Article 27. The right to participate in cultural life, recreation, and sports

State bodies and organizations shall ensure access for persons with disabilities to objects of tangible cultural heritage, tourist and sports facilities and installations, as well as recreational facilities.

Theaters, museums, cinemas, information and library institutions and information and resource centers, and parks of culture and recreation shall be accessible to persons with disabilities.

In order to provide access for persons with disabilities to objects of tangible cultural heritage, tourist and sports facilities and installations, as well as recreation facilities, organizations – regardless of their organizational and legal status – shall perform the following with the participation of public associations of persons with disabilities:

Facilitate the participation of persons with disabilities and their families in cultural, sporting, and tourist events;

Organize – in partnership with nongovernmental non-profit organizations – cultural, sporting, and recreational events;

Create the necessary conditions and opportunities for persons with disabilities to engage in sports, hold sports competitions, and participate in them;

Provide assistance to nongovernmental non-profit organizations whose activities are aimed at involving persons with disabilities in sports and the cultural life of society;

Participate in promoting and encouraging the participation of persons with disabilities in sporting events of all levels.

Organizations – regardless of their organizational and legal status – shall create the conditions to ensure access for persons with disabilities to sports facilities, recreation facilities, and tourist facilities, including on a free-of-charge basis.

Sports halls and the premises of state-owned sports facilities and structures shall be provided free of charge to persons with disabilities for engaging in sports, with the exception of cases stipulated by legislation.

The state shall provide education and training for coaches, judges, and other specialists in Paralympic sports.

State bodies shall develop and implement annually – jointly with nongovernmental non-profit organizations, including public associations of persons with disabilities – the programs to create conditions and attract persons with disabilities to engage in sports.