"Due to a lack of funding": A boxing tournament in Karelia that brought together dozens of young athletes from various regions has been canceled.

The traditional boxing tournament was held in Kostomuksha since 2014. It was sponsored by Karelsky Okatysh, a leading iron ore mining and processing plant in Russia. Last year, participation in the competition accepted Around 100 children from five regions of the country participated. Those who won prizes received the opportunity to advance to the all-Russian championship.

However, this year the tournament in Kostomuksha has been cancelled.

"Due to lack of funding," сообщается on the local boxing club page.

Last week, Putin, speaking in Samara At a meeting on the development of youth sports, he promised to create all the necessary conditions for young athletes. At the same time, residents of several regions complained to constant disruptions of training and closure of sports sections on formal grounds.

So, the Karelian authorities Lakhdenpokhya They closed the sports school building under the pretext that it was in disrepair (an inspection, funded by the parents, showed that the building was in good condition).

In the village Svetloe, Chelyabinsk region They are trying to close the free karate club where children are trained by a professional trainer, allegedly due to a lack of funding (parents claim that before the "SVO" program, the budget allocated funds for their children's food and travel to the competition site, but now they have to pay for everything themselves).

Previously "NeMoscow" toldthat the city authorities Find They reacted rather peculiarly to athletes' complaints about the lack of heating and electricity at the Vodnik school: they simply forbade coaches from holding classes.

Photo: Karelian pellet