Russia Soccer Star Calls Putin ‘Scum’ in Stunning Outburst

Soccer star Nadezhda Karpova, a member of the Russian women’s national team, has lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in a stunning outburst on her Instagram page.

Karpova, 27, who plays club soccer for Espanyol in Spain, posted a scathing message directed at Putin and Lukashenko on her Instagram story, shortly after the leaders joked on Monday that they consider themselves “co-aggressors” and “the most harmful and toxic people on this planet.”

“You’re scum, you’re scoundrels, you’re the ones who committed the genocide, you’re the ones who must be tried,” Karpova wrote.

“You’re not just ‘toxic,’ you are f****** fascists who have long had no place in today’s world, and I hope you’ll get what you deserve, because good always triumphs over evil. Karpova, who is also known by the diminutive version of her first name, Nadya, is the only member of the Russian women’s team to have voiced her opposition to the war in Ukraine. She posted the message after Putin and Lukashenko met in Belarus for the first time in three years.

“You know the two of us are co-aggressors, the most harmful and toxic people on this planet,” Lukashenko said with Putin sitting next to him. “We have only one argument—who is bigger. Vladimir Vladimirovich says I am, I’m starting to think he is, so we decided together. The same. That’s all.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.