MOSCOW, Sep 15, Sergey Fuks. Former Formula 1 driver Russian driver Nikita Mazepin said he was not going to give up his country in order to participate in international competitions. Russian racer Sergey Karyakin said on Wednesday that pilots from Russia are not allowed to participate in international competitions, including the Dakar rally, without a written statement condemning a special military operation in Ukraine. Later it became known that another Russian rider, Konstantin Zhiltsov, was changing his sports citizenship to Israeli in order to participate in competitions. there is a question of personal considerations. Do you want for the sake of sport, and it is more important for you, to abandon your country or not — everyone chooses for himself, but I will not do this, «Mazepin said. «It was not a surprise for me (Karyakin's words «). I was one of the first to receive this document and studied it very clearly, at the beginning of March. Everyone's business. I would very much like the athletes to have the opportunity to be neutral, I fight for it. I know Sergey very well, I know his position and I respect her,» the rider emphasized.
