The Biathlon Federation of the Transbaikal Territory will sue regional sports minister Andrei Seredkin for illegally suspending the activities of the organization on the eve of the presidential election of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU), the head of the Biathlon Union (RBU) has said. federation Gennady Kovalev at .
On Wednesday, learned that the Biathlon Federation of the Transbaikal Territory was deprived of public funding and its state accreditation had been suspended. The document was signed by the Minister of Sports of the Transbaikal Territory Andrey Seredkin. The state license has been suspended until December 31, 2022. The reason for these measures is the failure of the federation to submit an annual report on the activities of the organization to the regional sports ministry in the prescribed manner.
– We said at the meeting that the minister, of course, can suspend the activities of the federation, but it will be illegal: he has no grounds for this. All the so-called unsubmitted reports, which became the reason for the suspension of activities, we handed over to the regional CSP on time and in the prescribed manner. I have confirmation from the DSP that they have been received and are in place. Therefore, as soon as I return from the conference on Monday, I will write a statement in court against Seredkin for the illegal suspension of the federation. We will pursue it, there is nothing left,” Kovalev told a correspondent.
He also clarified that the suspension of the federation will not prevent him from participating in the election of the president of the RBU.
– I am flying to Moscow tomorrow, I will still attend the conference. There is a decision of the federation, the delegate of it is chosen and chosen legally. And the suspension of the federation in no way affects my participation as a delegate, – added the head of the federation of Transbaikalia.
Earlier, in a comment to , Kovalev reported that the organization was forced to vote for the current president of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) Viktor Maygurov during the election of the leader of the RRF and threatened the federation with deprivation of accreditation.
Source : MatchTV

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