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             THE BOXING FEDERATION OF RUSSIA

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12 December 2005

EABA President

Acad. E. Jetchev

CC: EABA member Federations

                   Dear Sportfriends,

We have received the letter regarding the meeting of EABA Executive Committee and we express our high dudgeon, negotiation and surprise about this message.

We demand explanation of these actions, including juridical grounding and justification of such actions in terms of ethics of all people, who have made this decision.

As you know, initiative group of EABA national federations demanded convening of the Extraordinary Congress in the result of numerous violations of acting EABA Articles. This demand was accepted and officially registered in September 19, 2005.

Further followed official circumlocution from the side of EABA officials, who were trying to find an excuse for refusal of the Extraordinary Congress meeting and Extraordinary Executive Committee meeting.

But now Executive Committee Meeting is held! BUT FOR WHAT QUESTIONS and WHERE?

Instead of discussing the most urgent problems, which made the whole boxing Europe rouse and demand the meeting, we see in the Agenda discussion of financial questions and confirmation of minutes. This is amazing! Boxing is going under and even those few people who are against any Extraordinary meetings speak about this. And those people who have the power to solve many problems and troubles of boxers from many countries immediately, are ignoring national federations, entrusted them their future in boxing.

If the trouble that happened to the European boxing it is not the reason to call an Extraordinary Congress, than how can Extraordinary EC meeting be held to discuss ordinary financial questions and reports? Previously EABA officials insisted that there was no reason for unplanned meetings. And now � it looks like mockery � Extraordinary EC meeting is planned. It is assigned precisely at the end of the period of �4 months�, about which it is said in the EABA Articles. It is clear that those who assigned Extraordinary EC meeting are not going to call Extraordinary Congress. Otherwise how can you manage to call and hold Extraordinary Congress in 4 days left till the end of 4 months� period established by the Articles?! 

By that action EABA officials proved that they flaunt Regulations and ignore opinion of national federations. EC meeting has the only aim � prevent an Extraordinary Congress to which most of European Federations is coming.

We are also against the Extraordinary EC meeting and any other meetings under EABA in Bucharest. All the previous meetings in this city had scandalous character and were accompanied with aggressive personalities to the address of some national federations. Representative of Romanian Boxing Federation supports Mr Doganeli (national federations was shocked by his actions) and he declares in public that it is necessary to forget about the violations, made by Boxing Federation of Turkey with Doganeli�s help as �remote ones�. That is the reason why we don�t support initiative of having any meetings within EABA family in Bucharest.

We suggest to join all together and with collective efforts avoiding the worst violations of the EABA Regulations. By a part of the Executive Committee in Tallinn was made a decision to convene an Extraordinary Congress in Prague (Czech Republic). This decision was approved by the Initiative Group, which demanded the calling of an Extraordinary Congress, as Czech Republic is not one of the former Soviet Union republics and can be considered as neutral country that makes it convenient for everyone.  We suggest to EVERYONE � lets meet in Prague (Czech Republic) and all together try to find the way out of the crisis, we appeared to be today. These days, when Europe gets ready to the Christmas holidays, EABA officials may avoid violation of Regulations and reduce to order in European Boxing family at the Extraordinary Congress.

We don�t want to part Europe according to any features; we just demand order and honesty in our Boxing. We are delightful to have friends among all national federations irrespective of their nationality, confessions and place of living. The only thing we demand � is the fulfilment of the Regulations by EVERYONE, not only by those who are lower in rank or in the number of won medals.

We hope that common sense and respect to our Regulations will prevail and we will meet in Prague 13 � 15 January 2006, to discuss the possible way out of distressful situation in European Boxing.

         With best wishes,

Eduard R. Khusainov

President

Russian Boxing Federation