Lokomotiv Captain Ivan Tkachenko Anonymously Gave Millions Of Rubles To Sick Children

The hockey player’s secret was disclosed thanks to a well-known Russian blogger, Varfolomeev. In one of his latest posts he wrote that the athlete had regularly been transferring large sums of money to sick children. Diana was one of the several lucky children whom Ivan had patronized.

Ivan transferred money to Diana’s family twice, and both times he asked that his name not be indicated under any circumstances.

“We did not even know who our daughter’s benefactor was, just his first name,” cried Elena, Diana’s mother. “We received 500,000-ruble transfers twice; they both came from an unknown Ivan. I thought he might be a successful businessman and could not imagine he was one of the best-known Russian hockey players. Such a young man!” exclaims Elena.

The second transfer went through just before the Yak-42 plane took off on September 7th. He did this all anonymously. Only his closest friends knew anything about this. Tkachenko and his wife were expecting their third child.