Stampede also at Zenit in St. Petersburg. Javier Pascual, as well as the rest of the non-Russian squad members – both coaches and players – have made the decision to leave the club and the country given the latest events and the recommendations of the embassies of their home states, including Spanish. Zenit itself had earlier given its non-Russian staff freedom to leave the country.
With this situation, Zenit is going to see itself with a total of 10 kills, Well, Tyson Carter, Jordan Loyd, Billy Baron, Conner Frankamp, Alex Poythress, Mateusz Ponitka and Jordan Mickey join the departures of the Lithuanians Mindaugas Kuzminskas y Arturas Gudaitis, who have returned to their country due to pressure from their government, and that of the American Shabazz Napierwho has left Zenit for non-sports reasons to which the war has been added.
The Spanish embassy in Russia has been one of those that has advised citizens who are in the country to return, so Xavi Pascual and one of his assistant coaches will also return, Íñigo Zorzano. Other non-Russian members like the Greeks will also return Manos Papadopoulos, General Manager, and also the technical assistant Diamantis Panagiotopoulos.
