[1] After losing Baltic participants along with Georgia, Koloskov tried to convince Ukraine to stay and later tried to threaten it with political isolation,[2][1] a method he used when he was speaking with the Georgian Football Federation president Nodar Akhalkatsi.
[3] The executive committee of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union that convened just before the New Year's Eve condemned withdrawal of Ukraine.
[1] Following the New Year's Eve an initiative group consisting of Anzor Kavazashvili, Viktor Ponedelnik, Valentin Ivanov and Hussam al-Khalidi (an Iraqi owner of FC Asmaral Moscow) established a parallel governing body the All-Russian Association of Football on January 9.
[1][4] The very next day (January 11), on initiative of Koloskov there was established the Association of Football Federations of Independent States of the Commonwealth[4] which was instantaneously recognized by both FIFA and UEFA.
[4] In the beginning of February the five Muscovite clubs CSKA, Spartak, Dynamo, Lokomotiv, and Torpedo published a joint memorandum refusing to participate in the CIS competition calling it "a tournament without future".
[4] For the president ran five candidates Viacheslav Variushin, Nikita Simonyan, Anzor Kavazashvili, Valentin Ivanov and Vyacheslav Koloskov.
[4] Ivanov and Variushin withdrew and after some heated debates with 173 votes Koloskov was elected the president of the Russian Football Union, while Nikita Simonyan became the first vice-president.