The Swiss embassy in Moscow has not yet received a request for assistance with the burial of two-time Olympic figure skating champions Oleg Protopopov and Lyudmila Belousova, the embassy’s press service told .
As Vyacheslav Fetisov, a two-time Olympic hockey champion and family friend, previously reported to , Protopopov’s will indicated that he should be buried with Belousova in St. Petersburg.
“The Swiss embassy in Moscow does not have information on your question,” the embassy’s press service told .
Protopopov died on October 31 at the age of 91. During his sports career, the skater performed in tandem with his wife Lyudmila Belousova. The duo won the USSR championships six times, the world and European championships four times, and won gold at the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games.
Belousova and Protopopov were invited to Switzerland for demonstrations in 1979, where they remained. In August 1995, they obtained Swiss nationality and settled in the town of Grindelwald. Belousova died in September 2017.
Source : MatchTV
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