The head of the Biathlon Federation of the Transbaikal Territory, Gennady Kovalev, can participate in the presidential elections of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU), despite the suspension of the state accreditation of the organization, it is his right , Minister of Sports for the region Andrey Seredkin told .
On Wednesday, learned that the Biathlon Federation of the Transbaikal Territory was deprived of public funding and its state accreditation was suspended until December 31, 2022. The document was signed by Seredkin. The official reason for these measures is the federation’s failure to submit an annual report on the organization’s activities to the regional sports ministry in the prescribed manner. Kovalev insists the recall is due to his refusal to vote for Viktor Maygurov in the RBU presidential elections.
– Kovalev says that you yourself wanted to go to the federation elections. Is this also wrong?
– I really came to the meeting of the federation. When I saw the list of people present, I was very surprised, because the technical staff was not at all represented in the federation. There were completely different people who had nothing to do with biathlon. And when they started talking about the delegate, he nominated him. To which they replied that I was not a member of the federation at all. Well, not a member, so not a member, Seredkin told a correspondent.
– It turns out that Kovalev is going to the polls? Or will the suspension of the federation prevent it?
– I cannot forbid the federation and its elected officials to go or not to Moscow. There is an order that I signed on October 10, it does not say that we are suspending activities. In the letter where it was indicated that the report had not been filed, and where it was indicated that the accreditation was suspended, we wrote point by point what the federation cannot do. And there is no clause that they cannot travel and participate in the election of the president of the RRF. At present, they cannot organize regional competitions, cannot change the lists of national teams of the Transbaikal Territory, etc.
– Kovalev is going to sue you for the illegal suspension of accreditation. Are you ready for this?
It is the law of the federation. If they want to sue, let them. Instead, they can provide a report, we will review it and withdraw our decision to decertify, and everything will be back to normal. The federation just needs to become more disciplined. We now have a unilateral part. For some reason, when money is needed, the federation asks for it immediately. And when it is necessary to fulfill the requirements established by law, they do not want to fulfill anything. That’s all. We’ll just settle this. And I repeat, I’m not just talking about the biathlon federation.
The election of the President of the RBU will take place on October 14. In addition to Maygurov, RBU Vice President Alexei Nuzhdov is a candidate for this position.
Source : MatchTV
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