Sergey PogrebnyakReporter SportAll materialsEmail to the authorAshot Khachaturyants announced his resignation from the post of president of the Russian Premier League (RPL). The head of our championship spent only 217 days in his post and did not have time to realize all his plans. It must be admitted that one of the most difficult segments in the history of Russian football fell to the lot of Khachaturyants. It so happened that under him there was a total suspension of our clubs from European competitions and at least three major scandals within the main tournament of the country. Too many tests for seven months of work, don't you think? Let's see how Ashot Rafailovich coped with these difficulties during his work and what he remembers in his post. He made the RPL financially stable Khachaturian was officially elected head of the league on November 22. There was no fight for this post, because he was the only candidate. Ashot became a successor to Sergei Pryadkin, who before him led the Russian Championship for 14 long years. Khachaturyants himself probably also planned to devote a lot of time to Russian football, because he intended to seriously reform it. “I am sure that I can make Russian football more attractive. Our football needs to be turned into entertainment and business, to attract big money,” Khachaturyants said. finances, then Khachaturyants managed to succeed. It was under him that a new television contract was signed with Match TV, which is several times more profitable than the previous agreement. The league will also change the title sponsor — according to rumors, he will pay more than the previous one. Worthy for the RPL, the epic ended with the change of another partner — the official bookmaker, under a four-year contract with which more than 11 billion rubles will be received. It was possible to agree with new sponsors just under Khachaturyants.
