– Some Olympic champions said that they receive a presidential scholarship. Do you have one?
– I only read Alexander Tikhonov’s statement on the Internet. I also receive the same pension. It has absolutely no effect on the number of medals won at the Olympics. Whether you were an Olympic champion ten times or once, it doesn’t matter. Everyone has the same rate – 52 thousand.
– Is such a payment a good help for our illustrious champions for their contribution to the development of domestic sports?
– Probably, when the government sets such amounts for the Olympic scholarship, it proceeds from some objective data. You will pay attention to the average salary in the country. For an ordinary worker it is less than 52 thousand. So what’s there to complain about?
Of course, I would like it to be not 52, but 152 thousand. But once upon a time, 5-6 years ago, it was 32 thousand. And then they increased it to 52. I don’t know what we can complain about. “I’m not complaining,” Mayorov said.
According to Rosstat, the average salary in Russia before deduction of personal income tax as of October 2025 was 99,707 rubles.
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