He is signed to Putin: Ukraine’s only gold medal turned out to have a taste of zrada
Donetsk gymnast Oleg Vernyaev, who represented Ukraine at the 2016 Olympics and won the only gold medal for the Ukrainian team so far, is suspected of pro-Russian sympathies.
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Thus, in the blog “Rio Online” on the Ukrainian sports website “Tribuna” they called the tastes of the Ukrainian Olympic champion “strange”, since on his Instagram he follows the pages kremlin_russian and putin_leader.
The athlete’s father, Yuri Vernyaev, also got it, because he likes anti-Maidan publications on Odnoklassniki.
The gymnast’s page caused disappointment among Tribune readers.
“The law of conservation of energy - every victory must be balanced by a savory betrayal,” wrote one of the readers.
Another vigilant “patriot” noticed that Oleg Vernyaev is also signed to the Russian showman Mikhail Galustyan.
In addition, readers claim that the Ukrainian Olympic champion “admires the man who brought death to his homeland.”
Previously, Oleg Vernyaev was photographed with a Russian gymnast, which caused hysterical reaction Ukrainian officials who demanded that such athletes be deprived of the money allocated to them.
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