State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova accused Smolov and Mamaev of evading mobilization
Olympic champion in speed skating and State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova criticized Russian football players Fedor Smolov and Pavel Mamaev, who announced the opening of their own academy in the UAE. Her words are quoted by Moscow Speaks.
Zhurova accused the players of avoiding mobilization and denounced the idea of setting up a school abroad. “If they do it for their own money, then it’s more correct to do it all the same in Russia. Who raised them when they were children? It’s better to spend on our children,” she added.
January 21 football player on Instagram (the social network is banned in the Russian Federation; it belongs to the Meta corporation, which is recognized as extremist in Russia and banned) announced the opening of the academy in Dubai. Smolov is currently playing for Dynamo Moscow. Mamaev is in the status of a free agent. In the 2021/2022 season, the midfielder played for Khimki.
On October 31, the goalkeeper of the Russian Premier League club RPL Torpedo Alexander Dovbnya spoke about going to the draft board after receiving the summons. “The summons came to the club – I went there. The data was verified, and that’s it. [В военкомат] I went and checked the data. Everything is fine, ”the player said and suggested that we no longer talk about this topic.
Source: Lenta
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