During the tournament, refrain from any overt expression of support for your country, as well as from carrying a flag or leaving positive comments about the Russian Federation.
Medvedev: ‘I will be happy to participate in Wimbledon’
“What kind of code of conduct? Firstly, Wimbledon have had ten months to draft such a document and send out this instruction, and they do it three and a half months before the start of the tournament. So what is it? they decided to propose such a document, so it had to be announced ten months ago, and not now If I was the head of the federation, I would say that the athletes will not sign anything, you had ten months to go I think it’s just a complete mess!
But I love my country! Not because there is politics, which Wimbledon is postponed, but I love it for the exceptional people, the athletes, the writers, the artists, the musicians. I was born here and my parents too, why can’t I speak well of where I was born and where I grew up? We have already been deprived of the flag, of the anthem. What else do they need? All athletes respect each other for their achievements, not for their affiliation with politics,” Chesnokov told Match TV.
Wimbledon 2023 will take place from July 3-16.
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