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MOSCOW, Apr 27A petition has appeared demanding that an audit be initiated against the acting president of the All-Russian Federation of Athletics (VFLA) Irina Privalova, according to change.org. «For more than six months, I.A. Privalova has been acting as the head coach of the Russian national athletics team, ignoring the procedure for agreeing on a candidate for the position of head coach of the sports team of the Russian Federation, which is a gross violation of the order of the Ministry Sports of the Russian Federation (Ministry of Sports of Russia) dated June 25, 2013 No. 450 «On approval of the procedure for agreeing by the All-Russian Sports Federation on a candidate for the position of head coach of the sports team of the Russian Federation in the corresponding sport,» the petition says. the authors of the petition draw attention to the fact that the acting head of the ARAF also has an employment relationship with the Federal State Budgetary Institution «Sports Training Center» and Moscow State University, «which casts doubt on the ability to fully fulfill their duties as a coach of athletics teams» “We, athletes, coaches and people who love athletics, demand to initiate an urgent procedure for approving the candidacy of the head coach of the national athletics teams, following the procedure for agreeing on the candidacy for the position of head coach of the sports team of the Russian Federation. (We demand) an urgent investigation against Privalova about the systematic abuse of power and gross violation of the procedure for selecting the position of the head coach of the national team by the ARAF presidium and the leadership of the FGBU «TsSP», the petition says. Privalova was appointed acting head of the ARAF in February 2021. She was approved as the head coach of the Russian national athletics team in February 2022.