Former commentator of the “Belarus 5” TV channel Yaroslav Pisarenko talked about the secret relationship of Arina Sobolenko, currently the second racket in the world, with the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, which began in 2018.

The journalist said that the tennis player herself asked for a meeting with Lukashenka, who had problems with an agent who financially enslaved her.

“Sobolenko made a mistake that is often characteristic of young athletes – he contacted the wrong people. Before his departure in 2018, he signed a contract with a Russian agent whose name I cannot learn. They say it’s a semi-prohibited topic even in the tennis federation, even in personal conversations.

According to the terms, all expenses were paid to him, but the prize money went to the same representative. I do not know the exact numbers, but they say that Sobolenko received the minimum percentage of prize money for his victories. In fact, he faced the prospect of earning almost nothing in his best sports years and failed to resolve this issue in the legal arena.

He decided to use the link to solve the problem with his contract. And at a meeting, somewhere behind closed doors, Sobolenko told all his problems to Lukashenka. Again in the legal field it was impossible to resolve the situation, but other levers of influence were found. And here Sobolenko got rid of his shackles, but took others, ”said Pisarenko on the ChestnoK YouTube channel.

Recall that during the current Roland Garros, Sobolenko said that he no longer supports the dictatorial regime of Lukashenko, who helped the Russian Federation during the war with Ukraine.