The Future Games, a mix of virtual and more traditional sports, could have a future outside of Russia. At the end of the first edition, completed on Sunday March 3 in Kazan, the agency TASS explains that the event could be held next year in Kazakhstan. The announcement was made during a press conference by Georgy Zarubin, the president of the Saint Petersburg Federation of Physical Sports. Present last month in Kazan for the opening ceremony, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev suggested that his country could take over from Russia in organizing the event, but without specifying that he could do so. welcome next year. Another new arrival from Moscow: the World Friendship Games, scheduled for September 15 to 29, 2024 in Moscow and Yekaterinburg, should include 36 sports, 208 disciplines and 283 medal events. Russia expects the participation of athletes from at least 70 countries. Proof of the very political nature of the event: the first meetings of the organizing committee were chaired by the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Chernyshenko, and Vladimir Putin's personal assistant, Igor Levitin. A bill relating to these Friendship Games was submitted to the Duma, one of the two chambers of Russian parliament. It should be adopted quickly.
