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Vladimir Putin: “It is of fundamental importance to keep the competitive activity of Russian athletes under pressure”
Photo: © RIA Novosti / Vladimir Astapkovich
It is fundamentally important to maintain the competitive activity of Russian athletes in the current conditions of pressure, as well as to create open and attractive multi-stage tournaments in which foreign athletes can compete, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sports on Tuesday.
– In the current conditions of pressure that Russia and its citizens are facing, it is fundamentally important to maintain the competitive activity of athletes. It is necessary to create multi-stage sports tournaments that are open and attractive from all points of view. Ensure the participation of foreign athletes, clubs and teams.
Putin also called for an increase in spending on sports in the regions of the Russian Federation from 2025.
– Previously, it was decided that the subjects of the federation would allocate at least 2 percent of the budget to regional sports. I propose to think about how to increase spending on sports from 2025 and do it in such a way that there are no gaps in financing, quality and accessibility of sports infrastructure, depending on the capabilities of the region. And we have different ones,” the head of state said.
Source: Sportbox
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The leader of the rating of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU), Victoria Metelya, will not perform at the Commonwealth Cup stage in Tchaikovsky (Perm Territory) for health reasons, host Dmitry Zanin said on Match TV.
The third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup will be held in Tchaikovsky on December 19–21. Sprint races are scheduled for Friday, pursuit races for Saturday, and mass starts for Sunday.
“Victoria Metelya, the leader of the SBR rating, where all races of the season are counted, will not compete in Tchaikovsky, because she is very ill, she has taken ill,” Zanin said on the air of the “Everyone for the Match!” program. on the Match TV channel.
Watch live broadcasts of the races on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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A 77-year-old Russian woman received an international award for the best gaming moment in the shooter CS2
Russian streamer Olga Ivanovna, known under the nickname i_olga on the Twitch platform, won the “Best Gaming Moment of 2025” category as part of the international NNYS award.
During one of the streams, a 77-year-old woman was able to create a so-called “ace” in the shooter Counter‑Strike 2 – the moment when one player defeats the entire opposing team. A video of this moment was widely shared on social networks.
The pensioner lives in Nizhny Novgorod. About 250 thousand viewers have subscribed to her channel.
The NNYS Awards annually celebrate significant moments and select the best videos across 16 categories.
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Biathlete Kirill Bazhin won the mass start at the second stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Cup in Tyumen.
The athlete covered the 15 km distance in 38 minutes 23.4 seconds, making one mistake at four shooting ranges. Anton Babikov took second (+5.6 seconds, 1 miss), third place went to Alexander Povarnitsyn (+25.8 seconds, 3 misses).
The next stage will take place from January 16 to 18 in Demin (Yaroslavl region).
Watch live broadcasts of biathlon races on the Match TV channel, matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
Source: Sportbox
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