French midfielder Zenit Yoan Mollo will receive a passport of a Russian citizen. This was announced by the head of the sporting editorial office of the RTL channel Christian Ollivier in his Twitter account. "A reliable source said: On May 23, Ioan Mollo will receive dual citizenship - France and Russia. Will he be called into the national team? "- wrote Ollivier. In July 2016, Russian citizenship was awarded to Brazilian defender CSKA Mario Fernandez. The corresponding decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Prior to him, the passport was issued to the Brazilian goalkeeper of the Moscow "Locomotive" Marinato Guilherme and the German midfielder Roman Neustadter, who plays for the Turkish "Fenerbahce". Mollo moved to "Zenith" in January 2017 from the Samara "Wings of the Soviets". In the season-2016-2017 18 matches in the championship of Russia. He scored six goals and gave three assists. The Frenchman never spoke for the national team. At the same time he spent six fights in the youth teams.

Original article: The media reported on the impending provision of a Russian passport to a Frenchman from Zenit.