Потому что это страна, с которой у нее есть материнские связи, и у нее не будет проблем с потенциальными проблемами гражданства.
Maybe the Kazakh fed reached out to her, or maybe she reached out to them, but yes, there was obviously communication there, as the Kazakh fed is the one who has to formally request her release.
In Kazakhstan, it is believed that figure skater Sofia Samodelkina renounced Russian citizenship.
In particular, Olzhas Besbaev, executive director of the Kazakhstan Skating Union, spoke about this. Today it was reported about the possible transition of Samodelkina to the national team of this country and that the athlete had already received a Kazakh passport.
“I do not have this information, but it is illegal for us to have two citizenships. Most likely, (Samodelkina) renounced Russian citizenship, I think so. Lena Rybakina refused, I tell you exactly. By law, we have one citizenship, not like in Russia.
She has not officially contacted us. We did not write to our colleagues - this is not the case with skaters, we were interested in them, so we turned to them. Here she applied civilly.
That is, most likely, either her mother or one of her closest direct relatives was born on the territory of the republic, so they received it in a simplified format.
Our federation has been divided since July, while bureaucratic moments are going on, we just come out here as performers, until July Samodelkina and her representatives did not contact us.
We have good relations with Alexander Ilyich Kogan, if there was something, I asked directly. We will follow the established procedure, there is no need to force anything,” said Besbaev.
it's been a really unsuccessful season for her.
