Alexander Aleksandrovich Kokorin called the Russian passport "brake" for football players in Europe

On January 26, 2023, 10:21 — Public news service — OSN the Passport of the citizen Russian Federation constrains the Russian football players from moving to the European championships. Such opinion was sounded the day before by Cyprian "Arys's" Russian forward Alexander Aleksandrovich Kokorin. Thus the last two years the 31-year-old forward plays in Europe – at first Italy for "Fiorentina", now in Cyprus for "Arys". "I think that the Russian passport is a brake. Especially it is noticeable in comparison with the status of the citizen EU. The Russian players are talented, but it is difficult for them to take a decisive step to go abroad", – declared in...