Olympic speed skating champion and State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova commented on Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections.
“You don’t have to entertain illusions about Triumphbecause we already went through this last time. His initial rhetoric was very soft, not like now. After her first election she became noticeably tougher.
At least in his election words there were at least attempts to discuss and resolve the issue of relations between Russia and Ukraine. Of course, we are not ready to accept all his methods and ultimatums, but at least we understand that you can talk to him, and he talks about it, unlike Kamala and Democrats.
Trump’s victory can only influence Russia’s return to the international arena and the Olympic Games if the new government encourages Ukraine to come to the negotiating table. We ourselves cannot force them to do this. If the United States stops financing, Ukraine will come to the negotiating table. As long as this whole story is financed and supported, there will be no negotiations. Trump said exactly this: he will give that ultimatum to Ukraine. So we’ll see if this comes from his words or if they were just electoral slogans.
And only after negotiations will we be able to discuss lifting the ban imposed on Russian athletes. There is no other way. “All this will be a “package”: the decision on the Russian athletes, the sanctions and the lists of “peacekeepers”, everything will go hand in hand.” — Zhurova told the Sport24 portal.
State Duma deputy, former world boxing champion Nikolai Valúv He was extremely brief in his forecast:
“We do not expect any changes from Trump regarding Russia and Russian sports. Is it just us, taking advantage of the pause in US relations with zelenskiWe will have time for a lot on the front. Now Taiwan will come to the fore, but not the new leader of the United States.”
Famous commentator and television presenter, voice of Russian biathlon. Dmitri Guberniev today is surprisingly pessimistic:
“I think that with the arrival of Trump we do not need to prepare for anything good. And it is no coincidence that in this sense Kamala Harris was more predictable for Russian politics. And for everything else, we should continue to focus on our own country and pay less attention to what they have there and focus on what we have in Russia.
With Trump in office, the return of our sports will be delayed. There are still people who have optimistic dreams, especially our winter athletes, that something will happen and we will get somewhere. Nothing will happen! It will only get worse!
If you live with this thought [вернуться на международные соревнования]then you focus on the national tournaments and the happier you will be one day knowing that our sport is returning. I’m afraid this won’t happen anytime soon. But I will be glad to be wrong.”
Meanwhile, the American journalist Alena Minkovskaya (daughter of legendary figure skater and State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina) posted a photo on his social media page tonight after voting in the US presidential election.
“Please vote today if you haven’t already!!!” – he addressed his subscribers.
Then the subscribers voted. So much so that the entire world trembled. The old Donald is back and on January 20 of next year he will once again occupy the main chair of the White House in the Oval Office..
Will a Washington Capitals fan help you personally? Alexandra Ovechkina For Russian athletes, in terms of returning to official international tournaments with the proper status, with an anthem, a flag and a coat of arms, this is, of course, an interesting question.
But he is very capable of putting the IOC and the international federations in their place, pushing the issue forward, so to speak, and restoring the status quo. And for this we will invite Trump to the Friendship Games. Even if you agree to fly to Moscow, they certainly won’t be quietly transferred for an unknown period of time…
