Russian volleyball player Evgenia Bochkareva, who plays for Sporting Lisbon, told Sport24 how the Portuguese react when they hear she is from Russia.
– When in Portugal they discovered that you were from Russia, what was your reaction?
– When I arrived, I faced my unloved stereotype that all Russians are gloomy, unfriendly. That Russia is all about bears, vodka, winter and Putin. They feel like we have nothing else. I didn’t fight him directly, but… When they asked me what I’d like to drink, they said, “You’ll probably have vodka?” I didn’t understand it. Nevertheless, everyone was interested in me coming from Russia,” Bochkareva said.
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Source : MatchTV
