“I don’t agree with being in the sanctions,” Mazepin told the BBC for a TV program Thursday. “I’ve said previously that I intend to fight it, perhaps now is not the right time because if you look at the whole situation that’s happening in the general case, it’s cancel culture against my country.

Mazepin also clarified that despite reports of atrocities committed by Russian troops, he would not be weighing in on the matter, because he is afraid of making anyone mad.[link:https://jalopnik.com/nikita-mazepin-says-that-russia-sanctions-are-cancel-cu-1848765061|