4 April 2025

Lukashenko demands return on investments in sports

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko convened a meeting on 4 April to discuss support for physical culture and sports organizations, BelTA has learned.

“I have invited you to professionally discuss how effectively we spend money on sports, in particular, game sports. We have developed a certain system of support for teams, coaches, athletes. We need to discard everything unnecessary and decide how we will proceed going forward. The government allocates huge funds for infrastructure, preferences, and children's sports. Had we gone the Western way, there would have been no sports in the country today. And you wouldn't have been here, sorry about that. I am not saying how great we are and how much we have done; what I mean is that there is not much return on these investments,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

The president remarked that Belarusians show good results in a number of sports, including trampoline jumping, rhythmic gymnastics, canoeing and wrestling. 

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