Russian pensioner walks to Belarus to thank for flag at Paralympics


Vladimir Ponomarev is a professional traveler, historian and ethnographer.

Saratov pensioner traveled set off in Brest and is planning to reach Dobrush.

Belarus is the 23rd country he travels across on foot. Vladimir works with people with disabilities, so the Paralympic Games is a familiar subject for him. The act of the Belarus representative Andrei Fomachkin who walked with the Russian flag in the Paralympic Games in Rio, struck him. The retired man decided to thank Belarusians with this action, which was co-organized by his colleagues.

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