President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Nikolai Tolstoy yesterday the decision of the conference organization was removed from office. This was a great victory for his opponents seek the resignation of the head of the RAF from the very moment of his election in 2012. Mr. Tolstoy place, it is likely to take sports minister Vitaly Mutko, who at one time had combined football and ministerial positions. At least, the Minister Mutko has promised to think about returning to the football structure.
The agenda of yesterday’s conference RFU had nine points, the issue of termination of powers of the president of the RFU was listed in last place. But conference delegates immediately made it clear that so long to wait, and do not intend to question the president needs to be solved immediately. It is their commitment, in principle, was expected. Still, background information, created in recent years around the head of the RFU Nikolai Tolstoy, leaves little hope for the preservation of his office. If otherwise, it is located sufficiently support the delegates, the conference could simply refuse to consider his resignation. But after the delegates of 307 votes decided on the removal from office of Nikolai Tolstoy still worth to vote, almost all became clear.
Here, it is worth noting that in the RAF operates a system whereby delegates have different numbers of votes. Representatives of the regional federations have five votes each. The other members of the RAF – one by one. In addition, for the dismissal of the president of the RFU it was enough to dial 225 votes. That is, it was enough to win the support of 45 of the 70 present at the meeting, “regionals”. In situations where there are “supergolosa” surprises are more likely.
You can not say that Nikolai Tolstoy had no supporters. There were quite a few.
So, the president of the Football Federation of Lipetsk, Vladimir Mitkeev said that in the current difficult political situation the question of the dismissal of the President can not be considered in principle. He said that Mr. Tolstoy works well and all problems to the conscience of the former head of the Russian Football Union (ie, Sergei Fursenko) and the current executive committee, which generally should disperse. “Guys! – Addressed the delegates, Mr. Mitkeev – Finish stir up trouble. Bad it would be!” For Nikolai Tolstoy and made better known in football circles, Alexander Tukmanov. Now the president of FC “Torpedo”, and at the time Secretary General of the RFU said that he was in the shoes of Tolstoy, he was looking for money for the RAF, he was negotiating with sponsors and understands how difficult this business.
However, those who are against, it was still more. And they sounded louder. Especially after the deputy minister of sport Yuri Nagornykh said pre recalling that the state can not interfere in the activities of public organizations that “can not ignore the opinion of the executive committee,” that you need to think about “how not to drop even lower football” that the RAF is mired in scandals, in union there is no money. “We need reform,” – concluded Mr. Nagornykh.
RFU Financial problems mentioned by the deputy minister of sports and was the main trump opponents Nikolai Tolstoy. They are no longer a secret: that the head coach of Russia Fabio Capello a few months did not receive a salary, they know even people far from football. Yesterday, information about the financial hole in which landed RFU sounded by the head of the Auditing Commission of the Union of Ivan Peronko. Yes, he tried to smooth out the corners, said that if in 2013 the RAF losses totaled 658 million rubles., Then in 2014 – only 174 million rubles. He mentioned that the union was able to restructure the debts of 600 million rubles., To reduce the deficit from the planned 500 million rubles. up to 108 million rubles. But ultimately, Mr. Peronko had noted that without receiving a loan in the amount of more than 400 million rubles. from the “natural person” (talking about the media, the RAF issued an entrepreneur Alisher Usmanov) there would be no means of brilliant performance. As a result, the head of the Auditing Commission noted that the RFU has not approved the budget for 2015, have no union general sponsor and it is in the verge of bankruptcy, which is not surprising, since for the past five years, the activities of the RAF unprofitable. This alone would be enough to remove from Nikolai Tolstoy.
The figures speak about himself Nikolai Tolstoy. He said that, in his estimation, in Russian football annually handles about $ 2.5 billion, and half of that amount accounted for 16 clubs in the Premier League. Mr. Tolstoy also reported that in 2013, only to buy foreign players clubs have spent 8.2 billion rubles., More than 2 billion rubles. We paid agents, and taking into account the salaries of foreign players was taken out of the country more than 35 billion rubles. In 2014, approved by the President of the RFU, he managed to make it so that international transfers were spent only 2.6 billion rubles., And agents had received only 612 million rubles. That is Nikolai Tolstoy made it clear that the speaker, in spite of all the problems is positive. He, however, said that would not overestimate their chances of retaining the position because he knows “which calls are received for delegates.” And Mr. Tolstoy promised to fight to the end for his reputation. How exactly, he did not explain.
Ray of Hope for Nikolai Tolstoy flashed when on his proposal, delegates decided to hold a vote on the resignation of a secret operation. And as time has shown, the president of the RFU did not have the very small, to emerge victorious from a difficult situation. After all, if during the open discussion of voting for the president’s resignation was received 307 votes for the resignation itself was filed only 235 votes in the required minimum of 225 votes. That is, if only two representatives of the region, and someone else was supported by the RFU president, he would remain in office.
According to the rules of the RFU, the place of the dismissed president of the organization in rank. about. It took its first vice-president Nikita Simonyan. He is to this role are not used to. After all, in the history of the RAF was not the case that the president left office in standby order. In 2005, from the position of “squeezed” Vyacheslav Koloskov. Vitaly Mutko, left the RAF in 2009, after then-President Dmitry Medvedev banned federal officials occupy posts in sports federations. Sergei Fursenko resigned after the failure of the Russian national team at the European Championships in 2012. And always in the role of “locum tenens” acted Nikita Simonyan.
Yesterday Mr. Simonyan said that the date for the election of the new president of the RFU executive committee will determine, but first consider the possibility of carrying out on 29 August. As for the candidates, officially his intention is declared a State Duma deputy from the LDPR Igor Lebedev. But the most likely candidate – Vitaly Mutko – limited the phrase “Let’s think about it.” Considering, however, that George Nagornykh already managed to declare that “direct prohibition to minister to combine the management of any federation is not” that it was a recommendation, and it was “before”, it is likely that Mutko decides to return to management football. At the level of the country’s leadership, this step should be regarded as valid, since the eve of the World Cup in 2018 the RAF must be increased. But the ability of the Minister of Sport to involve sponsors in the RAF, too, no doubt.
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