MOSCOW, Apr 15 Olympic champion Tatiana Navka spoke about the consequences of a possible exclusion of Russia from the International Skating Union (ISU). «World figure skating, unfortunately, is slowly dying, no one likes that Russia is in the first steps in almost all sports. Let's see what they will do without Russia. I think figure skating in the world is in in this case, it will completely die, ”Match TV quotes her as saying. Navka noted that if Russia is excluded from the organization, it will be necessary to create an alternative that will give Russian athletes the opportunity to develop. Earlier it was reported that ISU would temporarily deprive Russia and Belarus of the right to holding international competitions due to the situation in Ukraine in case of obtaining approval from the national federations of other countries. The response of the national federations must be received by 18 April.
