"Ridiculous": Russia criticizes opening ceremony

"Ridiculous": Russia criticizes opening ceremony SID • 7 hours • 1 minute reading time "Ridiculous" and "massive failure": Russia has sharply criticized the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made fun of the celebration on the Seine, which was not broadcast live on Russian television, on Telegram and listed a long list of shortcomings. "I had no intention of watching the opening. But after seeing the photos, I couldn't believe that it wasn't a deep fake or Photoshop," Zakharova wrote. The "ridiculous opening ceremony in the open air" forced the guests to "sit for hours in the pouring rain." Zakharova also mocked the "traffic collapse," the attack on the French rail network, and was very incensed by the performances of various queer artists. A spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church wrote in this context that it was "cultural and historical suicide." In Paris, only 15 athletes from Russia are allowed to compete as neutral individual athletes. Participation under the Russian flag was not permitted due to the country's military offensive in Ukraine.