Organisers
Federation of Sports Programming
The national sports federation that has been developing programming as a sport since 2021 — with a calendar of 100+ competitions and a national team.
The competition is organised by the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation and the Federation of Sports Programming. It is the federation’s first international event outside Russia and the first international sports competition in information security systems programming.
The federation in numbers
- 2021 year founded — 19 October
- 89 regions of Russia where the sport is developing
- 65 regional sports federations
- 300+ events a year
- 100,000+ competitors
- 6 disciplines
Federation data as of October 2026.
From recognition of the sport to the first events abroad
The federation’s history is a sequence of “firsts”. Each step made programming a little more of a sport: with rules, judges and a national team.
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19 October 2021
The Russian Federation of Sports Programming is founded
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12 April 2022
Russia becomes the first country in the world to recognise sports programming as an official sport
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16 June 2022
The Ministry of Sport and the Ministry of Digital Development sign a memorandum on developing the sport
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17 February 2023
The federation receives the status of an all-Russian sports federation
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24–28 May 2023
“Kod Mira”, Grozny — the first international competition in Russia: 11 countries, over 300 athletes
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December 2023
The first Russian national team is formed: 44 athletes and 15 coaches
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2024
Games of the Future, Kazan — sports programming in the programme of the Games, 27 countries
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March 2026
A sixth discipline is approved — artificial intelligence systems programming
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Summer 2026
The national team’s first training camp, Kislovodsk
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September–October 2026
Federation Cup in information security: 1,306 participants in the online qualifier — a Russian record; a final of 20 teams in Moscow; the winners joined the national team
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10–13 December 2026
Dubai — the first international competition in information security systems programming and the federation’s first competition abroad
Six disciplines of one sport
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Algorithmic programming
Classic olympiad problems solved for speed and accuracy.
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Product programming
Hackathons: in limited time a team builds a working product (MVP).
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Information security systems programming
CTF in two formats — Task-Based and Attack-Defense. The discipline of the Dubai championship.
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Robotics programming
Robots and autonomous systems.
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Unmanned aircraft systems programming
Unmanned aircraft systems.
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Artificial intelligence systems programming
A new discipline since March 2026.
A real sport: ranks, titles, a national team
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Ranks and titles
Athletes are awarded sports ranks and the titles of Candidate Master of Sport and Master of Sport. The first Master of Sport in sports programming was named in 2024.
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Russian national team
The first national team line-up was approved in December 2023. Places in the information security team are decided at the Federation Cup; the winners of the 2026 Cup go to Dubai.
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Rules and judges
The same competition rules, panel of judges and appeals procedure apply at every event — from regional to international.
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Federation Cup
The main domestic event; its challenge trophy is kept at the State Museum of Sport.
State co-organiser
The Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation recognised sports programming as a sport in 2022, keeps the register of disciplines, awards titles and is the co-organiser of the Dubai championship. The Chairman of the federation’s Board, Odes Baysultanov, is First Deputy Minister of Sport of Russia.
Federation leadership
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Odes Baysultanov
Chairman of the Board, First Deputy Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation
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Yusup Nasukhanov
First Vice-President
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Anton Solyanin
Executive Director
Links
- Federation website fsp-russia.ru
- Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation minsport.gov.ru