Russian athletes are unlikely to massively change their sports citizenship, but they understand that the attitude towards them from the outside has now deteriorated significantly, said the two-time Olympic biathlon champion. Dmitry Vasiliev .
On Tuesday, the Executive Committee of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) recommended to Congress to extend the suspension of the membership of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) and the withdrawal of Russian athletes due to the situation in Ukraine. .
– As far as I know, all sane Russian athletes, not just biathletes, are aware that today a Russian means an outcast. Once this situation changes, everything will fall into place, but just as living conditions in Western countries are deteriorating so much that their citizens will force their leaders to sit down at the negotiating table with Russia. At this point, you need to present a list of requirements for how we see the development of not only sport, but also life in the future.
I don’t think everyone is now ready to change sports citizenship. They will be reminded that they are Russians and that they are generally responsible for whatever the sun shines or rains, there is no doubt about that,” Vasiliev said on the airwaves of the show “There is a theme! on MatchTV.
The Executive Committee of the IBU proposed to the Congress as a condition for the restoration of the RRF the right “to distance oneself from the conflict in Ukraine and to ensure that none of the Russian biathletes will actively participate in the actions of the Russian army “. Ukrainian biathletes are not excluded from international departures, some of them joined the Ukrainian army.
– Appeal to the rule of law, to international law – a meaningless thing, in my opinion – shaking the air. Because all the institutions of international law have been destroyed, that is obvious. There is so much hatred and Russophobia in the blood of many of our colleagues, even moderate ones, that it is difficult to talk to them about it. I think it is not necessary to imitate what our Ukrainian colleagues have done in the past, but we must be fully armed, because the situation is likely to get worse. However, I am not in favor of sending athletes to the NWO,” Vasiliev noted.
Source : MatchTV
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