MOSCOW, July 16, Alexander Govorov. Honored coach of Russia in handball Evgeny Trefilov in a conversation with, he criticized the initiative of State Duma deputy Roman Teryushkov to equate the change of sports citizenship with treason. Earlier, Teryushkov, a member of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, expressed the opinion in his Telegram channel that the change of sports citizenship by an athlete of the national team should be equated to an act of state treason.» You can’t do such things out of the blue. Everyone has different life circumstances. You can’t divide society into traitors and friends. Deputies can come up with their own initiatives, but how the people will perceive it is another question. And let this deputy tell how he will lead himself in different circumstances. Just let him think. I think these are too harsh statements,» Trefilov said.
