MOSCOW, January 31 State Duma deputy and Olympic champion in speed skating Svetlana Zhurova, commenting on Alexei Yagudin's petition to allow Russian athletes to use national symbols, noted that the skater thus reminds international authorities of the end of the ban. national symbols at the Olympics and World Championships. «There are certain deadlines — after this year's Olympics we should return the flag. I think Alexey just decided to remind them of this. So that they don’t come up with anything new. So that they don’t forget that they should return It is clear that it looks absurd when you can’t (act under your own symbols) at the World Championships and the Olympic Games,” Zhurova said. On December 17, 2020, the Court of Arbitration published a verdict according to which Russia is prohibited from holding World Championships, the Olympic and Paralympic Games for two years, and Russian athletes cannot compete under the national flag at major tournaments, the use of the country's anthem is also prohibited.
