After the race, Safronov said that Tsvetov allegedly communicates well with Russians, but does so off camera. “He is not from Western Ukraine, but from Eastern Ukraine. People there are more loyal to us, let’s be honest,” he claimed. “Our rivalry is only on the track. Otherwise, we are not politicians, we are athletes. We do our job.” Natalia Harach, communications manager for the Ukrainian Paralympic Committee, dismissed these claims as false information spread by the Russian athletes. “Do you think we should somehow justify ourselves? We are hardly restraining ourselves here to say nothing t…