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EEU MEMBERS MAY BE EXEMPT FROM RUSSIA'S BILL ON LEGIONNAIRES IN SPORTS
13:18, 15 Jan 2015
The Belarusian Football Union (BFU) speaks for the idea of excluding
member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) from Russia's
mooted bill on the limit of foreign athletes participating in Russian
team sports, Sergey Safaryan, a deputy chairman of the BFU, said on
Wednesday, TASS reports.
The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) is a new integration association,
which started functioning from January 1, 2015 instead of the Eurasian
Economic Community (EurAsEC), which officially ceased to exist on
October 10, 2014. The organization includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan
and Armenia with Kyrgyzstan expected joining it in May this year.
"We have been long speaking for this initiative [not to be subjected
to the status of legionnaires] and believe... that the market should
be common," Safaryan said. "This is all where it heads to. We are
ready to give support to such initiative."
Vyacheslav Koloskov, the honorary president of the Russian Football
Union (RFU), told TASS that in order to implement such initiative two
steps must be taken. Firstly, there must be a political decision made
on the free movement of workforce on the territory of the EEU member
states and, secondly, there must be a proper agreement reached at
the level of national football unions.
"FIFA is not dealing with such issue," Koloskov, who used to hold
the post of FIFA vice president, said. "Everything is regulated by
national federations. There are no such notions for FIFA as foreigners
or legionnaires."
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko announced in August that a bill
regulating the number of foreign players competing in Russian sports
clubs had been drafted and was ready to be submitted for voting with
the Russian lawmakers.
The bill envisages granting the Russian Sports Ministry the right of
establishing and coordinating the limit of foreign athletes allowed
to compete in Russia, who are also referred to as "legionnaires." Each
sport would have its own limit for attracting legionnaires, according
to the bill.
The draft law is also likely to stipulate obligatory criteria for
foreign players, including their athletic qualification, age, period
of permanent stay in Russia as well as athlete's period of training in
Russia and results achieved while competing for Russian sports clubs.
Last month the Executive Committee of the Russian Football Union
(RFU) approved a limit for foreign players allowed to be submitted
by football clubs before each playing season at a formula of 10
foreigners plus 15 Russian players (10+15).
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/01/15/eeu-members-may-be-exempt-from-russias-bill-on-legionnaires-in-sports/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
13:18, 15 Jan 2015
The Belarusian Football Union (BFU) speaks for the idea of excluding
member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) from Russia's
mooted bill on the limit of foreign athletes participating in Russian
team sports, Sergey Safaryan, a deputy chairman of the BFU, said on
Wednesday, TASS reports.
The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) is a new integration association,
which started functioning from January 1, 2015 instead of the Eurasian
Economic Community (EurAsEC), which officially ceased to exist on
October 10, 2014. The organization includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan
and Armenia with Kyrgyzstan expected joining it in May this year.
"We have been long speaking for this initiative [not to be subjected
to the status of legionnaires] and believe... that the market should
be common," Safaryan said. "This is all where it heads to. We are
ready to give support to such initiative."
Vyacheslav Koloskov, the honorary president of the Russian Football
Union (RFU), told TASS that in order to implement such initiative two
steps must be taken. Firstly, there must be a political decision made
on the free movement of workforce on the territory of the EEU member
states and, secondly, there must be a proper agreement reached at
the level of national football unions.
"FIFA is not dealing with such issue," Koloskov, who used to hold
the post of FIFA vice president, said. "Everything is regulated by
national federations. There are no such notions for FIFA as foreigners
or legionnaires."
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko announced in August that a bill
regulating the number of foreign players competing in Russian sports
clubs had been drafted and was ready to be submitted for voting with
the Russian lawmakers.
The bill envisages granting the Russian Sports Ministry the right of
establishing and coordinating the limit of foreign athletes allowed
to compete in Russia, who are also referred to as "legionnaires." Each
sport would have its own limit for attracting legionnaires, according
to the bill.
The draft law is also likely to stipulate obligatory criteria for
foreign players, including their athletic qualification, age, period
of permanent stay in Russia as well as athlete's period of training in
Russia and results achieved while competing for Russian sports clubs.
Last month the Executive Committee of the Russian Football Union
(RFU) approved a limit for foreign players allowed to be submitted
by football clubs before each playing season at a formula of 10
foreigners plus 15 Russian players (10+15).
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/01/15/eeu-members-may-be-exempt-from-russias-bill-on-legionnaires-in-sports/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress