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Russian Basketball Federation

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Headquarters
  
Moscow

President
  
Andrei Kirilenko

Region served
  
Russia

Website
  
russiabasket.ru

Russian Basketball Federation

Formation
  
1991; 26 years ago (1991)

Key people
  
Alexander Krasnenkov (CEO)

Russian Basketball Federation (Russian: Российская федерация баскетбола), also known as RBF, is a national governing body of basketball in Russia. It was founded in 1991, and is the successor to the Soviet Basketball Federation.

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Leagues

  • Russian Professional Basketball League: Premier men's basketball league (founded in 2010, ceased in 2013; superseded by the multinational VTB United League).
  • Russian Super League 1: Original premier men's basketball league, and current secondary men's basketball league.
  • Russian Women's Basketball Premier League: Premier women's basketball league.

    • Commissioners

  • Pavel Morozov – serving from 1991 to 1994.
  • Sergei Belov – serving from 1995 to 1998.
  • V. Kuzin – serving from 1998 to 2003.
  • Sergey Chernov – serving from 2003 to 2011.
  • Alexander Krasnenkov – serving from 2011 to 2013.
  • Yulia Anikeeva – serving since 2013.
  • Andrei Kirilenko – serving since 2015.

    • References

    Russian Basketball Federation Wikipedia
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