“The new strategy must necessarily provide for measures that, in the event of such force majeure circumstances, will help people to maintain physical activity, support stadiums, sports clubs, sections and, of course, will not allow the training process of our national teams to fail,” Putin said during the meeting Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sports.

He stressed that the sports sector was very strongly affected by the events of the current year, including due to the coronavirus pandemic, various competitions were canceled.

Earlier, Putin instructed to resolve the issue of the program for the development of children's sports in Russia.