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Major changes to structure of RGF and personnel

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Some major shifts in the way gymnastics is being managed in Russia, and in the personnel. 


Irina Viner has resigned as President of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation.


A decision has been made to merge the RGF, the Russian Trampoline Federation, the Russian Sports Acrobatics Federation, the All-Russian Federation of Sports Aerobics, and the All-Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation into a single RGF.


The new President of the RGF will be Oleg Belozyorev, CEO and Chairman of the Board of JSC Russian Railways.  He was the only candidate standing at the election.  


Nikita Nagorny has been made Vice President.  He says: ‘I have the honor of becoming the vice-president of the Federation and being responsible for the direction of artistic gymnastics in our country!’


Nagorny says he won’t retire from competition for the time being, despite announcements from Valentina Rodionenko to the contrary.  


I’m unsure what the implications are, but both Nagorny and Belozyorev have been sanctioned by the US/EU for their support for the war; Belozyorev is not a banker, as former President of the RGF Titov was, but a politician with a long history, presumably with links to Putin.



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