To the Presidency Not Ready

To the Presidency Not Ready
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- Tell me frankly, you have pre-planned to be in the presidential chair?

- No, I was not prepared for such an eventuality. It so happened that the Basketball Federation of St. Petersburg put forward my candidature for the post. And now 132 members report and election conference unanimously elected me as the new president of the RSE.
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- A new broom sweeps clean in new ways. What is going to change in the structure of the federation?

- Works no end. New people come, stay and those who gave many years of the federation and has vast experience. To start, we changed the ordinance, appointed 11 new members of the Executive Committee. I can not promise that results will come instantaneously. We need time to solve the many serious issues.
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- You save your position in Petersburg "Spartacus" and the professional basketball league?

- No, it would be incorrect.

- Former President Sergey Chernov now to his old position will receive the prefix "honorable." What will be its function?
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- Sergey represents Russia in the FIBA. The Russian Federation has worked for a long time to have a representative in this international organization. And what is now our man takes a position in the FIBA, the largest personal credit Chernoff, who heads the commission there for the competition, in particular the World Cup. In addition, he will participate in the decision by European quotas, which give the right to a direct hit at the Olympic Games. And Russia is directly interested, that such quotas were higher, because already at the next European Championship will be made selection for the Olympics. And black - one of those who will decide whether there will go to three European teams, or, say, four, five or more. The remaining duties Sergei Viktorovich we define shortly.
"With Blatt and Sokolovsky define up to February"

- Since you spoke about the teams, tell me when the issue will be resolved with the head coach? In men, David Blatt has a contract with the federation, but have yet to determine whether to continue working. Boris Sokolov, who headed the women's team at the last world championships, ready to stay, but he does not have an agreement with RBF. But European Championship just around the corner ...

- This is the number one problem! Our main task - to select directly on the London Olympics. And I think that both men and women can do it. We will meet with Blatt after the holidays and to resolve all issues. By February 1, there will be clearly defined. With regard to Sokolovsky, then at the end of December, it will be the first gathering with the national team. I promised him I would come in Novogorsk, we will discuss the future of Boris Ilyich and women's team. I think that this problem we will close in early February.

- In recent years, football is losing its popularity ...

- I do not think so. I am convinced that this is the second sport in the country after football. All intelligent people understand, understand and love basketball. General Manager of Nizhny Novgorod, Sergei Panov said at a news conference that now the whole town is going through for the team that Nizhny just sick basketball. He even said so interesting, they say, the city of "Basketball".