The financial state of the team became worse and worse since the beginning of 2006 . After the season , a Russian businessman and huge Spartak fan , Vadim Melkov , volunteered to find suitable sponsorship for his favorite team . After negotiations , the Government of Moscow agreed to cover all of team debts . Some preliminary agreements about team sale were achieved as well . However , Melkov died during the S7 Airlines plane crash of July 9 , 2006 . All the deal proposals were cancelled . After a month of struggling to improve the financial situation , it was decided by Spartak management to disband the team for a year
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