MOSCOW, April 5 Ex-basketball player of the Russian national team Vitaly Nosov commented on the scandal with Ukrainian flag at the Euroleague match between «Zalgiris» and «Crvena Zvezda». Earlier, the head coach of «Zalgiris» Sarunas Yasikyavichyus said that Russian teams should be suspended from participating in the Euroleague next season, and the basketball players of «Crvena Zvezda» refused to participate in the action in support of Ukraine before the match. «Sarunas Jasikevicius spoke harshly about Russia and said that he did not want to see domestic clubs in the Euroleague. After these words, it does not exist for me. The Serbs will always play for Russia. And many thanks to the Red Star players» that they did not go along with the «wonderful» organizers. In any case, politics should not concern basketball players. They are not responsible for the decisions made by the authorities of the countries. Everyone knows that sport should be out of politics, but now this is far from so, and people suffer from it,» RT Nosov quotes.
