Yes, almost all professional clubs in Russia in varying degrees are funded by taxpayers, as well as sponsors. But you need to understand the differences between Russia and the West. Previously, all the factories .. belonged to all the people, but in the 90s some rogues virtually free privatized 90% of the property and reap huge profits without investing anything. Therefore, investments in sports and other social projects - this is the minimum that they return the people for the stolen property.
In Romania, also a professional league, but I do not know how it formed the club's budget.
As for the climate and distance this is not a problem: we can like Romanians to play the first 3 games in the Amlin Cap at home and then 3 on away. Why it is difficult for the club level Stade Francais or Sale Sharks fly once every few years (if you fall into the same group) to Krasnoyarsk? Krasnoyarsk clubs every year fly to New Zealand, Ireland ... a lot of flying in Russia (tens of thousands km a year), but if you look at the Super-15, then there is even more ...
Yes, our officials want to create this Black Sea Cup and spend next summer and winners will be in the Amlin Cup.
No, olympics, on the contrary brings only harm. Now the Russian national rugby-7 has priority over the main 15 team. For example, the Nations Cup is not called start 12 players (half left for Lyon Sevens and foreign players do not cause to not pay tickets and pay insurance for them). Rus Rugby Union most of their money invested in the rugby-7, but 15 rugby with the flow, if it were not for the professional clubs, we would long ago have fallen below the 30 seats in the IRB ...
That rugby has become more popular, but need normal managers in RRU, and the potential is huge, especially at the expense of the football fans who is tired of scandals, corruption ... if he is to show and tell about the culture of rugby, then many will be rooting for the rugby, like in 30th when rugby is in the top 3 game sport in popularity after football and Russian hockey.
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