MOSCOW, July 5, Sergey Fuks. Head of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation (FSGR) ) Vasily Titov said that the public is going crazy about the suspension of Russian gymnast Ivan Kulyak. Earlier, an official statement was issued on the FSGR website that Kulyak would not take part in international and domestic competitions at least until the decision of the appeal committee of the independent Gymnastic Ethics Foundation ( GEF). Initially, the gymnast was supposed to take part in the Russian Cup, which will be held in Kaluga on July 4-10. His absence from the competition caused a wide negative resonance in social networks. «I have already made a statement about this, there is no other way out. Well, why turn to the public if the public is going crazy? What else can I say? Let's burn all the bridges so that «Suspended the federation? If people do not want to understand, then what will I do? We do not agree with the suspension, we have filed an appeal, but the situation is the way it is, unfortunately. In any case, I do not think that it is necessary to break off relations with the international federation , don't give a damn about her decisions,» Titov said. At the beginning of March, at the World Cup stage in Doha, Kulyak entered the award ceremony with the letter Z printed on his uniform, which became an unofficial symbol of support for the special operation in Ukraine. The athlete himself later explained that this was a response to provocations by Ukrainian gymnasts. GEF opened a disciplinary case against Kulyak. In May, the disciplinary committee of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) disqualified the athlete for one year.
