[1] Valery Gazzaev was the head of the committee in charge of the united league.
Yevgeni Giner, chairman of CSKA Moscow has stated that he believes that this means that UEFA “has said it will allow the unification of championships”.
Gazprom are the owners of the cross-border KHL team SKA Saint Petersburg and Russian Premier League team FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Terek Grozny did not attend meetings and their vice-president Khaidar Alkhanov described the proposal as a "crazy scheme" and suggested it is disrespectful to the teams who would be left behind by the larger clubs.
[citation needed] FIFA's Sepp Blatter opposes the proposal referring to it as "impossible".