We need the president's permission here": Chairman of the Russian Federation of Water Sports Dmitry Mazpin, in an interview with Pavel Zarubin for the information system Vesti, explained why the sports federations need instructions from the Russian president for everything.
"The president always hands out money. [Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance] Anton Germanovich [Siluanov]'s task is to save money, but we want to spend it, and we need the president's permission."
During a meeting of the Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sports, the head of state addressed Siluanov with the question of whether there is money for sports. To this the Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance replied in the affirmative.
"It remains to say how much," explained Mazfin.
This week, Vladimir Putin said that it is necessary to directly allocate funds to support real sports and to reduce regional spending on professional sports.
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