Yuri Kaminsky, Russia’s honored coach in cross-country skiing, comments “Championship” He shared his views on the attitude of European countries towards domestic athletes.
“I’m more concerned about the hysteria in Europe when Russia is mentioned. But this shows their weakness. They begin to disprove the athletes who support us. In Lithuania, figure skater Margarita Drobyazko was stripped of citizenship due to her position; And in the Czech Republic, they don’t say anything about the hockey players competing in Russia,” said the senior coach of the Russian biathlon team.
On July 28, Lithuanian Minister of Internal Affairs Agne Bilotaite addressed the country’s president with a request to strip Margarita Drobyazko of her citizenship for participating in Tatiana Navka’s show. On September 15, President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda signed a decree depriving the figure skater of citizenship.
Margarita Drobyazko is a 13-time Lithuanian champion, two-time European Championship medalist, World Championship medalist in ice dancing. He participated in five Olympics with his wife and partner Povilas Vanagas.
Drobyazko was born in Moscow in 1971. As an exception, the athlete received a Lithuanian passport in 1993 for his services to the country he represented at the World Championships and Olympic Games.
Formerly the Lausanne court affected Hearings in the case of figure skater Valieva.