KEMEROVO, Sep 28, Sergey Fuks. Two or three rowing coaches and about five rowers received summons from the military commissariat, said Alexei Svirin, president of the Russian Rowing Federation (FGSR), the 2004 Olympic champion in Athens. According to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, it is needed to control the 1,000-kilometer line of contact and the liberated territories in Ukraine. During the mobilization, a total of 300 thousand reservists will be called up, which is just over 1% of the total mobilization resource of the Russian Federation. «This is an urgent issue for athletes and coaches. We are already receiving feedback from them that representatives of the military enlistment office are coming to them. At the moment we have two or three coaches and about five athletes received such appeals. Of the total mass, this is the minimum percentage. While everyone is training, preparing for the competition. We are already working in an operational mode. We have qualifying competitions for centralized preparation for the season in two weeks- 2022/23. But we are ready for anything, we will respond to challenges,» Svirin said on the sidelines of the international sports forum «Russia is a sports power» in the Kemerovo region.
