10 January the working group of RFS and RFPL in part of RFS Vice President, RFPL President Sergey Pryadkin, RFPL CEO Sergey Cheban and the Head of Department of professional football Sergey Kulikov arrived in Tomsk. Took place meetings with region and town management to discuss the readiness of the club for spring stage of SOGAZ- RussianChampionship second stage and other questions.
«The trop to Tomsk was planne in advance and was aligned to the end of «Tom» vacations. Today we have met with the executve office of football club and talked for several hours with the Chairman of city council, former «Tom» President Sergey Ilinykh, also interacted with the fans and leaders of fan groups. As for the failed alleged conversation with the governor of Tomsk region Victor Kress, the information is untrue, because this kind of meeting we have not even planned. The trip left positive impression. Of course, «Tom» has certain problems and the club is working over budget optimization but as we were assured, the preparatory work for the season goes according to plan and we are not talking about withdrawing from the championship» - RFPL President Sergey Pryadkin declared in interview to «Чемпионат.com»