The day before, Olympic champion in figure skating Viktor Petrenko disgraced himself by playing one of the roles in the performance of Tatyana Navka, the wife of the press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov.

The shameful act of Petrenko was harshly condemned by famous Ukrainian athletes and the National Olympic Committee.

In addition, the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation announced that Petrenko was fired from the position of vice president of the organization.. The federation expressed indignation at the act of the Olympic champion.

" The former athlete made his shameful decision, despite the bloody full-scale war that Russia is waging for the fifth month against Ukraine.

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians killed and tortured by the aggressor, including hundreds of children, massive rocket attacks on our cities and villages, destroyed houses of people did not become an obstacle for Viktor Petrenko to take to the ice in Russian Sochi and join the team with the supporters of this terrible war.

Note that the federation claims that on June 21, 2022, Petrenko sent a request to expel him from the organization and cancel his official duties, and on June 22 his request was granted.

At the time of the outbreak of a large-scale war, Petrenko was in Ukraine. Since then, he has posted on Instagram the only post with the words " The functionary did not publish any statements in support of the Ukrainian military or accusations against Russia..

Petrenko - winner of the 1992 Olympic " Also, the Ukrainian won the bronze medal of the 1988 Olympics and was the winner of the world championships three times, and in 1992 he climbed to the top of the world podium..