“It is my deep conviction: the situation with the replacement of the Russian flag in Riga is a provocation of the Latvian authorities!
This is a continuation of the situation that happened at the World Drafts Championship.
A banal desire in every possible way to attract attention and discredit the Russian team ", - quotes Svishchev" Championship ".
In his opinion, they are trying to infringe on Russian sport, as they understand that even under the sanctions, domestic athletes perform well this season.
During the world championship, the authorities of Riga took off the Russian flag, which hung with the rest of the countries participating in the tournament, and replaced it with the ROC flag.
According to the CAS decision on the dispute between WADA and RUSADA, the Russian national teams will compete at the World Championships and the Olympic Games under a neutral flag for two years, but at the same time they will be able to put national colors on equipment and indicate the name of the country on it.
Earlier, Andrei Nikolishin spoke about replacing the Russian flag with the symbols of the ROC at the 2021 World Cup in Minsk.