“How can you respond to stupidity? » Deputy Svishchev – about the decision of Lopareva and Brissot to remove the words about Russians from the rhythmic dance song

Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Dmitry Svishchev in a conversation with a correspondent, he talked about the decision of French figure skaters Evgenia Lopareva and Joffre Brissot to remove the word “Russians” from the song of the group Boney M. – Rasputin, on which they perform in a rhythmic, stupid dance.

Brissot and Lopareva, who received French citizenship after the start of the SVO, presented a rhythmic dance at the Warsaw Cup tournament to the song Rasputin, at the end of which the phrase “Oh, these Russians” was replaced with “Oh, these dancers” (“Oh, these dancers”).

– How to react to stupidity? A stupid move. Evgenia gave everything to Russia: its entire sporting future. She grew up here. I might be embarrassed to do that. But there are counselors who were afraid of something or someone unknown. We decided not to take any chances and removed it. Well, change the music at the end, if you’re so cool! No, they specifically remove the word. Play Ukrainian or French music. Change the music and there will be no problem. Take some music that has nothing to do with Russia and have fun. Change your first and last name and remove anything related to Russia from your biography. But no. For some reason they behave this way.

— Could this be influenced by the fact that the stage took place in Poland?

– What difference does it make to us where it happens? If you are an athlete, you should not be ashamed of where you were born, who raised you, what language you speak. You should be proud of it. Especially when you are already a first division athlete.

Where do the coaches look and where do the people who select the musical accompaniment for this number look? This is a fault.

But the worst is different. Unfortunately, athletes are simply afraid. They are intimidated. And this should not be ignored. Such things are not acceptable in modern society.

So we hope that our new sports management will improve everything. You have to believe what Degtyarev says. We hope that when he becomes head of the ROC, he and his team will fulfill the promises he made to our athletes. This is the restoration of the rights of our Russian sport. And then such cases, bans and restrictions on nationality should not arise. We need to restore everything slowly so that such problems do not happen again,” Svishchev told .

The duo won the tournament with 201.89 points. Moreover, this season the couple Lopareva and Brissot have already performed a rhythmic dance to the same composition, but with an original text.

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