Andrey Rublev criticizes Ukraine war - "It's terrible"
Andrey Rublev condemns the war that troops from his native country have been waging in Ukraine for more than a year.
by SID
last edit: Mar 03, 2023, 07:28 pm
"You can't pretend nothing is happening because it's terrible," said the 25-year-old after his semi-final victory over Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals of the ATP tournament in Dubai. "It's crazy that so many ordinary people are suffering and dying."
Rublev wrote "No War Please" on a camera lens at the same event shortly after the Russian invasion began last year. Now he took a stand again. "It's hard to talk about," Rublev said, "because even if you try to just play tennis, keep training, you know it's affecting you."
This time Rublev wrote "Viktor Tsoi is alive" on the lens. Zoi, who died in 1990, was a Russian rock star who, among other things, sang anti-war songs. "His lyrics gave people a lot of hope at the time," Rublev explained. "I wrote it because I feel similar things are happening now."