“The formalities are being arranged. I owe my position because I don’t want my and my children’s surnames to be associated with a war criminal in the future,” says the former athlete.
“When I reached the level where journalists wrote about me, they probably didn’t believe that Putin’s name was really there, so at that time I experienced various misunderstandings – Bird, Bird and others. After that, the athletes laughed, but not badly. , always treated with respect, but the Ukrainians were already careful, “recalls the former athlete.
He talks about the case when he joked about his last name, but the Ukrainian athlete Anton Dukach answered seriously without shaming himself. It also happened when a Russian flag was placed next to a Latvian luge sportsman next to the all-season sledge sports number, and there were also jokes that he had to ride with Russian sledge Andrei Medvedev, forming a crew Putin / Medvedev, because Putin led the Russian state in a duet with Dmitry Medvedev for a long time.
However, Kristen once again emphasizes that all these jokes were positive and he has no bad memories. However, the situation is currently changing very rapidly. “Occupation has taken place. Russia has invaded Ukraine, and it is a great crime that I do not support. It is unacceptable that war could break out in Europe today.”
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