Zenit CEO Alexander Medvedev talked about the process of getting “blue-white-blue” players Malcolm And Claudio Russian citizenship.

The process of obtaining Russian citizenship on their part has begun. It has several stages. The only thing I can say is that, since they didn’t play for Brazil’s first team, but played in the Olympics, they are Olympic champions and the Olympic Games are not even held. FIFAneither Uefa, therefore in the case of obtaining Russian citizenship after a certain period, namely 2024 for Malcolm and 2026 for Claudinho, we can talk about obtaining sports citizenship. That is, the right to play for the Russian national team.

If they receive national citizenship, this will pave the way for sports citizenship, for this it is necessary to spend some time in the Russian Federation, not only spend it, but be socially useful. There is a certain procedure, look at it, there was a precedent, look at how a defender starts CSKA Mario Fernandez. The athletes themselves expressed such a desire, of course, the football team “Zenith” in every possible way assists and assists in this procedure.