– I am proud to announce that from now on a professional career I will represent my new homeland – Australia – said Daria Kasatkina on Saturday. A tennis player from the Russian tojtti at the age of 27 changed sports citizenship and for good abandoned the game for Russia (From the time of aggression to Ukraine, she performed under a neutral flag – editor's note). Among the Russians, it immediately caused rage. “Betrayal of one of the best Russian tennis players causes hysteria in Russia,” we read on news.ozrevatel.com.
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Although the local media reacted amazingly calmlythey are not necessarily politicians. The commenting on this matter was asked, among others The former Olympic champion in fast skating and deputy to the state pride – Svetlana Żurowa. She immediately entered the sensitive ground. – Kasatkina has special reasons why she changed citizenship. Everyone knows about them, just don't talk about it loudly. She was born as a Russian, but in her life she was shaped in the spirit of Western values - she said in an interview with the Vseprosport portal.
What exactly did she mean? First of all, the fact that Kasatkina lives every day in a homosexual relationship with the former figure skater Natalia Kiębiako. And this is not very well received in Russia. – It has not been related to our country for a long time. Many people have already laughed her, that's why they are afraid to come to Russia. He is afraid of traditional values. In Russia, Kasatkin will certainly be hated for her views, because she expressed them publicly. She just doesn't fit into our country. She made a choice, her personal life, I will not judge it – Żurowa thundered.
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The chairman of the Russian State Duma Commission for Physical Culture and Sport Dmitry Swiszczow. He also focused mainly on the private life of a tennis player. – Daria can live with whom and as she wants. We and most Russians do not share it, but we treat it with understanding anyway. It will probably be better there. Maybe she will feel more comfortable there. Let him play for Australia – said in an interview with Sport -Express.ru.
Although Kasatkina is currently the 12th player of the world ranking, according to Swiszczów for Russia, her departure is not a big loss. – Let's be honest, we already have a huge number of young and great tennis playerswho will continue to be successful with the support of the Russian school. (…) Of course, she is very talented, we all enjoyed her victories and we were sad with her failures, but the country also did a lot for her as a sportswoman – he concluded.