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Sergey SmyshlyaevSport ObserverAll materialsEmail author The departure of four-time Olympic medalist Maria Paseka from Russia, announced by the gymnast on Thursday, caused a lot of noise. Against the background of the general political situation in the world, the news was received ambiguously. The Sport columnist explains why in this case it is simply necessary to «separate the flies from the cutlets.» There are people who are fleeing from partial mobilization. Those who took the oath, and now, spitting on the oath given to their homeland, walk the streets of Tbilisi. Those to whom the country gave a name, fame and money, and now it has become «unwashed Russia» for them. But all this is not about Maria Paseka. In Russia they know how to stigmatize and stamp shame, and only then sort out the situation. And in difficult times, when the sense of justice and all-encompassing patriotism is aggravated with unprecedented force, such «attacks» happen more often.