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Degtyarev stated that there are no plans to merge the Ministry of Sports and the Russian Olympic Committee
"According to Russian law, you must obtain permission as an official of your nomenklatura. I am ready to move forward if you allow me. "If you look closely, I fully agree with what Vitaly Georgievich (Honorary President of the Russian Orthodox Church Smirnov) said about the autonomy of the Russian Orthodox Church," Degyarev said, answering a question from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
President Putin stated that he is not against Degarev’s candidacy.
At the same time, Degtyarev emphasized the need to preserve the autonomy of the Russian Olympic Committee. According to him, it should be understood that "the National Olympic Committee is an autonomous non-profit organization." "It is possible to combine two chairs per person for non-profit purposes, this is an absolutely effective plan," he said.
Degtyarev stated that his main task is to return to the Olympic movement and restore the rights of all athletes. The Ministry of Sports and the Russian Olympic Committee are ready for dialogue with the International Olympic Committee.
"We must talk, we must stop insulting each other, shaking fists, meeting and launching counterattacks," the minister said, expressing confidence that Russia will not "slam the door" and "rattle its verbal weapons." "We are transferring all our relations to the legal level," he explained.
Degtyarev also called for an end to criticism of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, stressing that "countries, not the IOC, create the opening ceremony and convey its meaning to the world." "France sent this meaning to the world, and we were not pleased with it. In Sochi, we sent a different meaning to the world, based on a Russian love story," he said.
The recently incumbent president of the Russian Olympic Committee, Stanislav Pozdnyakov, plans to step down as the organization's president in December after early elections to elect a new ROC leadership begin.