St. Petersburg, Feb 23, Taras Barabash. The transfer of the men's tournament from St. Petersburg to Kazakhstan's Nur-Sultan is not associated with sanctions against Russia, which recognized the sovereignty of the DPR and LPR, a source in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) said. «The tournament (in St. Petersburg) is not will be held not because of sanctions,» the source said. On Wednesday, it became known that the ATP moved the tournament from St. Petersburg to Nur-Sultan. The reasons for the transfer are not named. The ATP 250 category tournament in Nur-Sultan will be held from September 19 to 25. Earlier, the European Union officially adopted a package of sanctions for the recognition of the DPR and LPR, it included 351 State Duma deputies, 27 more individuals and organizations. Earlier, the Russian football club CSKA came under US sanctions among 25 subsidiaries of VEB.
