MOSCOW, January 16, Andrey Senchenko. Players, coaches and staff of the women's national team Basketball Russia expects to receive American visas in Yerevan to participate in the 2022 World Cup qualification, the team's head coach Alexander Kovalev said. Earlier, Sport-Express reported that Russians were not allowed into Washington without being vaccinated with one of the drugs approved by WHO. The team also has problems obtaining visas.» On February 1, the team had a training camp, and on February 4 we were supposed to fly to Washington. While we have problems with obtaining American visas. Since the US Embassy in Russia does not issue them, we expect to receive them in another country. Previously, the first group of the team will receive the documents on January 18 in Yerevan, the second — on January 25 in the same place. At the moment, this issue is open. We will most likely receive visas, but there are difficulties with the vaccine. The United States does not want to let us to the territory of our country without a vaccine of European quality: our Sputnik V and KoviVac do not pass their standard. Now this problem is being solved at the highest level,» Kovalev said.
