MOSCOW, March 26 Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports Dmitry Svishchev urged to punish the Turkish swimmer Victoria Zeynep Gunesh for a provocation with the Russian flag and called her act disgusting. Earlier, the Turkish swimmer Gunesh published a photo where someone is standing on the Russian flag. «This is real disgusting. I would like to believe that FINA (International Swimming Federation) and other sports authorities will punish the athlete for such behavior. Our athletes are punished for their position, and here is real nationalism in relation to the country. Such provocations should be severely punished regardless of which country the athlete who committed this represents,» Svishchev said. In addition, he called on the Russian side to look into what had happened.
