MOSCOW, June 7, Sergey Fuks. President of the Russian Premier League (RPL) ) Ashot Khachaturyants in March claimed that a moratorium on relegation from the league would be introduced this season, Shamil Gazizov, general director of the Ufa club, told reporters. /23. 16 teams will take part in the next Russian Championship. On March 22, representatives of the RPL clubs at a general meeting supported the idea of increasing the number of participants in the tournament from 16 to 18 teams. At the general meeting in May, the position of the clubs did not change.
"Khachaturyants told us in March that there would be no relegation. I was personally present at this conversation, but what happened, happened. Here I cannot remain silent. What Rustem Saimanov (general director of FC "Rubin") and Alexei Ryskin (sports director of FC"Rostov") said is true", said Gazizov.
Earlier, the general director of the Kazan club said that he hoped for a moratorium or a decision to expand the RPL to 18 teams. Last season, Ufa took 14th place in the RPL. In the play-offs, the team lost to Orenburg (2:2, 1:2) and left the top division of the Russian championship. Rubin finished 15th and were relegated directly to the Football National League (FNL).