St. PETERSBURG, Oct 28, Dmitry Yedigarev. Russian Boris Skrynnik said , which suspended his activities as president of the International Bandy Federation (FIB). On Friday, the FIB Congress takes place in Finland. Instead of 74-year-old Skrynnik, Norwegian Stein Pedersen was unanimously elected head of the organization. The Russian has headed the FIB since 2005. . No one is now competing from Russian athletes. I don’t know what will happen next and when our athletes will be able to participate, «Skrynnik said. In 2020, Skrynnik was re-elected for a new four-year term as FIB President. Since 2009, he has been the President of the Bandy Federation of Russia. Pedersen is a member of the FIB Executive Committee.
