Valeria Novodvorskaya: “The Olympic Games should not become a shame for Russia”

“Dear athletes. You won, you took first place, you have every opportunity to get out of this unpleasant situation - so that the anthem, the monstrous anthem that completely crosses out the very existence of our country, does not sound. You go to the podium, but you don’t stand on him. You waddle down on it, take the most offensive position for the anthem, and listen to it all while reclining... Of course, journalists will come running to you and immediately start interviewing you. And you say, well, no. I can allow this. There is a Russian anthem, I want to listen to it. I absolutely do not want my sports career to serve political goals, dirty political goals. I am not a citizen of the Soviet Union, I am a citizen of Russia."