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Kerzhakov spoke out against the war in Ukraine
The former striker of the St. Petersburg Zenit and the Russian national football team, Alexander Kerzhakov, spoke out against the war in Ukraine. He told about this in an interview with the journalist Nobel Arustamyan.
What the football player said. Kerzhakov told Arustamyan that he had left with his family in Dubai because of fear. The football player refused to call the departure of emigration - according to him, he “in this current situation” with his wife “I just want to go where it is warm, and just be there, and not in Russia”.
“Every day you see, read the news. You come to an awareness of the scale of everything that is happening. It became very difficult for me and my wife, and we left, ”said Kerzhakov.
The football player “never in life” could not believe, “what is possible,” he said in an interview. Kerzhakov added that his most important desire is due to the fact that he would never want a war in the world.
“Because I don’t understand how it is possible that now in such a modern and progressive society could happen what is happening now,” Kerzhakov answered the journalist’s question that he was not satisfied with in Russia.
As Kerzhakov’s statement was responded in social networks. Twitter users supported the former Zenit football player.
Because I do not understand how this is possible that now in such a modern and progressive society can happen what is happening now, ”Kerzhakov said.
Kerzh left the country.
Good luck, wherever he was, and whatever he did! pic.twitter.com/egq2bi4qgv
- Steep (@fotoundkoto) April 7, 2023
It is cool that children's idols - Kerzhakov, Arshavin, Denisov - turned out to be decent people https://t.co/pbyq3mx7ec
- Maxim G*Rozhanko (@max_gorozhanko) April 7, 2023
Time showed who is who. Kerzhakov and Denisov turned out to be people, and old fagots like Gazaev and Tikhonov - with cotton -headed assholes
- Moon қnight (@and_oscar_goes) April 7, 2023
However, some Russians fear that after Kerzhakov’s statement, the authorities will begin to put pressure on him.
Kerzhakov is already recognized as the worst player of all time and a foreign agent?
- il (@il221080) April 7, 2023
What you need to know. Alexander Kerzhakov is a record holder for goals for Zenit and the Russian team. He also played in the Moscow Dynamo and the Spanish Seville.
According to the Sportbox.ru portal, Kerzhakov ranks third in the list of the best scorers in the history of Russia. He scored 139 goals, 17 of which is a penalty.
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