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company Kuzbassrazrezugol, Andrei Bokarev.The Russian energy giant Gazprom"s Alexei Miller is also linked to Russian football and is the former president of the St. Petersburg football club Zenit, and RZD"s Yakunin takes care of Moscow"s Lokomotiv.
Bokarev has no ties with football; however, has experience in managing sports projects as he heads the Russian Ski and Snowboard Federation.
It is not clear what exactly the board will be in charge of. "Something may be created but it is impossible to say yet which functions the body will have," the newspaper source said.
RFU"s press secretary, Andrei Malosolov, said that he has no information about the creation of a board of trustees. "The idea to bring influential businessmen into the board of trustees is great," he said however. "This will help to successfully develop football in the country," he continued.
A source in the RFU said it will be hard to create the board quickly as certain amendments
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