Svetlana Zhurova interceded for the Ukrainian athletes after a ban to them to compete with Russians

The Olympic champion in speed skating, the deputy State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Svetlana Zhurova commented on news that the Ministry of sports Ukraine forbade the athletes to compete with Russians. "I want to protect the Ukrainian athletes. They have nobody to address. They will not dare to go to anybody to protect the rights. It is awful. Hypothetically I dream, but at International Olympic Committee there is an opportunity to discharge the country, is to deprive of it a flag when someone from politicians very strongly interferes with affairs of the Olympic committee and the public organizations. Means, there is an opportunity to translate Ukraine in...