Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin reacted to the scandalous situation in Russian volleyball.
Andrey Voronkov, head coach of Kaliningrad Lokomotiv, in the fifth match of the last series of the Russian championship against Yekaterinburg Uralochka-NTMK, instructing his players, pulled Valery Zaitseva aside and said: “Why are you catching this monkey again? ” Ailama Sese Montalvo, a dark-skinned team player from the Sverdlovsk region, plays for the team from the Sverdlovsk region.
Kaliningrad “Locomotive” head coach Andrey Voronkov made a disparaging remark about Cuban Ailama Sese Montalvo.
The Ministry of Sports finds any manifestation of racism and disrespect towards the opponent unacceptable. There is no room for discrimination on the basis of race or nationality in modern society.
In connection with this incident, I believe that the All-Russian Volleyball Federation should take disciplinary measures against the Lokomotiv coach, ”quoting journalist Vasily Konov Matytsin on the Telegram channel.
Today it became known that the disciplinary commission of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation will consider this episode on May 19.
