Croatia denies visas to leaders of the Russian women's national team for the European ChampionshipsThe Croatian Embassy in Moscow has officially notified the Russian artistic gymnastics delegation of visa denials for 9 of its 65 members. Among those denied are leaders of the women's national team—Angelina Melnikova, Viktoria Listunova, and Anna Kalmykova—as well as athletes and staff from the men's team.The reason cited for the refusal was: "Failure to provide justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay." Notably, visa applications for the entire Russian delegation were submitted simultaneously, accompanied by identical sets of supporting documents. The remaining 56 members of the delegation were granted visas.
rejecting just the main gymnasts and not the 56 other members of the delegation with an excuse like this is a load of bullshit lmao reject all of them if you don't want russians entering the country?? this is just a cowardly pathetic move 🤡💩
like this euros barely sold tickets seeing from how eager they were with 50% discounts and the people i'm planning on seeing there were all going to see gelya and listy
obvs it's not the federation rejecting the visas but it's really like their names were used to sell tickets, only for them to not be there. my desire for this trip has really tanked 😒
in a twist no one saw coming, they reviewed the decision and now Gelya and Anna have visas and are going to Euros
