The head of the Biathlon Federation of the Kaluga region, Olga Ulanova, confirmed in a conversation with a correspondent that the region’s sports minister, Oleg Serdyukov, tried to persuade her to vote in the elections. presidential elections of the Russian Biathlon Union. (RBU) for the current head of the organization Viktor Maygurov .
Earlier on Tuesday, Tatarstan Biathlon Federation President Ildar Nugmanov said that the federations of Transbaikalia, Perm Territory, Kaluga region, Republic of Buryatia and Novosibirsk region were forced to vote for Maygurov in the elections for the head of the RBU. The day before, he also mentioned two operations with a budget of 82 and 42 thousand euros and fictitious documents with the participation of Maygurov. In response to this, the head of the RRF in a comment to sports.ru said that this was not Nugmanov’s first attempt to make “revelations”, which Maygurov himself called unfounded and unfounded . He also added that with the second candidate for the post of president of the RBU, Alexei Nuzhdov, he had agreed on a “regime of silence” in order to avoid “stuffing”. Repeated elections for the president of the RBU will be held in Moscow on October 14. According to the results of the vote in the previous elections, which took place on June 23, none of the candidates won 2/3 of the votes, Maigurov was supported by 35 delegates, Nuzhdov – by 18.
– As soon as I wrote to the group about the pressure, the local sports minister called me five minutes later and said he wouldn’t have pressured me. Well how is it – did not press? I said that we will decide ourselves who to vote for and that it is not necessary to impose anything. After that, he was very annoyed and said the following: “There is nothing more to say with you, you do whatever you want. You must consult with me.” After my pressure message appeared, he called me and asked me to go to the conference. At the same time, we held a meeting and voted for our delegate, whom We know each other well. Nevertheless, the Minister tried to force me to go. There was certainly some pressure.
Now Serdyukov, of course, is trying to justify himself. I didn’t want to blow it all up. But we have nothing to lose and our biathlon federation is funded on a residual basis. I was never called to offer assistance to our organization and for some reason before the election conference I was suddenly called. I did not record this conversation because I was afraid of being accused later of defamation. But there was pressure: I have a telephone conversation with the minister that they literally called me on Monday. We already had a meeting on Sunday, he called me. I indicated that we had already chosen a delegate. Serdyukov got angry: “Why don’t you vote for whoever wins? Maygurov will win anyway.
I mean, he was very angry. We really have nothing to lose. Others, perhaps, are simply afraid they may be pressured into being deprived of funding. We practically do not have it, well, what to lose? Only if I get fired, I don’t know. I don’t think it will come to that. At least nobody threatened, they just said they won’t talk to me anymore,” Ulanova told .
Source : MatchTV
I am Sandra Jackson, a journalist and content creator with extensive experience in the news industry. I have been working in the news media for over five years. During this time, I have worked as an author and editor at various outlets producing high-quality content that attracts readers from different demographics.
