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It's 2018 and fighting against sexism is a thing of common sense - both sexes should have equal rights and should be treated equally. However, Moscow Spartak's twitter account screwed it all up and tried to backpedal out of the situation.
On September 24th they posted a photo with one of teams TV reporters - Julia Ushakova on their twitter account stating that she would be put on injured reserve with a ''lower-body'' injury.
Many would ask what is wrong with that right? Well... the image was very graphic and very unacceptable by many standards.
Травма нижней чаÑти тела у нашей ведущей Юлии Ушаковой. #Спартак помеÑтил нападающую в ÑпиÑок травмированных.
— Spartak Moscow (@spartak_hc) September 24, 2018
ПодробноÑти по ÑÑылке: https://t.co/ZEClh44LwQ pic.twitter.com/AMTw7ZhDm4
Obviously, teams account was put on blast by multiple world-wide known media outlets describing it as ''wrong and discriminating''.
What happened next... probably was a really bad attempt to fix what had happened and most likely didn't work either.
On October 3rd Ushakova's TV colleague Artyom Batrak had undergone a procedure at a Moscow Hospital and was announced to miss no more than one week and that he would also be put on the IR and the picture that followed was clearly an attempt to save the situation.
Вчера Ðртём Батрак был уÑпешно прооперирован в одной из моÑковÑких клиник. #Спартак помеÑтил ведущего клубного Ñ‚ÐµÐ»ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ð´ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ Ð² ÑпиÑок травмированных, Ñрок воÑÑÑ‚Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð»ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ Ð½Ðµ более одной недели.
— Spartak Moscow (@spartak_hc) October 3, 2018
ПодробноÑти по ÑÑылке: https://t.co/W6QGuwYrhe pic.twitter.com/s9Mni3Tr9t