Previously, 10 teams will participate in the Commonwealth football championship, Baysultanov said.

Deputy Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Odes Baysultanov said that 10 teams will provisionally participate in the joint Commonwealth football championship, the start of the tournament of which is scheduled for February 2024.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko spoke on Thursday at the forum “Russia is a sports power” about the creation of a football league for teams from new regions of the country.

— The Unified Commonwealth Football Championship will take place at the initiative of the Ministry of Sports and with the support of the Russian government. The championship will bring together teams from four regions: the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Kherson region, the Zaporozhye region, the Lugansk People’s Republic, as well as the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. The Ministry of Sports will be responsible for organizing the championship, which will be included in the unified calendar plan.

We have now developed and agreed on the concept and are finalizing the quantitative and qualitative parameters. Financing of the championship will be provided by budgetary and extra-budgetary funds, including through the Our Sport Foundation, which Chernyshenko spoke about today at the plenary session. The direct organizer of the championship will be the ANO “Commonwealth” under the clear leadership of the Ministry of Sports. Previously, 10 teams will participate in the championship. The start of the tournament is scheduled for February 2024, the department’s press service cited Baysultanov as saying.

From October 19 to 22, the international sports forum “Russia is a sports power” will take place in Perm.