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News conference by Sergei Ivanov following VTB United League regular championship

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office and Honorary President of the VTB United League Sergei Ivanov held a news conference following the VTB United League regular championship.

April 25, 2016
13:00
Moscow
At a news conference following the VTB United League regular championship.
At a news conference following the VTB United League regular championship. From left to right: Deputy General Director of the VTB United League Ilona Korstin, President of the VTB United League Sergei Kushchenko, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, and General Director of the VTB United League Andrei Shirokov.
At a news conference following the VTB United League regular championship.
At a news conference following the VTB United League regular championship.
At a news conference following the VTB United League regular championship: General Director of the VTB United League Andrei Shirokov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, President of the VTB United League Sergei Kushchenko, and Deputy General Director of the VTB United League Ilona Korstin.

Mr Ivanov Ivanov Sergei Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport briefed the journalists on the revenue and expenses of the Russian basketball clubs in the league during the current, seventh, season. CSKA continues to be the most prosperous Russian club in the league. Mr Ivanov said that the exchange rate difference explains the leading clubs’ budget increases this year, just like last year. Mr Ivanov also noted with regret that Russian clubs continue having problems making enough money, unlike their counterparts abroad.

Mr Ivanov said it was possible that other Russian clubs might join the league and noted that the final list of participants in the next season championship would be approved later at the league’s council. “We need strong clubs and fierce competition”, Mr Ivanov said.

Mr Ivanov also touched upon the question of relations between the VTB United League and the Russian Basketball Federation, describing them as a partnership. “We are not vying for supremacy. Each of us is busy doing our own job”, Mr Ivanov said.

Commenting on the confrontation between the EuroLeague and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which has led to several countries’ national teams, including Russia’s, being barred from the 2017 European championship; Mr Ivanov said he hopes this dispute would be resolved soon. “If this conflict continues, the big danger for men’s basketball in Russia is that club owners and shareholders will terminate their funding. This would be very detrimental to the national team as well, and so we hope that FIBA and the EuroLeague reach an agreement”, Mr Ivanov said.

The VTB United League is a basketball tournament founded in 2008 and bringing together leading clubs from Eastern and Northern Europe. The 2015–2016 season, which began on October 3, 2015, is the seventh, involving 16 clubs from Russia, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Finland, and Georgia.

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Publication date: April 25, 2016, 13:00

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/51787

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