State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina, a three-time Olympic champion in pair skating, commented on the desire of former football player Ari da Silva to start a political career in Russia.
“Ari needs to decide on citizenship. Cannot hold any other citizenship or residence permit. We will continue to talk when the citizenship issue is resolved.
The next question is the party. It will take a lot of votes to be nominated.
Will it promote football? Listen, we have the only parliament in the world with this many Olympic champions. I think he will be lost among our Olympians with his football, ”says Rodnina sports24.
In Russia, Ari played for Krasnodar, as well as for Moscow Spartak and Lokomotiv. The former football player has two matches for the Russian national team.
He married Russian citizen Natalya Gryzlova in 2014 and received a Russian passport in 2018.
Gennady Zyuganov, former Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, chairman of the party faction in the State Duma presented striker Ari came to his party.