Dr Michael Degtyarev and a small delegation from his cabinet visited Matthias Remund at the FISU Headquarters do discuss the importance of student sport in his country.
The President of Russian Olympic Committee and Russia’s Minister of sports, Dr Mchael Degtyarev had a meeting with International University Sports Federation Secretary General and CEO Matthias Remund at Synathlon building on Lausanne University Campus on 7 July 2025.
The discussions mainly concerned the development of student sport in Russia and how high university sport is on the Sports Ministry’s agenda. Dr Michael Degtyarev said he works closely with the Russian Student Sports Union, whose representatives visited FISU last spring.
The RSSU has been assigned an important role in the implementation of the student sports development plan. The organisation’s tasks include building a system of competitions, creating student sports leagues, and broadcasting the values of the Olympic sports movement among students.
FISU’s Secretary General/CEO and Minister of sports of Russia and president of Russian Olympic Committee recalled the successful experience of organising major university sports events: the World Summer Universiade in Kazan in 2013, the FISU Forum in Krasnoyarsk in 2018, the World Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk 2019.
They also discussed the Healthy Campus Programme and possible future hosting possibilities for sports and educational events.
“At FISU we are neutral and open to discussions, but for our sports events, we follow the guidelines of the International Federations and the International Olympic Committee”, reminded Matthias Remund. “I believe university sports has a great role to play in bringing people together”.
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