Three-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling and a member of the Presidium of the General Council of the political party “United Russia” Alexander Karelin, in a conversation with the YouTube channel “Tomskoye Vremya”, said that he meets the manifestation of laziness among Russians more often than despondency due to the current situation in country.
– At a time when I could already influence something, we, United Russia, had a program for the construction of sports facilities. First, 63, of which we made thirty. Then it was already 100, history started up, the economy got stronger, the Ministry of Sports got a whole division, programs for which there are now a huge number of halls. Someone says: “Why?” Yes, let them appear, and tomorrow we will learn how to use them, fill them in. We are in this state right now. Yes, on the one hand, everything seems to be accessible, but on the other hand, everything has its consequences. So… let’s learn. We have had worse times.
– And you do not notice the state of despondency [в стране]? The sadness of people.
— Well… I notice laziness more.
Karelin has been a member of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party since 2001. He was a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of five convocations.
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