MOSCOW -- A tense tug-of-war between Russia and Ukraine has spread to soccer, with Russian officials and lawmakers denouncing the design of the Ukrainian national team's shirt for this month's Europea
MOSCOW -- A tense tug-of-war between Russia and Ukraine has spread to soccer, with Russian officials and lawmakers denouncing the design of the Ukrainian national team's shirt for this month's European Championship.
Andrii Pavelko, the president of the Ukrainian soccer association, presented the new uniform on Facebook on Sunday, hailing it as a symbol of the "single and undivided homeland" that would inspire players to "fight for entire Ukraine." She also ranted against the Ukrainian national slogan -- "Glory to Ukraine, glory to the heroes!" -- written on the uniform. Zakharova charged that the rant was used by Ukrainian nationalists, some of whom fought against the Soviet Union alongside the Nazis in World War II.Dmitry Svishchev, a member of the Russian parliament's lower house, denounced the Ukrainian uniform as a political gesture designed to draw sports into politics.
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