Athletistic / Ski racing. The President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation (FLGR) Elena Vyalbe commented on a recent interview with two-time Olympic figure skating champion Evgeni Plushenko. He admitted that he reacted harshly to calls from some MPs to join the boycott of the Olympic Games in Paris (France). According to Plushenko, he “sent MPs into space.”

“The fact is that the word ‘boycott’ should not be used at all, we are not boycotting the Paris Olympics. These are completely different things, I think these same MPs used this word without knowing what a boycott is.

After all, a boycott means that we will automatically have to miss the next two Olympic Games. There is no need to make such statements, it really won’t bring anyone anything good.

Vyalbe spoke about the decision of Russian TV channels not to broadcast the Olympics

” Zhenya answered, probably rather sharply. I am on the side of everyone who understands that we do not need a boycott,” Vyalbe said, as quoted by RIA Novosti.



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