Olympic champion Pyeongchang-2018 and silver medalist of the Beijing-2022 Olympics Alexander Abramenko spoke about communication with Russian athletes during the war.

" He was shocked by what I told him, because they are shown a completely different picture on TV.. I think that all Russian athletes who are silent about the situation in Ukraine either believe in the propaganda that they have on television, or are afraid of responsibility for their statements on this topic,"

Recall that on February 24, Russian President Putin made an urgent statement about conducting a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, launching a large-scale invasion of Ukrainian cities..

Abramenko won a silver medal in ski acrobatics at the 2022 Olympics in February. Russian Burov in Beijing became a bronze medalist.

Abramenko is the only man in the history of Ukraine who managed to win awards at two Winter Games. In Pyeongchang-2018, the Ukrainian became the champion.

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Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian grandmaster Eljanov refused to participate in the European Championship with the participation of Russians and Belarusians.