On December 10, another Olympic Assembly of the ROC took place in Moscow, attended by Dmitry Rebrov as a delegate from the All-Russian Sports Federation of Sports of the Deaf.

Minister of Sport of Russia, President of the Russian Olympic Committee Mikhail Degtyarev:

The Olympic Assembly approved the report of the ROC Chairman. Despite proposals from a number of speakers during the debate to recognize the organization's work as successful, we will only be able to make such a decision after the ROC's full reinstatement of rights. For now, the assessment is "satisfactory."

In 2025, Russia has achieved tangible progress in returning to the international sports arena. Already 67 international federations, including 34 Olympic ones, admit our athletes to their competitions. 4,200 of our athletes have international status, with 700 obtaining it this year.

Among the results achieved over the year:

-          112 medals won at 40 major tournaments in Olympic sports;

-          Athletes in three winter and one summer sport have had their rights reinstated;

-          The Executive Committee of the International Sambo Federation has granted permission (from January 1, 2026) for Russians and Belarusians to compete under national flags in all age categories;

-          Russia's election to the UNESCO Committee for Anti-Doping.

Amendments to the ROC Charter were made at the assembly in accordance with the Olympic Charter. 124 delegates of the Olympic Assembly voted in favor of changing and supplementing the charter, with three abstentions. As noted earlier, the new version of the Charter is the main requirement on the path to restoring the ROC's membership in the IOC. The new document has now been sent to the International Olympic Committee.

The possibility for representatives of the Athletes' Commission to be members of the ROC has been solidified. Consequently, the Executive Committee decided to include the head of the Commission and his deputy, Olympic champions Vladlena Bobrovnikova and Artur Dalaloyan, in the ROC.

A historic decision was approved to rename the position of President of the ROC to Chairman of the ROC, and vice-presidents to deputy chairmen. On this matter, Mikhail Degtyarev stated that "We now have one President."

The Executive Committee has been expanded from 29 to 31 members to strengthen the representation of sports federations in Olympic sports. Additionally, a provision allowing ROC decisions to be contested in the National Center for Sports Arbitration has been removed.

Source: Mikhail Degtyarev's Telegram channel

Photo: Mikhail Starostin

Translation: Daria Kudelina