MOSCOW, 20 Feb — The attack on the son of Arsenal Tula press attache Artem Ovsyannikov is not related to the fact that he spoke Russian, Basel spokesman Simon Walter said.

Earlier, Ovsyannikov said on his social networks that he was filming the atmosphere at the stadium when a man approached him from behind and hit his leg. Later, another man approached him and also tried to hit him. The victim suggested that the attacks on him were related to Russian speech. At the same time, he himself noted that he was in the fan sector.

The incident occurred during the match of the championship of Switzerland “Basel” – “Servette” (2:2) on Sunday.