Athletistic/ Others. Famous chess player Garry Kasparov (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) criticized Novak Djokovic for the Serbian defense of Russian tennis players who were not allowed to participate in Wimbledon.

“My position is that I am not against a complete ban. In my opinion, the right way is to sign a document stating that these athletes do not encourage events in Ukraine. Then they are allowed to participate in tournaments. So everyone will have a choice.

Djokovic’s comments are inappropriate. In his case, and also if you take some NHL players like Ovechkin, we see an example of social stupidity. They just don’t understand what’s going on,” Kasparov said.