MOSCOW, Jun 27 Resigned President of the Russian Premier League (RPL) Ashot Khachaturyants thanked the leaders and owners of the RPL clubs for their trust and stated that his team managed to launch the transformation of the league. On Monday, Khachaturyants resigned from the post of president of the RPL. The head of the National Football League (FNL), Alexander Alaev, has been appointed interim as his acting head. «My team and I managed to put the league and interaction with its clubs on a new track. We launched and continue the transformation of the league, business processes are being established. We managed to sign contracts with new reliable partners and sponsors that allow RPL clubs to stand firmly on their feet and look confidently into the future. This, of course, is of key importance in our economic realities,» Khachaturyants was quoted as saying by the RPL official website. «I recommend Alexander Alaev for the post of RPL president. League new challenges await its new leader. I hope that if Alexander Alexandrovich’s candidacy is approved, the course towards RPL reforms and the creation of a high-quality and competitive product will continue,” Khachaturyants added. 04 billion rubles. Khachaturyants has been fulfilling his obligations since October 5 last year the role of the President of the RPL after the departure of Sergei Pryadkin and was approved in office on November 22. He was the seventh leader in the history of the RPL after Vitaly Mutko (from 2001 to 2003), Valery Filatov (2003, acting), Evgeny Giner (2003-2004), Yuri Zavarzin (2004-2006), Mikhail Vorontsov (2006- 2007) and Pryadkin (2007-2021).
