2. Kommersant: The Old Guard Wins in Transdniestria
  3. Biography of MP Ilya Kazmaly, 2006
  4. Biography of MP Ilona Tyuryaeva, 2006
  5. Sheriff, Pridnestrovie's second largest company, 2005
  6. BBC News: Misery in a pariah state, 2004

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