Russia captain broke silence over Ukraine invasion
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has had many ramifications in the world of football, leading to the elimination of all Russian teams from the UEFA and FIFA competitions.
captain
Artem Dzyuba broke his silence over his country's attack on Ukraine and reacted to recent remarks by
Vitaliy Mykolenko, who had slammed him.
In a recent Instagram post,
Mykolenko expressed outrage at the lack of response from Russian national team players to their country's attack on Ukraine, claiming that they would never be forgiven for their silence on the war. On Instagram, Dzyuba expressed his opposition to any war or conflict, but claimed that sport should be separated from politics.
"I didn't want to comment about the events in Ukraine until the very last moment,"
Dzyuba wrote on Instagram
. "I didn't want to, not because I am afraid, but because I am not an expert in the politics, I was never involved in it and I was never going to be (contrary to many political scientists and virologists that have recently appeared on the Internet).
"But as any other person I have my own opinion. And I will voice it because I've been pushed to this topic from many sides.
"War is terrifying. I am shocked by human aggression and hate, which is moving to a larger scale every day.
"I am against discrimination based on your nationality. I am not ashamed to be Russian. I am proud to be Russian. I don't understand why athletes have to suffer now.
"I am against double standards. Why are some allowed everything, but we are blamed for everything? Why does everyone always say that sport is apolitical, but with the first opportunity, when it concerns Russia, this principle is absolutely forgotten?"
This time, however,
Manchester Citydefender
Oleksandr Zinchenkoreacted to the Russian captain's remarks, claiming that the devil should be punished on all platforms. He wrote:
"As for your main argument 'sport is apolitical', indeed, sport shouldn't be a part of an election campaign, party races, slogan promotion and a PR platform.
"However, sport, as any other part of life, cannot stand by and watch the matters of war, aggression and death. Everyone should be fighting against evil, regardless of their occupation.
"Evil should be punished on all platforms that are available to society. We will be knocking on your door with the sanctions with even more aggression than you do when you cross our borders with ammunition. Stopping the occupation is the single main aim of all our actions."
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