Zakharova said the devastating impact of the Ukrainization of sports

The Ukrainization of sports destroys and hinders the development of world sports, and everyone is already tired of it. This was stated to Izvestia on September 3 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum 2025 (WEF 2025).

"This Ukrainization is rampant, both in sports and on the international agenda as a whole, everyone is already tired of it, it hinders the development of world sport, it destroys it," she said.

According to Zakharova, Ukrainization causes "enormous damage to world culture." She clarified that such a phenomenon hinders the development of cooperation, interaction, and is absolutely "superficial and artificially introduced." Zakharova stressed that the international community is tired of this, and it has already realized the "impasse" of the situation.

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