JAKARTA - While many of her tennis partners asked to be naturalized by Kazakhstan or other countries, Anastasia Gasanova actually expressed her Russian pride by insulting Ukraine.
In a video circulating on social media, Gasanova tells her story of living in her own place when she becomes a promising tennis player and then has to leave because of her citizenship.
"I told everything from the first person, what I specifically saw or close friends," Gasanova said.
"We were forced to leave Ukraine. According to eyewitnesses, the Ukrainian Armed Forces killed people for speaking Russian.
"After May 2, 2014, it is impossible to wear the clothes of the Russian national team, because they can shoot you just like that."
Gasanova also refers to the recent destruction of the Kerch Strait bridge connecting Russia and Ukraine.
Unfortunately, God didn't give them brains, Gasanova added. "Why are they so happy? If they want to reclaim Crimea... violating is not building."
The tennis player also chose to remember what he considered a "coup" in Ukraine in 2014. He also claimed that Western media had not accurately reported events in the region since the incident.
"It's not like they said... there were massive protests there and, they said, president Viktor Yanukovych fled the country when they threatened him with death," Gasanova said.
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