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On January 18, the International Ice Hockey Federation officially took the 2021 World Championship from Belarus, which Minsk was supposed to hold together with Riga.
Naturally, such a decision, taken under pressure from the European community, could not but provoke the expected reaction among the supporters of Alexander Lukashenko. Of course, Russia did not forget to unite, where in its usual way it scolded the conditional west and in every possible way supported the “official Belarus”.
We decided to select brilliant statements from Belarus and Russia criticizing the IIHF decision.
One of the first to comment on the decision was the Pool of the First telegram channel, journalists who are officially accredited by the President of Belarus.
“There will be no ice hockey championship in Minsk. The IIHF showed no force. He fell under pressure. Remember, Lukashenko said: “If the International Ice Hockey Federation does not face pressure from certain political circles in certain countries, then there will be no championship.”
And so it turned out. Listen to the Father.
The traditional Russian “The enemy shall not pass” by Andrey Nazarov, a former KHL coach who also worked in Ukraine.
“I think there is an attack and a powerful incursion against Russia and its strategic partners. I think some gentlemen cannot forgive us for a speedy resolution of conflicts in some troubled regions, as well as other recent decisions. “
“The enemy will not pass, victory will remain ours!”
Vitaly Milonov, a deputy in the Russian State Duma, widely known in narrow circles, went even further. It is true that it should be noted that Mr. Milonov not only criticizes, but also offers. The alternate tournament is interesting.
“This is how stealing tournaments is complete meanness, villainy and outright homosexuality in hockey. I believe that now we should urgently convene a meeting of the Ministry of Sports and propose the holding of an alternative international tournament in Belarus on the dates of the World Championship, so that our friends are not without a show ”.
Former boxer Nikolai Valuev, who after his sports career also went to parliament, did not forget to speak.
“Surely the sponsors were forced to announce a consolidated decision that the land in Belarus is not correct, they do not believe it, do not breathe as someone would like. Here is the result. Very disappointing”.
The three-time Olympic champion, State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina, reacted in the same style to the IIHF’s decision to take the tournament away from Belarus.
“Is this the first time this has happened? You know how many times we have submitted applications to host the Sochi Olympics. Three times! And here … They just select the competition. Of course, this is a disaster. The rules about who has the right to host the championship are probably poorly explained. “
Four-time Olympic biathlon champion Alexander Tikhonov is confident that Belarus will be able to organize the tournament at the highest level. Where are those Americans?
“I can only express my words of regret: no one will celebrate the World Cup like Belarus would, 2014 proved it. And when these idiots politically say that sport is out of politics, they proved it. The Americans will play the worst, it will be the cheapest world championship. Europe will not do that.
Yes, now there is a problem in Belarus, but I think this is the wrong decision. “
And where without “Kalinka”, which at any moment the former coach of the Russian national hockey team Vyacheslav Bykov is ready to sing.
“This is all similar to the issue of doping. As soon as politics creeps into sports, disaster begins. And hockey fans are suffering, because we have become hostages of the political situation in which the leaders of their countries put pressure on the leaders of the federations.
They think they will win … No way! We will continue to sing Kalinka and promote our best sports principles for the development of sports!
Belarusian pro-government journalist Sergei Kanashits writes in a similar style, which even de Coubertin was able to weave into his material.
“How else, besides theft, shameless and shameless political banditry, which has nothing to do with Olympic principles and fair play, call for the deprivation of Belarus of the right to host the World Championship? Hey, poor Pierre de Coubertin … The initiator of the resurgence and celebration of the Olympic Games in its modern format would have rolled in his grave had he known what politicians have turned into the sport they love so much.
At the same time, the official position of the Belarusian Ice Hockey Federation turned out to be quite balanced and calm.
“We regret that the International Ice Hockey Federation and the world’s leading brands that support the development of world hockey have become victims of the political games in Belarus. Our country has worked hard, first in the preparation of an application for the celebration of the World Ice Hockey Championship in 2021, and then directly in the organization of the tournament. Unfortunately, the procedure stipulated by the International Ice Hockey Federation does not provide for the possibility of appeal. “
Once again, we note that brilliant quotes were chosen, mostly of a funny nature. In both Belarus and even Russia there are more than enough people who supported the decision to take the tournament away from Minsk.
In preparing the material, the resources by.tribuna.com, belta.by, championat.ru were used
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