MOSCOW, February 27, Pavel Levkovich. President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) Alexander Gorshkov said that the Russian team is not going to withdraw from the World Cup, which will be held in France from March 21 to March 27. Earlier, Minister Delegate for Transport Jean-Baptiste Jebbari said that France is closing its airspace to Russian aircraft and airlines in connection with the situation in Ukraine. «I think that this is not the last news for us. Closer to the World Cup, we will think about how to get to the venue, we will look for all the exits. We do not plan to shoot, there are no such thoughts,» he said Gorshkov. On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided on a special military operation of the Russian Federation to demilitarize Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that the circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help.» On February 21, Putin signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the LPR and the DPR.
