The Scandinavian countries, the Baltics and Canada are marginalized in world sports."
They confirmed this by announcing a boycott of Russian hockey players at the World Cup, Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Dagetyarev said. However, our teams will participate in international tournaments and prove their superiority.
"We are fighting for the integrity of world sports and for the Olympic values, and we are fighting in all available ways. We will not close or refuse to participate in tournaments. We will prove our supremacy on sports fields," said Degtyarev Lusti.
And if only the fringes of world sports would limit themselves to boycotting! But no. Among them there are those who allow themselves to openly insult Russian athletes, such as the head of the Czech Foreign Ministry. True, his polite wife did not allow him to play the bad guy for a long time.