The head of the Biathlon Federation of the Transbaikal Territory, Gennady Kovalev, told that he received a call from the ex-RBU present Alexandra Tikhonova who persuaded him to vote in the organization’s upcoming elections for Viktor Maygurov .
On Tuesday, Tatarstan Biathlon Federation President Ildar Nugmanov said 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. Representatives of the Trans-Baikal and Kaluga federations have confirmed to that they are under pressure through regional sports ministries ahead of the re-election of the head of the RBU, which will be held on October 14.
– The problem is that it is not only (Minister of Sports of the Transbaikal Territory Andrey) Seredkin, exactly the same pressure is exerted throughout the country. And in Buryatia, and in other regions. Even at the summer conference, the guys came, showed the same messages as me. With one difference: if I did it without threats, they just asked, so in other regions it’s much harder: “If you don’t vote for Maigurov, you’ll be fired. I don’t know why regional ministries are forced to vote for Maigurov. Even Alexander Ivanovich Tikhonov called me the other day about this, also convinced me. But we broke up with him, I told him, “Don’t call me again.” You have to win in a fair and sporting fight. We’ve all been through sports, we know that, and elections are the same,” Kovalev told a correspondent.
Source : MatchTV
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