Arina Sabolenko, according to a well-known Belarusian journalist, should not be afraid of Alexander Lukashenko. According to him, the tennis player has enough money to “open the right door.”
Arina Sobolenko has been criticized by the media for many months, which is related to the war in Ukraine. Since the second racket of the WTA ranking comes from Belarus, which supports Russia in this armed conflict, she is under strong pressure from public opinion. In addition, her relationship with Alexander Lukashenko, the dictator who rules the country of our eastern neighbors, is still unclear. However, a well-known Belarusian journalist believes that neither the tennis player nor her relatives should be afraid of him.
Why did Arina Sobolenko support Alexander Lukashenko in the past?
The controversy surrounding Sobolenko was due to the fact that for a long time she did not want to make intelligible statements about the war. Only after many meetings, the 25-year-old admitted that she was against it, which means that at the moment she does not support Alexander Lukashenko. However, the word “now” was key, since she had previously supported the dictator.
Why? “She is a rather simple girl with no special education who did not foresee the consequences of her actions. She did not think about what would happen next, - said Alexander Putila, a compatriot of Sobolenka, in an interview with sport.pl.
Arina Sobolenko and her family do not need to be afraid of Alexander Lukashenko
Some defenders of the football player tried to prove that she had never opposed the president or the war in Ukraine before, because she was afraid for the fate of her loved ones. However, according to the aforementioned journalist, this is an insufficient argument. – Her mother and younger sister live in Minsk. As far as I know, after Roland Garros, where Arina spoke out against Lukashenka, she still has not come to her homeland, he admitted.
Putila believes that Sobolenko is not as attached to her country as some other athletes, that is, for example, she does not have any business in her country. - Arina constantly lives in Florida, but in Belarus she does not conduct any business, she does not own real estate. The only modest apartment owned by her family is located in Minsk.
The journalist believes that if the football player wanted to, he could easily contribute to the departure of his relatives from the country. - He can take his mother and sister abroad, to Europe or the States. He has money that opens all doors,” Putila said. He summarized the entire thread in such a way that if a 25-year-old decides to take such a step, then he will definitely organize everything quietly.
Source: Wprost
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