“We arrived almost a week ago, and Russia will have to leave a bit of a hurry,” said Voigtmann in an Interview published on the website of the German Basketball Federation. Currently, the 27-year-old Center from the Russian Manager of CSKA Moscow, is staying with his family at home in the vicinity of Eisenach. Up to his departure they had heard in Russia of the Corona-crisis almost nothing, said Voigtmann. “You clearly noticed that Russia in comparison to Germany, was behind the restrictions. You have noticed as good as anything on the streets. That was a normal life, the people are entirely normal in the Restaurant,“ said Voigtmann.

But then, Russia have introduced “RAID-like restrictions,” and he came with one of the last flights back to Germany. “But that was pure luck, otherwise we would be sitting now there. Now the restrictions are a little harder than here.“

dpa