MOSCOW, July 6 Sergey Burlakov, Deputy Head of the State Duma Sports Committee, believes that the US State Department's call to exclude the Russian Federation from sports federations is an attempt to stir up interest in Ukraine. Earlier, the US State Department issued a statement, which was joined by more than 30 countries, calling for the suspension of the membership of the national sports authorities of the Russian Federation and Belarus in international sports federations due to the events in Ukraine. “Another stuffing by the US State Department is nothing more than an attempt to stir up a fading interest in Ukraine. The wave of indignation from the West that hit Russian athletes in February has gradually subsided. Which is quite expected. Any sane person is well aware that sanctions, directed at our athletes are unfair and even absurd. So we have to invent new informational occasions, «Burlakov said. According to him, today under general statements are more reminiscent of children's flirting with Russia from the category of «and we also came up with this.» «Have fun, Russia has long and openly expressed its position. We are for sport outside of politics, for open, fair competition and friendship between athletes from all over the world,» he added.
