Putin condemned the “Vanity Fair” in Russian football – RBC

Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) and Minister of Sports Vitaly Mutko (left) during a visit to the stadium “Arena Opening.” Archival photo

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has called on state-owned companies to allocate funding for mass sport and not for the purchase of the stars. The Head of State said at a meeting of the Council for Physical Culture and Sport in the Kremlin.

«The provision of budget funds from state-owned companies must first go mainly on mass sport and not for the purchase of foreign stars for the sake of prestige opaque and often unwarranted prices, as sometimes we unfortunately still happen “- quoted Putin, the Kremlin press service.

According to the president at the expense of” competent and thoughtful “Management Professional sports in Russia can “effectively use the commercial market sources of funding».

«The development of national sport – that for us to be the most important. This true social responsibility “, – Putin said.

Putin added that Russia should not get involved in sport involving excessive number of foreign players. He noted that “Russia does not have a sports stew in their own juice,” and want to see Russia in the Russian exchanges “sportsmen and specialists of the first magnitude.” “Russia should not be isolated, but the excessive participation of foreign experts and players in our sports movement, in our clubs, it does not help the development of sport, but it slows down, causing problems in the formation of national teams,” – said the head of state. “This is the case when the Vanity Fair of our companies, especially state-owned, totally inappropriate,” – he added.

The president promised that pay attention to it managers of companies with state participation.

With regard to the Russian football clubs of the limit on foreign players. According to the rules of the RFU, the application for a football match must be no more than 10 foreigners (out of 25). Supporters of the measure say that due to restrictions the Russian players can receive the required number of practices. Opponents limit argue that it limits competition and artificially inflate the value of the players from Russia.

Last year in Russia, it was decided to recreate the Soviet practice to deliver the standards set “Ready for Labor and Defense” (TRP). This spring, for the introduction of complex GTO started the State Duma. It is expected that the preparation for the standards, their surrender and the results displayed a positive impact on the overall physical health of Russian citizens.

As in April, said a spokesman for Putin, Dmitry Peskov, President practically every day for sports and the level of training covers all norms TRP.