Winner of the Dakar Rally and Silk Way marathons, Russian runner Sergei Karyakin in an interview with , he said he was not building a political career, but if he felt confident he might well consider the matter.
Earlier, Karyakin told that he was forced to miss Dakar-2023 due to demands from organizers to sign a questionnaire condemning the special operation.
– You became a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Sverdlovsk region. Work takes a long time?
— There are a lot of tasks, but no one has canceled the weekends. Before, I trained in my free time, so there were no major changes in the schedule.
– Do you set yourself the task of developing a political career?
– I do not set goals in politics, I am satisfied with the current situation. I have good relations with the President of the Legislative Assembly, the deputies, the regional committee of the party. I therefore do not plan to play risky games to achieve a result.
– Do you consider yourself the Minister of Sports of the region or a deputy of the State Duma?
– If I am requested, I can show myself in this direction, then, probably, yes. But again, the executive branch is a complicated story, and talking about the ministerial presidency is wrong. In this case, you will have to completely give up car racing, since you will have practically no days off.
Source : MatchTV
