The Russian government is to
build two sports centres in Crimea as the country looks to
increase its influence in the peninsula which it annexed last
year.
Russian Minister for Sport Vitaly Mutko said the centres
would act as warm weather training complexes for elite Russian
athletes.
"This year with have allocated around 400 million Roubles
($7.7 million) to build to state sporting centres," Mutko told
the TASS news agency.
"I want to choose those centres, which will be important and
necessary for our sports teams, but also those, which will
create the correct conditions for our sportsmen and women as
Crimea experiences various weather conditions," he added.
Russia is trying to improve its popularity in Crimea ad the
government has invested heavily in the region.
Mutko has tried to incorporate Crimea football teams under
the banner of the Russian Football Union, but UEFA blocked the
move after protests from the Ukrainian Football Federation.
A number of the world's biggest sporting federations have
not recognised Russia's takeover of Crimea, including FIFA and
UEFA.
(Reuters)
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