Athletistic / Fencing. Two-time Olympic fencing champion Yana Yegoryan told the moving story of Russian swordsmen Sergei and Violetta Bida. They were included on the Russian Interior Ministry’s wanted list.

It became known earlier that the swordsmen left Russia for the United States. They participated in the American Fencing Championships. In Russia, they were put on the wanted list for unauthorized departure; the athletes are members of the Russian Guard.

Fencers Sergei and Violetta Bida face up to 10 years in prison

“I have my own family, my own job and my own business. What happens to these people and how does not matter to me,” Egorian was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.


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