The State Duma responded to Britain's call to postpone the Champions League final from St. Petersburg

MOSCOW, February 24 Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture and Sports of the State Duma Sergey Burlakov, in response to the call of the British Foreign Office to postpone the Champions League final from St. Petersburg, said that sport should be out of politics, the Russian Federation stands up for the brotherly people of Donbass for the sake of peace. Earlier, British Foreign Minister Liz Truss said that the final of the Champions League season 2021/22 , which is planned in St. Petersburg on May 28, should not be held in Russia, called on English football clubs to boycott the Champions League final. «It seems to me that Ms. Liz Truss is rushing the event a little, as far as I know, English clubs are not yet in the Champions League final. In addition and many legionnaires of English football clubs are not citizens of Great Britain.Finally, sport is out of politics.If all political decisions are reflected in the athletes, then soon the fans will no longer be interested in sports competitions ov of the whole world,” Burlakov said. He also recalled the main sports values, many of which are spelled out in the Olympic Charter. “For example, the struggle for peace. Russia wants the residents of the DPR and LPR to watch the Champions League final not under fire, so we stood up for the fraternal people. But what Liz Truss wants, calling for a boycott of the final in St. Petersburg, she did not explain,» Burlakov added.