Alexandr Tonkov

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Many rumors circulating about this guy right. Apparently, he used false passport and he is now stucked in Russia. That means no GP next year and the team broked his contract.
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Moens_Andy 10/2/2016 11:25am
10/2/2016 11:25am
If he really used a Fake ID and is stuck in Russia he's stuck for multiple years and if that is the case his career is over
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mxjon454 10/2/2016 4:49pm
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Why in the hell would you use a fake passport? And why do it if youre going to russia!
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MxKing809 10/2/2016 4:52pm
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Isn't he Russian?

He can just come over here without papers and vote the first day....

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RCB33 10/2/2016 5:48pm
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The rumors are from where exactly? I haven't seen anything about this until now.
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mxjon454 10/3/2016 12:02am
10/3/2016 12:02am
Muscle-Milk-KTM wrote:
He is Russian.
My bad i had a feeling he was, but shouldve looked it up before saying anything. So if its true amd he left the country without proper papers, what kind of trouble would he be in if he did in fact leave the country with a fake passport? I know Russia does things differently, but with other people saying that his career can be done it seems real serious.
Moens_Andy 10/3/2016 12:06am
10/3/2016 12:06am
I think the problem is that if you work outside of russia you have to be in russia every year for a certain amount of time to renew your travel/working visa and if i'm correctly informed Alexander did not go back home for 3 years or something
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Jefro98 10/3/2016 1:00am
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Moens_Andy wrote:
I think the problem is that if you work outside of russia you have to be in russia every year for a certain amount of time...
I think the problem is that if you work outside of russia you have to be in russia every year for a certain amount of time to renew your travel/working visa and if i'm correctly informed Alexander did not go back home for 3 years or something
Yep, something like this.
I heard he can't leave Russia for 2 years. Dry
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tek14 10/3/2016 1:03am
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Don't know why u ever want to go back there if you are able to leave..
Moens_Andy 10/3/2016 1:13am
10/3/2016 1:13am
Jefro98 wrote:
Yep, something like this.
I heard he can't leave Russia for 2 years. Dry
I heard 4 because of his 3 year absence + 1 year as a fine. Either way 2 or 4 his career is over who's going to pick him up after that time
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51xc 10/3/2016 2:07am
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wow. that's pretty fu**** up. never heard about that but to me that just sounds like prison.
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romain524 10/3/2016 6:24am
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I have heard some stuff about he have to stay a moment in Russia, but at least he cameback once last year in St Petersburg to shoot this video for his first ride on the Yamaha (so he was in Russia)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vIU6MK0xhI

It's not the first time that the Russian racers have issues to entering Europe to race. Vseva Brylyakov was supposed to race the British championship and the GP series this year, but finally he was not allowed to race the British because of the papers, he missed Matterley GP as well!

Some years Tonkov or Bobryshev have missed Matterley GP because of that too...
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philG 10/3/2016 7:34am
10/3/2016 7:34am
For professional athletes these people sure do suck at it... Davalos, Wilson, Brykalov and now Tonkov. It really cant be that hard surely.
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stillwelding 10/3/2016 8:24am
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MxKing809 wrote:
Isn't he Russian?

He can just come over here without papers and vote the first day....
That's what I was thinking Tongue
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Alex 10/3/2016 8:48am
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Russian riders have had a really hard time getting in and out of Europe since tensions developed with the West. I believe a number of Russian riders tried to get hold of Bulgarian passports and this sounds like that play may have backfired for Tonkov. Such an unnecessary situation. Listening to Hillary trying to talk tough on Russia, I doubt the situation will get any better.

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MarcR91 10/3/2016 2:10pm
10/3/2016 2:10pm
The location on his insta post says he's in Bergeijk. Thats a small town in the Netherlands.

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