Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has come under harsh criticism from fans after saying that the main tasks of his department are to prepare for the defense and solvency of the country. The official was accused of blatant militarization of the sphere and also suspected of inadequacy.

"Three main tasks that sport should solve: the first is the defense capacity of the country, its citizens should be strong, morally and physically prepared. The second is the employability of citizens, who will be able to fully realize their intellectual abilities and professional qualities. The third is capacity: healthy people give birth to healthy children," Matytsin said in an interview with the Match TV propaganda channel.

Sports.ru readers advised the minister to study the definition of sports. Fans also wondered why Russian athletes are not fighting in Ukraine in such a case.

"By the way, the number of Mr. Minister's brains corresponds to the number of tasks", "It looks like dark times are coming soon, since a person from the State Duma is already speaking so directly", "Psychosis, which has no end and no edge", "And I always naively thought that the first task is the health of people", "Horror, what nonsense he says, it smells of real fascism", "This is militarism", "Then why aren't athletes at the front? ", "All over the world, sports is the development of people's health, we have - preparation for war", "Solvency" - which day they issue a cringe about women as laying hens", - wrote in the comments.

As reported by OBOZREVATEL, Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin issued a nonsense that foreign athletes "are now crying that they do not have the opportunity to come to us and participate in competitions on the territory" of the Russian Federation.

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