Figure skater Maria Agayeva posed her question to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a forum in Sochi in 2017. His words were quoted “Match TV”.
“We went to the training camp, a forum was held there and we asked questions that interested us. I asked him if he often had fun and got into mischief as a child. I was a little worried, I was small and didn’t know what to ask, so I came up with a question on the spot. I felt very strange and funny at the same time. He replied: “Of course he was a hooligan, and I wish the same for you.” This memory will stay with me forever. Parents looked at this and were probably happy,” Agayeva said.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appealed to international sports federations, recommending that domestic and Belarusian athletes should not be allowed to participate in any competitions due to the political situation. For this reason, the International Skating Union (ISU) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from competitions. The last major tournament for the Russians was the Olympic Games in Beijing in February 2022.
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