Ministry of Sport (Russia)


The Russian Ministry of Sports is a Federal Ministry in Russia.
It is responsible for implementing government policy and legal regulation, providing state services and federal funding for its athletes, also managing public property in the area of sport and physical fitness.
It was created by the Medvedev Government in 2008 as the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy.
It exists in its current form since May 21, 2012.

Structure

The Ministry is composed of two branches:

Soviet Period

The State Committee for Sports and Physical Education of the USSR was established in 1954 as the only governmental body responsible for the management of sports in the Soviet Union. The Committee was a result of the merging of all the sports unions and national teams into one organization.

Post-Soviet

The State Committee for Sports and Physical Education of Russia was created in 1991. It was the central governing body for Russian sports. The head of the committee was referred to as the Sports Minister. The committee was a federal executive organization that was responsible for the coordination and development of sports in Russia.

Since 2002

The Federal Agency for Sports and Body Culture was created in 2002 as the successor to the previous sports committee. It was dissolved in October 7, 2008, to be re-established with its current name.

Officials

Heads of Sports Committee

An independent investigation led by Richard McLaren found corroborating evidence that Russian Ministry of Sport and the FSB had operated a "state-directed failsafe system" using a "disappearing positive methodology" from "at least late 2011 to August 2015".