Soon afterAfter the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], on 9 January 1992 there was formed the All-Russian Association of Football (VAF)<ref>[https://www.sportsdaily.ru/articles/ot-koloskova-do-mutko От Колоскова до Мутко]. www.sportsdaily.ru. 23 September 2016</ref> based on the RSFSR Federation of Football and headed by [[Anzor Kavazashvili]].<ref name=tass211214>[https://tass.ru/sport/13182049 Союз против Ассоциации. Как создавался чемпионат России по футболу после распада СССР]. tass.ru. 14 December 2021</ref> The VAF conference consisted of 173 delegates from the whole Russian Federation, out of which 172 voted for Kavazashvili, while Kavazashvili abstained from voting himself. The president of the former Soviet federation Koloskov decided to create a parallel organization the Russian Football Union, even though the All-Russian Association of Football (VAF) was acknowledged by the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation as the only governing body of [[association football]] in the country.<ref name=tass211214/>
At the same time [[Vyacheslav Koloskov]] who was appointed a president of the Commonwealth of Independent States associations of football federations (descendent of the Soviet Union Football Federation) tried to resolve an issue of conducting the [[1992 Soviet Top League|1992 football championship]] by negotiating with the Muscovite clubs.<ref name=tass211214/>
