The Russian national football team should...
"I am in favor of Russian-born coaches, people who understand our way of thinking," Mutko said.
"We should somehow develop from within. To develop a coach in any type of sport means leaving a legacy. A foreign trainer is only interested in the national team and will not share his experience with the whole country," he added.
The statement comes as Hiddink"s future as trainer of the Russian national team remains in doubt after a recent meeting with new Russian Football Union president Sergei Fursenko in Moscow.
Hiddink"s some $8 million a year contract runs out in July.
"Guus has a contract until the summer," Fursenko was quoted as saying by the Sovetski Sport paper after the meeting. He refused to comment on whether the 63-year-old trainer would lead Russia"s Euro 2012 campaign.
Despite failing to take Russia to this summer"s World Cup in South Africa, Hiddink has hauled the Russian team up to number 13 in the latest FIFA ratings.