The Russian Federation of Practical Shooting (russian: Российская Федерация Практической Стрельбы (ФПСР), Federatsia Prakticheskoi Strelbi Rossii) is the association for
practical shooting
Practical shooting, also known as dynamic shooting or action shooting, is a set of shooting sports where the competitors try to unite the three principles of precision, power, and speed, by using a firearm of a certain minimum power factor to sc ...
in Russia under the
International Practical Shooting Confederation
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) is the world's largest shooting sport association, and the largest and oldest within practical shooting. Founded in 1976, the IPSC nowadays affiliates over 100 regions from Africa, America ...
(IPSC).
In reaction to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
, the IPSC cancelled all scheduled and future level 3 and above international competitions in Russia.
The President of IPSC,
Vitaly Kryuchin
Vitaly Kryuchin is a Russian sport shooter and president of the International Practical Shooting Confederation and Russian Federation of Practical Shooting. He has one gold and bronze medal from the IPSC European Shotgun Championship (2003 and 20 ...
, is Russian.
See also
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2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot in Russia
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Russian Handgun Championship
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Russian Rifle Championship
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Russian Shotgun Championship
External links
Official homepage of the Russian Federation of Practical Shooting
References
Regions of the International Practical Shooting Confederation
Sports organizations of Russia
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