Honored figure skating coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova shared her thoughts on the words of the former defender of the Russian national team and Moscow CSKA Vasily Berezutsky, who said that athletes should leave Russia and change their sports citizenship in order to develop. His words lead the way “Sports Express”.
“Every person has his own life and his own attitude. He has one, the other one has another. I don’t judge anyone. Athletes make their own decisions based on how committed they are to the country where they achieved great results,” said Tarasova.
Journalist Nobel Arustamyan in an interview with Vasily Berezutsky stated: “If you really want to play at a high level and achieve things, you have to 100% leave now. “It doesn’t matter which country, under which flag and how.”
There are currently four Russians playing in Europe’s top 5 leagues. This summer Daler Kuzyaev (Le Havre) and Arsen Zakharyan (Real Sociedad) left the Russian Premier League (RPL). Alexander Golovin has been playing for the French Monaco for several years, and Alexey Miranchuk plays for the Italian Atalanta.
Previously Vyacheslav Koloskov named Fanciful words of Berezutsky calling for separation from Russia.