Yelena Isinbayeva has been banned from entering Ukraine for 50 years.
Yelena Isinbayeva is a well-known supporter of Vladimir Putin. ZumaWire / MVPHOTOS
The whereabouts of Russian major and former pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva have been revealed.
Spanish El Digital Sur says that Isinbajeva is currently staying in the Canary Islands. Also Tenerife Weekly mixed DailyBeast write about it.
According to reports, Isinbayeva traveled to the island on May 30 on a cargo flight from Turkey. Since then, she has lived in the southern part of the island with her husband Nikita Petinov and with her two children in a luxury apartment.
The news has also spread to Russia. Russian Duma representative and former speed skater Svetlana Zhurova wants to talk to Isinbayeva first before believing that she has moved.
– I don’t know if it happened or not. There are many stories about him. Maybe she went on vacation for a couple of weeks with her baby. It is summer. People think he’s gone forever when they see him somewhere, Zhurova commented According to Championat.
Putin supporter
Isinbayeva and Vladimir Putin have a close relationship. The former pole vaulter served as Putin’s confidant in the 2012 presidential election and joined Aleksandr Ovechkin to establish PutinTeam 2017. In addition to this, in Isinbajeva played a significant role in the Russian Constitutional Committeewhich changed the country’s constitution in 2020 to allow Putin to stay in power even longer.
Isinbayeva signed a five-year contract with the Russian army in 2015.
Founder of the charity The European Resilience Initiative Center and an expert on Eastern Europe Sergej Sumlenny According to reports, Isinbayeva is a Russian army major and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s favorite.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi banned Isinbayeva from the country for no less than 50 years. Zelenskyi imposed sanctions on Isinbayeva for supporting the war, which prevent her from traveling to the country. The Russian’s assets were also frozen in Ukraine.
Isinbayeva is allowed to continue working as a member of the International Olympic Committee’s IOC Athletes’ Committee. The IOC investigated Isinbayeva from March to June for possible connections with the Russian army.
However, the IOC decidedthat Isinbajeva, who has won medals at the Liuda in her career, will be allowed to continue her Finnish career Emma Terhon as a member of the committee headed by
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