Channel “Football” stopped cooperation with Leonenko for trying to justify the silence of Russian athletes

Viktor Leonenko expressed an ambiguous opinion in one of the interviews.

Director of TV channels “Football 1/2/3 “Alexander Denisov announced the termination of cooperation with the former Dynamo football player and TV expert Viktor Leonenko.

” All his statements in the interview are only his position. “This is beyond cynicism. After this interview, the Football Channel ended its cooperation with Viktor Leonenko,” Denisov wrote on Instagram.

Leonenko gave an interview to the YouTube channel SportArena, in which he stated: p>

“When politicians go into sports, not only in a peaceful life, there is no sport. Russian athletes will now only play at home. I do not think that athletes are to blame for anything. In Russia, for words you can immediately go to jail sit down.

Everything is clear here. That's why I don't particularly condemn athletes, because many people are silent because they can get a term. “

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Earlier it was reported that a Russian racer showed a Nazi gesture on the podium in Portugal .

Based on materials: ZN.ua

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