Russian Biathletes’ Union director Sergey Kushchenko becomes member of New Jersey Nets board of directors

Executive director of the Russian Biathletes’ Union Sergey Kushchenko, Mikhail Prokhorov’s chief sports advisor and former general manager of basketball club CSKA Moscow, has been introduced into the New Jersey Nets board of directors.

This appointment was announced by Prokhorov on Friday at Kushchenko’s 50th birthday party, according to Sport-Express.

Kushchenko ran CSKA Moscow under Prokhorov when it won the Euroleague in 2006 and 2008, being named Executive of the Year in 2006. It was he, among others, who pushed Prokhorov to join up with the NBA, long before Prokhorov agreed to buy majority control of the Nets in 2009.