Viktor Yanukovych remained in the position of head of the National Olympic office. Delegates of the regular meeting of the 17th General Assembly of the NOC decided not to initiate the early termination of his powers and recognized the work of the entire committee as satisfactory, reports "Fakty, ICTV". \n \n The head of the NOC promised to continue working fruitfully for the development of the Olympic movement and for increasing the achievements of Ukrainian sports. \n \n Mykola Tomenko, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for Humanitarian Affairs, who was present at the assembly, also expressed his opinion on the development of national sports. He stated that sports need a change of values. Victory in competitions should be encouraged not by large sums of fees, but by the patriotic desire of athletes to worthily represent their country. In his opinion, it is important that the National Olympic Committee and sports federations be headed not by civil servants, but by people-legends of sport.