Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and Olympic champion in speed skating Svetlana Zhurova called the expected decision of the European Fencing Confederation (EFC) on the early termination of the powers of the president of the organization Stanislav Pozdnyakov .
On Tuesday, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Pozdnyakov said the EFC Congress had voted to terminate his powers within the organization early.
“For us, all these decisions are expected. At this point, there is no need to expect anything else. Here they have a completely different attitude. For them, it is our collective responsibility. That’s all. It doesn’t matter to them whether the Olympic champion is a respected person or someone who has made a huge contribution to the Olympic movement. If Pushkin and Dostoyevsky are canceled in our country, then what else can we talk about? People there think in other categories,” Zhurova told .
Pozdnyakov has been leading EFC since 2016. In September last year, the Russian was re-elected to the position.
Source : MatchTV
