
The Russia J/70 Association started developing the J/70 class across Russia in 2013. In the spring of 2017 year, a decision was made to register as a formal organization with the Russian Ministry of Sport. The association operates in Kaliningrad, Moscow, Krasnodar Krai (east of Moscow).
The class is healthy. As of September 2017, 29 boats are members, including 11 boats that have been used in three commercial projects- such as the Russian J/70 Sailing League. Around 200 people are constantly sailing (more than 10 days a year), about 1,000 people at least once a year.

Notably, the Russian J/70 class plans to engage the help of the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Sports to put in a bid to host the J/70 World Championship in 2019, most likely in St Petersburg on the eastern Baltic Sea! For more information, contact these class representatives:
President- Irina Gorbatûk- phone +7-9062-346422, email- Irina_gorbatyuk@Mail.Ru and Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/irinagorbatyuk
Class Officer- Dmitry Zaritskiy- phone +7-9062-399929, email- dzar@mail.ru and Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/dmitry.zaritskiy
J/Boats Russia- Grigory Aksenov- phone +7-9091-576924, email- aksenov.grigory@gmail.com, and Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/grigory.aksenov
For more Russian J/70 Class Association information, please see Facebook page Add to Flipboard Magazine.