“Let us nevertheless, on such a holiday, Victory Parade, we will think that victory will accompany us in everything, including football. Let's hope that we don’t have to (postpone the championship. - RT ), ”RIA Novosti quoted Matytsina as saying.

The Minister of Sports of Russia expressed the hope that the problems of the Russian Premier League would be temporary, that the athletes would be in good health, and the matches of the national championship "would continue."

Earlier, the president of the Russian Premier League (RPL) Sergey Pryadkin expressed the opinion that the domestic championship will live in conditions of limitations in the 2020/21 season.