The State Committee of Ukraine for Physical Culture and Sports created an opaque, uncontrolled and ineffective system for using State Budget of Ukraine funds for organizational and financial support of the national team of Ukraine. This is stated in the conclusion of the Board of the Accounting Chamber, the text of which is in the possession of "proUA". \n \nThe Chamber notes systemic violations of current legislation by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance, the State Treasury and the State Committee for Sports (SCS), as well as the absence of internal mutual control between these central executive bodies, which became the basis for non-targeted, ineffective use of funds for the specified purposes and use with a budget offense. \n \n"The SCS purchased a measuring laboratory for anti-doping research at an inflated cost, as a result of which losses were caused to the state budget in the total amount of UAH 1.7 million. ... Funds in the amount of UAH 3.2 million, intended for the preparation and participation of the national team in the Olympic Games, were used by the SCS not for their intended purpose, but for holding other international competitions. ...Funds in the amount of UAH 5.7 million were used by the SCS for major and current repairs of administrative premises and financial support to societies and organizations that do not perform the functions of Olympic training bases," the Chamber's conclusion states. \n \nIn addition, UAH 700 thousand allocated for the purchase of medicines for athletes were used not for their intended purpose; with budget offenses, state budget funds in the total amount of UAH 9.3 million were provided to the National Television Company of Ukraine, which is almost nine times the amount used by the National Television Company of Ukraine for the same purpose within the framework of fulfilling the state order for 2004. \n \n"Thus, funds in the total amount of UAH 21.6 million were used with budget offenses," the Accounting Chamber summarizes. \n \nIn addition, the department notes the inflated amount of remuneration for athletes receiving medals at the games. "The remuneration for a gold medalist of the Olympic Games has been set at over UAH 0.5 million, which significantly exceeds the remunerations established in many economically much more developed countries of the world. As a result of the changes made, the volume of expenditures for the payment of remuneration to athletes amounted to 3.2% of the total expenditures of the State Committee for Sports on physical culture and sports from the state budget for 2003-2004," the Chamber claims. \n \nIn total, UAH 121.5 million, or 50.8% of the total state budget expenditures for the specified purposes, were used with violations of current legislation and inefficiently for the preparation and participation of athletes in the Olympic Games.