“This is a disaster. Full horror "

Former captain of the Russian national football team Igor Denisov openly opposed the war

The former captain of the Russian national football team, Igor Denisov, said in an interview with journalist Nobel Arustamyan that after the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine “experienced shock and horror” and called the incident “disaster”. “I don’t know, maybe they will put me or kill me for these words, but I say it is,” Denisov said.

The football player said that after the outbreak of war, he sharply changed the perception of what was happening, he almost stopped sleeping. “I am against when people die,” said Denisov, adding that he could not understand why this is happening in 2022.

According to the football player, he thought about leaving Russia, but did not do this, because he loves his country and "wants everything to be good and peaceful here."

Denisov admitted that a few days after the start of the invasion, he recorded an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin with an appeal, "so that everything stops." According to the football player, he said in circulation: "I am ready to kneel for you." Denisov claims that all the media, to which he addressed the proposal to publish an appeal, refused. What kind of media are we talking about, he did not specify.

In an interview, the former captain of the Russian national team called the right decision of UEFA to remove Russian football clubs from participating in European competitions. “This is my opinion, you, I, we are all involved in what is happening. We, we want to believe, choose power, and all this happens. In general, I need to stop even more ... It must be stopped, what is happening now. And you can stop through something so tough towards us, ”he said.

According to Denisov, in the war, everyone is to blame, since "we all cannot convey our point of view to the government." “I am completely convinced that this is wrong, but I am not saying it, only today,” said the football player. According to him, “maybe something will change” only if all 140 million inhabitants of Russia want it. When asked how to change the opinion of people supporting the invasion, Denisov replied: "Do not watch TV."

I and my own sister cannot convince. If we cannot come to the denominator inside the family, what is right, what is wrong, then how we can influence other families.

Nobel Arustamyan in an interview recalled that about a year ago Denisov spoke in support of Alexei Navalny. The football player again said that he did not understand why Navalny had to be put in a colony. “A person cannot be poisoned, put in prison for expressing his position. This is the same thing that I will tell you now, and in a week they will bang me, ”he said.

I will not agitate anyone to go anywhere - who am I? I wanted to speak out - it is right or wrong. I can't do otherwise. To discuss politics, you need to know the story well, you need to be well -read. I say right away, I'm not like that. I am an athlete. I have my own understanding, what is right, that it is wrong, perhaps it is erroneous, but it should not be so. Dot.

Igor Denisov became one of the few Russian athletes who openly opposed the war. After the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the football player of Dynamo, Fedor Smolov, published a black square on Instagram with the inscription “No War”. The same post was made by Spartak striker Alexander Sobolev, but he soon deleted him.

Former football player, founder of the Krasava club Evgeny Savin in mid -April released an anti -war video in which he talked with Ukrainian football players, including those who played in Russia. The football player Nadezhda Karpova openly spoke out against the war, who advocated the Russian team.