Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko held a meeting of the Government Commission for the implementation of the comprehensive state program of the Russian Federation “Development of physical culture and sports”.
The meeting was attended by the Minister of Sports Mikhail Degtyarev, the head of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency Veronika Skvortsova, the Governor of the Tula Region, Chairman of the State Council Commission on Physical Culture and Sports Dmitry Milyaev, as well as representatives of sports federations and leagues, state corporations, joint-stock companies and regions.
Dmitry Chernyshenko recalled that the key task of the commission is to develop a unified position on the comprehensive development of sports in the country and to pool resources to achieve national goals. To do this, it is important to collect feedback from residents of each region.
“Our task is to identify the drivers that influence the involvement and development of sports in the country. The opinion of Russian citizens is the main indicator in the development of sports in the country. It is important to hear everyone: coaches, mentors, medical workers. This will allow us to make a deeper, more meaningful analysis and understand how to more accurately and effectively move towards fulfilling the instructions of President Vladimir Putin,” the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized.
Dmitry Chernyshenko noted that in order to achieve the state program indicators, it is necessary to assess the contribution of each region to the development of sports, identify best practices and disseminate them throughout the country.
He instructed the Ministry of Sports to develop a rating system based on the fulfillment of the state program’s target indicators, including compliance with the construction deadlines for sports facilities, the involvement of SVO veterans, disabled people, people with disabilities, and all citizens in general in sports.
In addition, on the instructions of the head of state, the Government is developing directives for joint-stock companies with a Russian Federation shareholding of more than 50% on the regular submission of information on extra-budgetary expenditures in the field of sports and the coordination of regions in the construction of sports infrastructure.
Dmitry Chernyshenko also noted the regions where good results are achieved with lower financial costs; there, the share of citizens involved in systematic sports activities is higher than the all-Russian indicator.
These included: the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Republic of Dagestan, the Republic of Crimea, the Chuvash Republic, Altai Krai, Stavropol Krai, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Saratov, Tambov, Tula, and Ulyanovsk regions.
In turn, Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev emphasized that the implementation of the comprehensive state program “Sports of Russia” is proceeding in full compliance with the approved parameters.
“The implementation of the state program is going according to plan, without critical deviations. Based on the results of last year, all but one of the key indicators were exceeded, which allows us to predict their successful implementation this year,” he noted.
The Minister reported up-to-date data on key indicators of the development of the sports industry.
“As of May 2025, the share of citizens systematically engaged in physical education and sports amounted to 60.8%, the level of provision of citizens with sports facilities was 63.3%,” the minister cited the figures.
Mikhail Degtyarev paid special attention to issues of regional financing and planned budget indicators.
“In 60 regions, budget expenditures on sports reached or exceeded 2%. The planned funding of regional state programs for 2025 is 449 billion rubles. The main expenses are related to the construction and maintenance of sports facilities, as well as sports training within the framework of state assignments,” he emphasized.
At the same time, the minister noted that the high volume of investment in the industry does not always directly correlate with the achievement of planned indicators for the availability of sports infrastructure and citizens’ satisfaction with opportunities for sports.
“However, it is important to understand that there is no direct correlation between the volume of expenditure on sports and the achievement of indicators for citizen engagement and satisfaction. In 15 regions, which do not yet reach the level of 2% of the budget, everything is still going well with the development of sports, but in 19, where, on the contrary, there is a good level of funding, the KPIs have not been achieved. This is a subject for study,” he said.
An important topic of discussion was the use of extra-budgetary sources. The Minister spoke about the volumes of additional funds planned for attraction.
“We have analyzed the main sources of extra-budgetary financing of sports. Events worth a total of 60 billion are potentially ready for inclusion in the comprehensive state program “Sports of Russia”. In particular, 89 all-Russian sports federations plan to spend almost 24 billion rubles of their own and attracted funds this year, sports leagues – 1 billion rubles, expenses have been allocated for two of the seven state corporations, as well as for several of the largest private companies, but this information is still being supplemented,” said Mikhail Degtyarev.
In turn, the Governor of the Tula Region, Chairman of the State Council Commission on Physical Culture and Sports Dmitry Milyaev emphasized that the level of satisfaction of citizens with the conditions for physical culture and sports is one of the key indicators for assessing the effectiveness of the activities of senior officials of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and executive bodies of state power in the regions, as well as the comprehensive state program. The State Council Commission on Sports believes that it is necessary to conduct surveys with an expanded set of questions within the framework of the comprehensive program.
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