Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Oleg Matytsin referred to the department’s position regarding the latest statements from the two-time Olympic pole vault champion Elena Isinbayeva .
Earlier, Isinbayeva announced that she would return to work with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in September, and also noted that she had never been in the Russian armed forces, calling her rank of major “nominal”. .
– What is the position of the Ministry of Sports on Isinbayeva?
– An unequivocal balance sheet: it is inadmissible to treat a military rank in this way, it is inadmissible to treat a civilian position and the events taking place in your country. Every citizen who loves his country has a negative attitude towards such statements, – the correspondent reports Matytsin’s words.
Source : MatchTV
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