Photo: Lilia Sharlovskaya
Russian professional boxer, State Duma deputy Nikolai Valuev commented on the incident with the harassment suffered by compatriots Ukrainian fighter Ivan Redkach for a photo with his Russian colleague Dmitry Bivol and a call to separate sports from politics.
Nikolai Valuev decided to support Redkach, saying that such cases of harassment are “an orgy that has been going on since 2014.”
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"Sport, it should be out of politics", – Valuev emphasized.