Russian gymnast Ekaterina Lugovskikh joined the Montenegrin national team, the press service of the International Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation reports..

The 22-year-old native of Penza made her senior international debut in 2017, winning silver at the Deriugina Cup in Kyiv..

Lugovskikh is the vice-champion of Russia-2017 and the winner of international tournaments in rhythmic gymnastics ("

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..

After that, Russian sports began to plunge into complete isolation.. There are practically no federations left that have not excluded the Russians from their competitions.

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Earlier it was reported that the best Russian tennis player intends to change citizenship due to the removal of Russians from the competition.