“Emotions are emotions, but there are general rules of conduct” – Rodnina on the examination of Plushenko’s remarks in the ethics committee of the FFKKR

Three-time Olympic champion and State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina in a chat with , she reacted to the news that the words Evgenia Plushenko on the judges will be reviewed by the Ethics Commission of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR).

On Monday, the chair of the FFKKR ethics commission, Irina Raber, told RIA Novosti that the commission would discuss Plushenko’s statements about the judicial system. Plushenko said earlier that her figure skaters Veronika Zhilina and Sofia Titova were unfairly prosecuted at the Russian Junior Championships in Perm.

— We also have an ethics committee in the State Duma. It’s the same in many sports federations, so people can keep themselves within limits. Emotions are emotions, but there are general rules of conduct,” Rodnina told .

Plushenko, after the completion of the Russian championship in Perm, said that many skaters from his academy will most likely compete for other countries due to biased refereeing in domestic competitions.