Referencenews.com reported on June 18th according to TASS's report on June 16th that Russian President Putin instructed relevant government departments to establish ranks and sports titles for drone competitions and athletes. The relevant instruction has been published on the Kremlin website.
President Putin also proposed lowering the minimum age of participants in various drone competitions from 10 years old to 7 years old, and designated Mikhail Degtyaryov, Minister of Sports of Russia and Chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee, as well as Ilya Garaev, Chairman of the Russian Drone Competition Federation, to be responsible for this work.
Putin also instructed the All-Russian Children's and Youth Social Organization "Pioneers Movement" to cooperate with the Russian Drone Competition Federation to host the national youth drone operation competition - the "Future Pilot" Championship starting from 2026. Participants' age will be 7 years old and above, and educational, technical, and other related activities will be held during the competition. Ilya Garaev and Arthur Orlov, Chairman of the Council of the "Pioneers Movement," were designated as responsible persons.
Putin also instructed the Russian government to allocate funds through the federal budget from 2026 to ensure the organization and hosting of the aforementioned championship, and appointed Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to be responsible for this work. (Translated by Zhao Zhipeng)
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