Rustam Minnikhanov: Every region should work so that its representatives can become members of national team

The Agreement between RF Ministry of sport, tourism and youth policy and Tatarstan Republic has been signed in Saransk within the frameworks of international forum “Russia – sports country”

The document stipulates issues of granting federal subsidies to Tatarstan Republic for co-financing targeted financial support of sport organizations which are engaged in preparation of sport reserve for national teams of Russian Federation in basic and paralympic kinds of sport. President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and RF Minister of sport, tourism and youth policy Vitaly Mutko put signatures in the document.

Similar agreements were signed between Minister of sport, tourism and youth policy of Russia and Rostov, Penza, Ulianovsk regions and the Republic of Mordovia.


Targeted allocation of funds to regions for preparing sportsmen in basic and paralympic kinds of sport is a new government campaign designed to improve quality of sport reserve preparation and control for allocated funds.

By words of Vitaly Mutko RF Government and citizens lay their hopes on successful performance of Russian team at world championships. “In 2010 we accepted the strategy which implies that sport should play a significant role in forming skills of conducting healthy way of life. We realize that it is necessary to put much emphasis on preparation of sportsmen in order to perform well at world championships and Olympic Games. Sport reserve is formed in regions, first of all. Every region we have signed agreement with is the basic in terms of preparing our sportsmen”, - RF Minister of sport, tourism and youth policy said.