Successful performances of athletes can do bad service to Ukraine.

With such a warning, Vyacheslav Kirilenko, Deputy Prime Minister of Nezalezhnaya. Analyzing the fight of boxer Alexander Usik over Russian Murat Gassiev, who brought the champion the title of Ukrainian, Kirilenko said that this does not fit in the course of the country's foreign policy. "Antenn is undoubtedly a great boxer. But several other similar events in Moscow with the participation of Ukrainians - and no one will believe in the aggression of Russia against Ukraine in the world. Only in the "friendship". And this is serious, "Kirilenko wrote on Twitter. Fight Gassiev and Usik in the finals of the World Boxing Super Series was held on the night of July 21 to 22 in the sports complex "Olympic" in Moscow.

By decision of the arbitrators, the Ukrainian received the title of absolute world champion. After the battle, Usik thanked the organizers of the match and the fans, however, he refrained from political statements. After the battle, Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman made an initiative to award the boxer the title Hero of Ukraine, recalls RT. An antenna responded modestly: "I do not know anything about this ... To be honest, it seems to me that the authorities exaggerate my possibilities," the sportsman quoted NEWSONE as saying..