St. Petersburg, 9 Aug. The chant «Only Koenig — only victory», which Kaliningrad governor Anton Alikhanov «charged» on the fan platform, is traditional for fans of the Baltika football team, it is simply stupid to see it as a call for revanchism and separatism of the city, the press said — service of the government of the region. On the eve Alikhanov visited the match of the fourth round of the First League, where the Kaliningrad «Baltika» played with the Tula football club «Arsenal». In a video posted on the Kaliningrad team's Telegram channel, Alikhanov can be seen on the fan stand «charging» the chant «Only König — only victory.» This sparked a debate among fans, some of whom saw the use of the word «König» instead of «Kaliningrad» as a veiled call for separatism. interpretations of the meaning of the word «König» (in the discussion of fans — ed.) … causes a desire to remind their authors that this word became Russian a very long time ago. So, in June 1945, it was the medal «For the Capture of Königsberg» that was established, and at first this land as part of the USSR, for the first time it was called the Koenigsberg region,» said Dmitry Lyskov, head of the press service of the government of the Kaliningrad region. and all that is here.» — he added. Lyskov also noted that the governor of the Kaliningrad region regularly attends the home games of «Baltika» and is not the first time on the fan platform. Kaliningrad «Baltika» on Monday beat the Tula football club «Arsenal» in the fourth round of the First League with a score of 1 :0.
