Yuri Trutnev: The All-Russian Long-Range Shooting Tournament in Memory of Hero of the Soviet Union Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov is being held in Yakutia for the third time

The third All-Russian Long-Range Shooting Tournament is being held at the “Sulus” Shooting Training Center in Yakutsk. It is dedicated to the memory of the legendary World War II sniper and Hero of the Soviet Union, Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov. More than 120 people attended the tournament, including participants in the special military operation. The competition is taking place in the year of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The tournament is being held under the leadership of Yuri Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District. The event is organized by the Office of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, the Russian Combat Sniping Federation, the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), and the “VOIN” ("WARRIOR") Center for Military Sports Training and Patriotic Education.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation – Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev and Head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Aisen Nikolaev addressed the competition participants with welcoming remarks.

The championship is held in two modes ("day" and "night") and consists of a sniper pair competition, with one participant being the shooter and the other an observer/spotter. All participants compete on equal terms, regardless of their sporting rank, position, gender, or age. Winners and runners-up will receive special prizes and cash prizes.

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