The State Duma commented on the situation with the non-issuance of visas to Russian gymnasts

The State Duma of the Russian Federation commented on the situation with the non-issuance of visas to Russian gymnasts before the World Championships in the Netherlands. RIA Novosti reports this.

“It’s difficult to fight this, because they understood that the performance would be very bright and there would be medals. And they decided that it would probably be enough for ours to conquer them,” said deputy of the lower House of Parliament Svetlana Zhurova.

The Olympic champion in figure skating also noted that previously the Russians in a similar situation could have sued the organizers of the competition for a large amount of money, but now there is no possibility of this. “Human rights have been violated, we could go to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) or anywhere with such a demand and with a very high probability of winning. But not now. Moreover, they made a cunning decision that everything is at the discretion of the country itself,” Zhurova emphasized.