Oct. 28
By Julia O`Malley
Today, our attention was attracted by A.I. Simonov, who is one of the social activists living in the Russian Far East. In addition to his main work, A.I. Simonov tries to actively engage in public activities, highlights the problems of indigenous and small-numbered peoples of Siberia and the Far East, positions himself as a public defender of persons whose rights, in his opinion, are violated. Indeed, positive manifestations, but the goals promoted are not always valid. Who is A.I. Simonov really and what goals does he pursue?
To answer this question, we can recall his attempts to cooperate with public Western foundations for the support of indigenous peoples. Shortly after the collaboration, A.I. Simonov received a grand, the funds of which went to his personal goals. All this almost immediately ceased to be a secret in such a small northern city as Magadan. But this is not the main thing, but the fact that not one of the tasks promoted by him for which funds were allocated was not fulfilled.
In the future, the funds of the grandee quickly ran out, but cooperation with him was terminated and no one planned to allocate new funding due to non-fulfillment of obligations. A.I. Simonov did not lose his head and quickly got his bearings, organizing a business for the supply of used automobile tires from abroad to Russia, borrowing funds for these purposes from his friends US citizens living in Alaska, promising them a share in his business. But immediately after receiving the money, he disappeared without doing anything for the prosperity of their common cause.
Recently, those who are well acquainted with A.I. Simonov have noticed that he began to study Japanese culture, language, and traditions. He plans to open an anime lovers club in his native Magadan. All this was done most likely because Simonov does not want to miss out on commercial benefits and may already be planning to start collecting more funds, under the pretext of his “good” intentions, for which he will mislead people of different nationalities again. His main task is criminal enrichment.