In particular, Vasiliev expects that the West will get tired of the war in Ukraine unleashed by the Russian Federation, and their citizens will persuade their leadership to sit down at the negotiating table with the aggressor country. In addition, the former athlete criticized the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach.

Vasiliev stated this in an interview with Sport-Express and the Match TV propaganda channel..

\? Exactly when the citizens of the West get tired of such a life, and they just start asking questions to their governments. It has always been declared that sport is out of politics. This is how he should stay.. This will destroy the Olympic movement, which has been created for decades.. This figure Bach simply destroys the sports Olympic movement, it's sad, I want common sense to finally win.

When living conditions in Western countries deteriorate so much, their citizens will force their leadership to sit down at the negotiating table with Russia. At this point, you need to present a list of requirements for how we see the development of not only sports, but also in the future.. Appeal to the rule of law, international law is a meaningless thing, in my understanding - shaking the air.

So much hatred and Russophobia in the blood of many of our even moderate colleagues. I think that there is no need to be like what our Ukrainian colleagues did in the past, but we need to be fully equipped, because the situation can worsen,"

Recall that at the beginning of a full-scale war that Russia unleashed against Ukraine, the head of the IOC recommended that international federations not allow athletes from aggressor countries to compete.