After the controversial re-election of the Russian Kremlev to the position of head of the International Boxing Association, his competitor Boris Van der Furst initiated a letter to the IBA to discuss the possibility of suspending the membership of the Russian Boxing Federation. The letter was signed by representatives of eight countries, but there was no signature of the President of the Boxing Federation of Ukraine.

The Minister of Sports of Ukraine condemned Prodivus's support for the representative of the aggressor country, to which the functionary himself reacted.

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In the wake of such a message, I was flooded with proposals to completely surrender the interests of Ukraine to the International Boxing Association (IBA) and vacate the position of First Vice President. It seems to me that it was difficult to come up with a better picture for the Russian propaganda media.

Why does no one assume that such an information drive is a common technique, calculated on the fact that no one will check its veracity? I emphasize once again: The Boxing Federation of Ukraine and I, as the President of the Boxing Federation of Ukraine, have a confident pro-Ukrainian position,"

The head of the FBU stressed that he was not going to leave the post of vice president of the IBA.

How can you perceive behind-the-scenes events created for PR? Why help Russian propaganda? organizations of the world And I do not hesitate to say from the rostrum that Russian troops are killing and raping our people. Of course, the Kremlin’s propaganda channels don’t like this kind of rhetoric from the IBA vice president..

The position of the President of Ukraine is not to surrender any territories of our country and not to betray our people. My position as the president of the Boxing Federation of Ukraine is not to give up any positions in boxing and not to leave Ukrainian boxers without their representation in the International Boxing Association,"

Recall that the Ukrainian gymnast Ilya Kovtun withdrew from the club championship of Italy because of the admission to the performances of Russian athletes.