The Chechens provoked a fight in the championship of Russia on free-style wrestling
During the championship of Russia on free-style wrestling among young men of Stary Oskol was a mass brawl. A brawl was provoked by the Chechen athlete nationality. After the defeat in the battle the fighter rushed at his opponent, then intervened in the conflict, members of delegations and fans, some of them were armed. “Ribbon.<url>” versed in the details of the incident.
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The conflict in the administrative center of Belgorod region happened on Sunday, 15 may, and probably would go unnoticed if not for the initiative group, posted on a social network “Vkontakte” with the requirement to understand the situation. According to witnesses, the conflict began due to the fact that the athlete from Chechnya knocked the opponent — according to unofficial information, Dagestani after the defeat in the battle.
The fight between the representatives and supporters of both sportsmen turned right on the carpet, while at least one protester was waving a weapon that can be clearly seen in Amateur videos posted online by witnesses of the incident. The brawl lasted about a minute and stopped after the intervention of the organizers who had to call the police.
We already know that the law enforcement agencies started checking all the circumstances of the incident. First of all have to figure out carefully how to ensure the safety of participants. As reported to the Tape.ru” the head a press-services UMVD across the Belgorod region Alexey Goncharuk, law enforcement officers are primarily interested in, as the competition hit the man with a gun.
“Currently, specialists conduct a comprehensive inspection, including how he had provided for the security of citizens. Have to figure out how this could happen and that was really the case. Will be interviewed by representatives of chop, which will ensure order at the event. Until the test is complete I have no right to disclose any details,” — said Goncharuk.
The head of the press service refused to clarify the name to provoke a fight athlete’s. According to “Tape.<url>”, they could be representing the Republic of Chechnya Bekkhan Ependiev, acting in the weight category up to 54 kilograms.
According to the President of Federation of wrestling of Russia (FSBR) Mikhail Mamiashvili, the initiator of the fight can be disqualified for life.
“The situation is not just ugly and unacceptable. We are not just outraged, and believe that in the future such must never happen again. PBS will conduct an internal investigation and punish, within our possibilities, all those responsible, including the organizers of the competition, which did not provide the proper level of security. I have already discussed this incident with members of the Bureau of FSBR. The position of the Federation will be very hard. The initiator of the fight may be punished by a lifetime disqualification. His behavior is a sign of lack of respect for themselves, the sport, the organizers and the children who came to the tournament,” said Mamiashvili in an interview with TASS.
Responded to the incident in the state Duma promised that the armed Chechen fighters who staged a fight in the championship of Russia on free-style wrestling, will be severely punished. This broadcast NSN said the Deputy of the lower house of Parliament of the Chechen Republic Hozh Magomed Vakhaev. “Is it possible for competitions to provoke a fight?! The gun is out of the ordinary! People who have made such violations, will be punished. I think that Ramzan Akhmatovich [Kadyrov] will react to it” ― outraged the MP.
“The police guys were not detained”
Other officials tried to pretend that nothing terrible has happened. Dmitry Gelevski — Director of the sports Palace “arcade”, where there were competitions, — said that there was no fistfight: “the Athlete from Chechnya, representing the team of Moscow showed unsportsmanlike conduct against defeat him Dagestani. Such moments in sport are not uncommon, so the police guys were not detained. After the incident, the competitions continued normally, no one was hurt”.
As for the gun, then, according to Gelevska, he belonged to the bodyguard of one of the Chechen athletes. “How comes a man with a gun on the carpet, have to answer the police. We signed a contract with one of the Firms on the provision of security measures at the competition, but chopovtsy have no right to inspect parties”, — said the Director.
The Chairman of the Committee of Parliament on social policy, Uthman Ozdamirov in an interview with radio station “Moscow speaking” said that the team present at the competition the Republic has nothing to do with the incident.
“Our delegation, the General attitude to this fight has not. We have things and do not do and others don’t. Our team we are tomorrow morning (may 17 — approx. “Of the tape.<url>”) at 9 o’clock we meet, they already go by train. We have two Champions there. It is a great success for our country”, — said Ozdamirov, adding that fighting athletes represented at the championship of Moscow region.
The last major incident in the tournament on free-style wrestling dates from April 2014: in Sochi during the youth championship of the country in a hot battle on the Mat came together representatives of Dagestan and North Ossetia. The organizers then had to stop the competition, and the law enforcement agencies initiated the audit, the results of which, however, no one was punished.
