KAZAN: Politics should be kept out of sports as they are designed to unite people, not divide them, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Putin thanked Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during their meeting for attending the Games of the Future, indicating that this sporting event is “of a humanitarian nature.”
“I have emphasized repeatedly and I want to say it again: sports should be free of any politics, instead, they must bring people closer together. We have many participants (at the Games of the Future ) from more than 100 countries. They have come from 104 countries, from different continents,” Putin said at a meeting.
According to the Russian leader, among those who arrived at the opening ceremony of the Games of the Future are supporters of e-sports as well as traditional sports.
In the president’s opinion, it is “very good” that the event includes not only e-sports “which allow you to sit endlessly, but also movement, real sports.”.
