Russian State Duma Deputy Svetlana Zhurova reacted to the words of US President Joseph Biden about a possible diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.
“This time, the United States took a more cunning path. Previously, they threatened to boycott athletes, as it was before Beijing 2008. If politicians boycott the Olympics, then this is not so important for China and for the sports community. The image of the Olympic Games will not suffer from this. In Sochi-2014 it was the same, they tried to boycott the Olympics by officials. The situation would have been completely different if the athletes had not gone to the Games. Americans love such demonstrative steps, even at the level of passing laws. Moreover, now the society there can seriously resonate with such a decision, “- quotes Zhurova” Sport-Express “.
The Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing from 4 to 20 February 2022. The day before, the American press spread information that the country would not send a diplomatic delegation to the Games.
Earlier, Zhurova admitted that she would not want a Russia-Ukraine match at the junctions of the 2022 World Cup.