MOSCOW, Apr 20 Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov considers possible suspension Russian tennis players then the Wimbledon tournament is unacceptable. Earlier, the media reported that the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) would not allow Russian tennis players to participate in Wimbledon. At the same time, on Sunday, the head of AELTC Scott Lloyd said that the decision on the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes has not yet been made.
"Given that Russia is a strong tennis country, our tennis players are on the top lines of the world ranking, then the competition itself will suffer. And once again, making athletes hostages of some kind of political prejudice, political intrigue and hostile actions towards our country is unacceptable,» Peskov told reporters in response to a question about how the Kremlin took this decision, and whether it will be dispute.