The decision to withdraw from the CAFA tournament has been endorsed by RFU Honorary President Vyacheslav Koloskov.
“I think that this is an absolutely realistic and correct decision,” Koloskov told TASS.
“Participation should pursue some goal, the main goal in this case is to prepare for some kind of official competition, but now the national team has nothing to prepare for, so what's the point of gathering the players after a busy season, why do we need to do this and 'bash' them?” he said.
The CAFA Championships are scheduled to take place from June 9 to June 21 in the Uzbek capital Tashkent and Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek.
Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are expected to join the host nations, along with one another Asian team.