Defender of St. Petersburg " 28-year-old Russian football player in Istanbul was not allowed on a plane to Prague. The reason was the refusal of the Czechs to let passengers with the passport of the occupying country. So the player of the Russian national team had to get to Prague through Austria and by car. " We waited for a transfer for six hours, and when we got to the exit, we were told that Czechs were not allowed in with Russian passports.. I had to urgently change my plans and take a ticket to Vienna - they were already allowed into Austria without any problems. There we were met by Martin Iranek (ex-player of the Moscow " He specially came from the Czech Republic to pick us up.. As a result, it took another three hours to get to Prague by car," Note that this is not the first time that athletes from the Russian Federation had problems getting to the Czech Republic. Earlier, Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was deported from the country on the eve of the WTA tournament in Prague.. Recall that in June of this year, the Czech Republic banned Russian athletes and teams from performing on the territory of the country.. In addition, the Czech government banned its athletes from participating in competitions held in the Russian Federation..