After Sergei Fursenko resigned on 25 June 2012, Simonyan was appointed acting president of the Russian Football Union for a second time.
ˈæftɚ sˈɛɹɡeɪ fɜːsˈɛŋkoʊ ɹɪzˈaɪnd ˌɔn twˈɛnti fˈaɪv dʒˈuːn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛlv, sɪmˈɑːnjən wʌz ɐpˈɔɪntᵻd ˈæktɪŋ pɹˈɛzɪdənt ʌvðə ɹˈʌʃən fˈʊtbɔːl jˈuːniən fɚɹə sˈɛkənd tˈaɪm.