Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said he would support the decision to strip figure skater Margarita Drobyazko of the country’s citizenship because of her participation in Tatyana Navka’s Swan Lake show in Sochi.
“I would participate in the discussion and I would probably say yes,” quotes the LRT minister.
Drobyazko, who dances on ice with her husband Povilas Vanagas, was born in Moscow, but after the collapse of the USSR, she represented Lithuania on the international stage. The skaters are bronze medalists at the 2000 World Championships, participants in five Olympic Games. In 2000, Drobyazko and Vanagas were awarded Knight’s Crosses of the Order of Gediminas.
Earlier, the press secretary of the Lithuanian President, Gitanas Nauseda, said that it is necessary to consider the selection of state awards from Drobyazko and Vanagas in case of participation in a Russian commercial show. In turn, the chairman of the law enforcement committee, Stasis Shedbaras, offered to deprive Drobiazko of Lithuanian citizenship. He pointed out that the figure skater received Lithuanian citizenship as a gift, which, as he notes, can be revoked.
Source : MatchTV
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