Musketeers on the wanted list
Famous fencers who left Russia were accused of desertion - then the athletes decided to change citizenship and play for the US team Photo: DPA / Picture-alliance This is now Sergey and Violetta Bida are defendants in a criminal case, and two years ago they, as well as Konstantin Lokhanov, who was just a “traitor”, were the heroes of sports, the elite of the Russian fencing team.