Down-the-line.com / Athletics. State Duma Deputy Roman Teryushkov, a member of the FC Khimki Supervisory Board, responded to Olympic high jump champion Maria Lasitskene. Earlier, the Russian woman criticized her initiatives and statements. In particular, Teryushkov proposed to equate changing citizenship with treason.

“Maria Lasitskene considers calls for athletes to uphold the standards of morality and morality as an insult. A particular interpretation of my initiatives led Maria to erroneous conclusions. The statement of facts of anti-state behavior was transferred to the plan insults. And the facts in the interview are correct.

So, for example, Maria said that “a generation of these athletes has already grown up that has its own point of view, perhaps not coinciding with the official point of view, and they are told how to think, what to do and say”, Teryushkov wrote in his telegram channel.