MOSCOW, July 18 Russian Ministry of Sports at a meeting in the Donetsk People's Republic ( DPR) proposed to create a single football league for the teams of friendly republics, said the Deputy Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Odes Baisultanov, who was quoted by the press service of the Ministry of Sports. «Taking into account the positive experience of the Crimean Football Union and the region itself in holding matches of the national student football league, it is planned on the basis of this structure, create an organization that will ensure the holding of a united championship. The participants in the tournament will include the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, Kherson, Zaporozhye, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Crimea and teams from Russian universities,» Baisultanov said. a separate structure, which will be created at the initiative of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation. It will not apply to the structures of the Russian Football Union (RFU), which is a member of the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). «By analogy with existing competitions, it is planned to create a championship with a tour system not only in Crimea, but also in friendly republics. In addition to the Premier League of the best football teams, two more senior ages will be involved in the football academies, so that these children, who potentially go to the Premier League in the future, also have the opportunity to compete,» Baisultanov added. planned for March-November 2023.
