Russia coach Fabio Capello has been given a vote of confidence by sports officials despite their flop in Brazil, failing to win a match or qualify for the second round despite an easy group.
That performance has led to calls for Italian Capello to be sacked, but Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko said he did not agree.
"Capello's competence is beyond doubt," said Mutko, who was president of the Russian Football Union (RFU) from 2005-09.
"We have never had a coach of such a high level at the helm of our national side.
"Some hotheads are calling on us to sack Capello and install a young manager, but the post of the national team's manager is not a testing ground and we should refrain from any unreasonable experiments."