Media: the Ministry of Sports will be abolished

The Ministry of Sports is supposed to be abolished, reports "Soviet Sport" with reference to a source in the government apparatus. The decision may be made in the near future.

In addition, the publication reports, the liquidation awaits Rosmolodezh and Rosturism. The functions that were performed by the Ministry of Sports and these two departments will be transferred to the newly created agency, which will be in direct subordination of the government.

The name of the head of the new structure is the source of "Soviet sports" does not specify. Meanwhile, RIA Novosti writes with reference to a certain informed source that the current president of the Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov can take this position.

Regarding the head of the Ministry of Sports, Vitaly Mutko, the source of the publication said that after the reorganization he could leave this sphere and take the post of deputy prime minister.

Earlier on Tuesday, TASS reported that Vladimir Putin spoke with the idea to consolidate the curator of sports, youth policy and tourism for one deputy prime minister. “The government will make specific, including personnel, proposals, in the near future,” the head of state assured.

Now the curators of these sports, youth policy and tourism are divided between two deputy prime ministers. Arkady Dvorkovich is responsible for the sport, and Olga Golodets for the other two spheres.

In addition, on October 11, Zhukov said that he intends to leave the post of head of the OKR, focusing at work in the State Duma, where he is a vice speaker, and in the International Olympic Committee.

The Ministry of Sports has existed in the current form since 2012. It is formed just after the allocation of Rosmolodezh and Rosturism from the structure of the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy. Mutko headed this department since 2008; After the section of the old ministry, he became the head of the Ministry of Sports.