ArmInfo.Irina Rodnina sports school of figure skating in Yerevan from now on will not bear the name of the legendary figure skater.
"By the prevailing number of votes, the Moscow figure skating school named after Irina Rodnina was renamed the Yerevan school of figure skating and hockey. The initiative was presented by the Luys faction," Hakob Karapetyan, press secretary of the Yerevan Municipality, wrote on his Facebook page.
As ArmInfo wrote earlier, the proposal to the Yerevan Municipality was received from the representative of the Luys faction of the Yerevan Council of Elders Ani Khachatryan in connection with Rodnina's participation in the clearly Xenophobic anti-Armenian events in Baku related to the Khojaly tragedy.
The three-time Olympic champion in figure skating, State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina herself responding to the initiative of the members of the Yerevan Council of Elders to rename the school of figure skating, in particular, said: Millions of funds that came exclusively from Russia. This is the first sports facility that was built in Armenia over the past twenty years or so. I will calmly treat renaming, but it's a shame for people to invest. This is the first sports facility that was built on the territory of Armenia over the past twenty years or more. I will calmly relate to the renaming, but it is a shame for people who have put their heart and soul into the construction. It is their right. " Rodnina said.