The Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated a children's chess coach from Crimea.

The defense forces eliminated a traitor from Crimea - children's chess and football coach Oleg Kharuta.

Oleg Kharuta was born and raised in Sevastopol. He worked as a chess and football coach, was a physical education teacher at Sevastopol School No. 17, and worked at the sports school and the Sevastopol branch of Moscow State University.

The defense forces eliminated Kharuta in the Kursk region (Russia).

Connection to the crimes of the Russian authorities

Recall that former Russian national team footballer Dmitry Sennikov ended up on the 'Peacemaker' website's database.

There is evidence that Sennikov is an accomplice to the crimes of the Russian authorities against Ukraine and its citizens.

In September 2021, Sennikov illegally visited the annexed Crimea.

On February 22, 2025, Sennikov participated in a propaganda event - a stage of the children's football festival 'Champions of the Heroes' in Tambov. The participants of the event were children of participants in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, gathered into the team 'Champions of Heroes'.

Dmitry Sennikov was born on June 24, 1976.

Sports career

On March 27, 2002, he made his debut in official matches as part of the Russian national team in a friendly match against Estonia. That year he went to the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, where he played in one group stage match against Belgium.

Two years later, he was part of the national team at the 2004 European Championship in Portugal. On the fields of Portugal, Dmitry was a key defender for the Russian national team and played in all three group matches: against Spain, Portugal, and Greece, but the team did not advance from the group.

Throughout his national team career, which lasted 4 years, he played 26 matches for the main team of the country.

Additionally, Sennikov became the champion of Russia twice while playing for 'Lokomotiv'.

Reaction to the gymnast's exclusion from competitions

Olympic champion and State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova reacted hysterically to the exclusion from international competitions of Russian gymnast Victoria Listunova, who participated in a rally in support of the war against Ukraine.

Olympic champion Victoria Listunova stated that the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) did not grant her neutral status due to a congratulatory postcard from May 9 that she posted on social media.

However, Listunova also participated in a rally supporting the war alongside Vladimir Putin in 2022, at which the letter 'Z' was present on their clothing.

Zhurova commented on the scandal surrounding Listunova, mentioning Nazism.

'They don't really like being called Nazis, but how else can it be called? This is precisely how Nazism is encouraged, because the victory in the Second World War was common, although the contribution of the Soviet Union was the largest. Condemning and not allowing athletes who honor their ancestors is unacceptable, as this day should be celebrated by the whole world. They link the May 9 victory with the victory in the SVO (this is what Russian propaganda calls the war against Ukraine - Glavcom). This, of course, is not bad, let them think that. But in fact, this is not so. It is very strange not to allow athletes for this. It creates the impression that they do it on purpose,' Zhurova said.