It should be noted that quite recently, the second vice-president of the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation Petrenko played one of the roles in the performance of Tatyana Navka, the wife of Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The deprivation of Petrenko's presidential scholarship is stated on the official website of the President's Office.

" His act was condemned by the National Olympic Committee and the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation (UFFK).

In addition, Viktor Petrenko ceased participation in the educational and training process, the preparation of athletes for the national teams in Olympic sports and the development of the public physical culture and sports movement.. Taking into account the above, the UFF submitted to the Ministry of Youth and Sports a proposal to deprive him of his state scholarship,"

Note that Petrenko's duties included coordinating the international activities of the national federation.

At the start of a large-scale war, the functionary was in Ukraine.

During Russia's full-scale invasion, Petrenko posted a single post on Instagram with the words " Since that time, he has not published any statements in support of the Ukrainian military or accusations against Russia..

Petrenko played for the Ukrainian national team at the 1994 Winter Olympics. But he stopped a step away from the award - fourth place in single figure skating.

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