Alexander BokulevDeputy Head of the Editorial Board SportAll materialsSaba Sazonov spends his first season in adult football as a solid player in the main team. The centre-back found his footing at Dynamo Moscow and earned a lot of accolades in recent weeks, but with one bold move he provoked classic political-tinged speculation. A risky step in the context of public discussion with elements of condemnation, but at the same time quite understandable in modern realities. Still, something has been happening for more than a month, which is why the sanctions on Russian sports are working to their fullest, despite periodic talk about their possible mitigation. Sazonov, in the current circumstances, received a very convenient option. He has Georgian roots and citizenship, and all the maternal relatives of the guy still live in a country of passionate hospitable people and fantastic cuisine. Saba (this is the full name just because of the origin) often comes there himself and speaks Georgian fluently. >Saba SazonovIt turns out that with the household part everything is organic, sports motivation is also obvious. There are no guarantees in the future for several years for the Russian national teams of all ages now. But Georgia will play next summer at the European Youth Championship as the host country (paired with Romania). Already the most concrete argument for Sazonov, isn't it? And it doesn't even make much sense to remind that Saba is exercising the basic right to determine his own fate. That's just the snag in the very situation with the official publication of the decision. The fact is that Sazonov initially got into the Russian youth team for the September matches for the first time. After Igor Diveev's leg was broken, the player in a deficit position was actively considered in the main national team, but still the call was not sent.
