"Long Live Russian": The father of tennis player Jokovich posed with Putin fans (video)

The video is posted on the Aussie Cossack YouTube channel on January 26. Srjan Djokovich posed with Russian fans after the match in the 1/4 finals of Australian Open between his son and tennis player with the Russian Federation Andriy Rublev on Wednesday, January 25. One of the fans in the footage holds the Russian flag with a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He is dressed in a T -shirt with a symbol "Z" and the inscription "Where we are there.

" The letter "Z" is a sign that is applied by Russian invaders with white paint to military equipment, it has become a symbol of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine. At the beginning of the video, a man with a Russian flag is welcomed by Alexander Zaldastanov, the leader of the biker club "Night Wolves". This association is often called "Putin's hand bikers. " "From Melbourne, Australia to our brothers there, in Moscow," the fan said.

At this point, Srjan Dzhakovich says something Serbian. Some media outlets have translated it as "Live Russia", others reported that Dzhivevich actually said "Zivejli Lyudi" - "cheers, guys" or "goodbye". The Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia Vasyl Miroshnichenko called on the ban on Srjan Dzokovich to attend the open Championship of Australia. "This is unacceptable, it is a shame for the tournament. Sanctions must be imposed.

Novak Dzokovich needs to clarify his position, it is important to know his opinion about the situation," the diplomat said. Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz confirmed that Australia supports Ukraine. "We do not want any support to be given to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has a devastating influence on the country," he told reporters. Federal opposition leader Peter Datton called the incident strange. "The Russian offensive is ongoing.

To be honest, everyone has to try to restrain the Russian Federation, not encourage President Putin. So Dzokovich Sr. is strange," the politician commented. Srjan Djokovich himself said that he would look at the final match of his son at home. Novak Djokovich says his father was inadvertently involved in disputes about the war with Russia, and the situation "came out of control," writes The Age. The tennis players called the pro -Russian fans "activists" who "abused videos with his father.

" "My father, all my family and I went through a few wars in the 1990s. We are against war and never support either violence or war. We know how devastating it is for families, for people in any country who are experiencing the war, "the athlete said. The organizers of the Australian Open tournament warned Novak Dzokovich and his father Srjan about the inadmissibility of promoting political views during the tournament.

Demonstration of flags of Russia and Belarus is forbidden at Australian Open matches because of complaints of fans from Ukraine. Focus earlier wrote that some of the fans at the Jokovych's match was shouting "Serbia, Russia, Serbia, Russia". A man who was on a stand with a "Z" T-shirt is Serb Zrana Pavlovich, in 1970s he migrated to the United States, wrote on Twitter.