World kickboxing champion and mixed style fighter Konstantin Glukhov commented on obtaining Russian citizenship.
On Friday, the 44-year-old athlete, who had previously renounced Latvian citizenship, received a passport from the Russian Federation.
“This long, long journey is finally coming to an end.” I have already said that my wife and I met 10 years ago. Even then, we thought that we should go to Russia. But at first there were some problems, then second problems. But now we have understood it. Important and correct document.
– What are you going to do now?
— There are a lot of documents to complete. But we should be happy.
My grandmother, grandfather and father were all born in Russia, some in Leningrad, others in Stalingrad, now Volgograd. My roots are Russian, so I always thought that I should live in Russia. And in general, a Russian should live in Russia, they always said so. Here is his home, his culture, his traditions
— What didn’t you like about Latvia?
– Several things. I went to university, studied at school, competed as an athlete and always relied on my last name. Latvians, of course, add “s”, that is, I am there “Glukhovs”, but it is still not a Latvian last name. And so, 15 years ago, I came to the gym to train, the gym was quite popular, good, rich. And they help athletes there. I asked the coach who helped me if there could be sponsorship somewhere. He says: “Yes, there would be sponsorship if you had a Latvian last name.” So you have to go home, where you will be welcome.
I said that when I come to Russia, here they can also insult me, throw me out and do something bad. But Russians always do that to you. It’s always ours.
— How did the Latvian authorities react to your decision?
– I don’t know, no way. I don’t really read the channels. I thought that if I disappeared from the country, no one would notice. That’s what happened. He left and left,” reports the correspondent of , according to Glukhov’s words.
Glukhov has competed in 52 professional MMA fights (35 wins and 17 losses).
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