The corresponding decision was taken by the congress of the organization.

Interestingly, Pozdnyakov himself in his Telegram channel called this the abolition of everything Russian in the world. He noted that the world is allegedly persecuting representatives of the Russian Federation..

" In a very short period of time, my compatriots who were much more prominent, who also did not want to " However, I am grateful to our large European fencing family for these difficult, but very successful 6 years,"

Note that the 48-year-old Russian functionary continues to hold the position of president of the Russian Olympic Committee, which he took in 2018..