The leaders among the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in terms of provision with sports infrastructure have been named

Tambov and Belgorod regions became the best regions of Russia in terms of the number of sports facilities. Elena Istyagina-Eliseeva, Deputy Chairman of the Commission of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation on Physical Culture and Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle, spoke about this at the conference “New Era Development”organized by Kommersant Publishing House. The top ten also included the Chuvash Republic, Kurgan, Tver, Amur, Lipetsk, Penza and Novgorod regions.

“We have an average of 400 people per sports facility across the country. There are leaders – these are the Tambov and Belgorod regions, in which there are approximately 200-250 people per facility. There are also anti-leaders – the Republic of Ingushetia, where there are 1,174 people for one sports facility, ”said the member of the RF OP.

It is noteworthy that the Moscow region also fell into the top ten lagging regions in terms of the provision of sports infrastructure, where there are almost 600 people per sports facility.

Ms. Istyagina-Eliseeva also provided data on the funds allocated to the regions for the development of physical culture and sports: “The Magadan region is the absolute leader, they spend 19,260 rubles. per inhabitant. On average, the Russian figure is 3900 rubles. The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the Sakhalin Region, the Chechen Republic, and the Astrakhan Region have very significant budgets. Among the leaders of the anti-rating is the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, which actually does not have its own budget and is controlled from the Arkhangelsk region. Republic of Ingushetia – 900 rubles. per person, Jewish Autonomous Region — 950 rubles. per person.”