Head of CSR Kirilenko: “We have excellent relations with foreign colleagues. Everyone understands that our withdrawal is a purely political moment.

President of the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF) Andrei Kirilenko on the air of “”, said that at the moment one should not start talking about the return of Russian sport to the international level.

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) previously announced that Russian and Belarusian clubs were suspended from participation in the Women’s Euroleague, Eurocup and FIBA ​​Europe Cup in the upcoming season in Due to the situation in Ukraine, the Russian men’s team was suspended from participating in EuroBasket, the women’s Peace Cup team.

– I think that’s unreasonable. This is a purely political question, and once it is resolved, whether or not Russia will return to international tournaments.

Of course we want to play with the strongest teams in the world. The level can only go up when you play with the best.

– That is to say that no matter what the federation undertakes, for example negotiations, everything is useless?

– I will say this, all our foreign colleagues who work in international organizations are on excellent terms with us, we are in contact. And everyone is well aware that this is an exclusively political moment, with no relation to sport. We are all athletes, I can’t guess what step will be taken. I am neither a diplomat nor a politician nor a virologist, so it is difficult for me to predict. You have to move in a certain fairway to be ready to come back at any time. We do everything so that our teams lose to a minimum,” Kirilenko told .

Source : MatchTV

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