Russian MMA fighter Vladimir Mineev told he respects the former Russian national team footballer’s decision Andrei Solomatin go to the military special operations area.
Earlier, the former Russian national team, Lokomotiv and CSKA Solomatin defender said that since July he has been in the SVO zone within the Espanyol supporters team. Mineev received the call-up last September and joined the Russian Armed Forces in February 2023.
“His act is nothing but respect for me. What should the other comrades do? What their heart tells them, what they feel. I don’t think everyone should be like me or Andrei. Everyone has their own motivations. You know, I thought about it a lot, and now we are fighting to guarantee our loved ones and friends a peaceful heaven. And everything was fine. So that people don’t feel uncomfortable. So they live under a peaceful sky.
Granted, it’s one thing if women and children do it, and quite another when a healthy man does it and somehow tries not to notice or avoid what’s happening. pass. Again, it’s his right, his choice, his life. How can I blame him? It is clear that we have differences in concepts. And now? He finds many reasons why “no”. I find many reasons why “yes”. But this is not a reason to enter into conflict with them. Moreover, there are people who are not in the war zone, but who help, provide humanitarian aid, support in any way possible. And people who don’t want to get involved can also be understood, they get away with it. They don’t want to change anything. What can we say now? It is their civil right, and we are fighting for civil rights,” Mineev told .
Solomatin became Russian champion in CSKA and played with the Russian team in the 2002 World Championship. The 47-year-old footballer finished his career at Torpedo in 2007, after which he worked as a coach at Chertanovo.
Mineev held his last fight under MMA rules in October 2021, defeating Magomed Ismailov by technical knockout. The statistics of a fighter in MMA are 16 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw. Mineev, 33, will next fight former Bellator League champion Rafael Carvalho at Elista on September 15.
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