Sergei and Violetta Bida are wanted in Russia.
Sergei Bida is a prize medalist. ZumaWire / MVPHOTOS
The big couple of Russian sports Sergei Bida30, and Violetta Bida29, are getting into trouble in Russia.
The Russian Ministry of the Interior issued a wanted notice for the fencing couple a few days ago. The Russian Championat website the duo participated in the US championships in the summer without Russia’s permission.
Now there has been a new twist.
Representative of the Russian State Duma by Alexander Khinshtein a criminal investigation has been initiated against the fencers. The representative told about it on his Telegram channel of Match TV by.
– From a moral point of view, this is fraud, Khinshtein wrote in his publication.
“Abandoning a place of service or troops” can be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison in Russia.
The couple belongs to the personnel of the Russian army. Sergei Bida is an officer of the Russian National Guard.
According to Khinshtein, Sergei Bida and Violetta Bida “left Russia without permission and secretly in June”. According to the representative of the Duma, the Russian Guard and the fencing association tried to pursue the couple, but without success. The connection with the swordsmen was finally made at the last minute.
Sergei Bida won silver at the Tokyo Olympics. In addition, there are World Cup and European Championship silver medals in the trophy cabinet. Violetta Bida has won World Championship and European Championship silver in 2019.