Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov spoke with KP political observer Alexander Gamov.
… – Dmitry Sergeevich, Vladimir Putin, in fact, supported the candidacy of Mikhail Degtyarev for the post of head of the Russian Olympic Committee. What was the reason? The fact that in the recent past Degtyarev, a successful governor, got off to a good start as a minister? And that he is a master of the sport of fencing, winner of prizes at Russian and international tournaments? Or was the Kremlin guided by some other criterion? What hopes and tasks will we place on him, if, of course, he is elected, something of which, by the way, I have no doubt?
“Well, you already heard what was expressed (on this topic. – AG) the opinion of representatives of the sports community, our respected representatives, sports officials of international class,” recalled an official representative of the Kremlin on Monday, October 21, answering my question. – And, indeed, the president supported this proposal.
But we can assume that of course this is due to many factors.
The main thing here is that it is he (Degtyarev. – AG) who holds the position of Minister of Sports…
And at the current stage of development of our sport and our relations with the Olympic movement, we have reached this point of view.
– Thank you.
