Yaroslav Rakitskiy

Zenit are the team that Vladimir Putin supports Ukrainian international Yaroslav Rakitskiy has left Zenit St. Petersburg after the Russian side agreed to terminate his contract early. Rakitskiy has left the club after he was dropped from the starting XI in response to the comments he made about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which he strongly […]

4 years ago

Yaroslav Rakitskiy was named on the substitutes bench Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg dropped their Ukrainian defender Yaroslav Rakitskiy for their Europa League game against Real Betis on Thursday night after he spoke out against the ongoing Russian invasion. In the early hours of Thursday morning, Russian president Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion on Ukraine […]

4 years ago