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Putin Signs Law Empowering FMBA to Set Medical Support Rules for Regional Athletes

The measure takes effect in 90 days to centralize medical oversight under the FMBA.

Overview

  • The law was published on the official legal acts portal as an amendment to Russia’s health protection framework.
  • The FMBA is authorized to approve methodological guidelines for medical‑biological support and to determine how those guidelines are developed.
  • Such guidelines must be drafted by medical organizations subordinate to the FMBA, concentrating technical authorship within the agency’s system.
  • Regional ministries of health will approve how support is organized in coordination with regional sports ministries, covering athletes on regional teams including adaptive sports.
  • Sports minister Mikhail Degtyarev welcomed the change as bolstering athlete safety and combating unqualified care, citing plans to build a modern support system with the FMBA.