The Ministry of Sports is not opposed to the expansion of the RPL to 18 teams: this is none of Dagetyarev's business and the Ministry does not intend to interfere in solving this issue. The regulator doesn't care if there are 12-14-16-18 or 40 teams in the Premier League," Karp reports.
At the general meeting of the RPL clubs on November 10, the CEO of Dynamo, M. Gazizov, presented a proposal to increase the number of participants in the Premier League of Russian football to 18 teams.
The RFU is not against this initiative, but awaits a more detailed action plan. Most teams in the bottom ten support Shamil, as do some of the top clubs. Against - 4-5 teams. The decision is given in the office of the RFU Executive Committee.