Yaroslavl-born Karpova made her senior national team debut in June 2016, scoring the second goal in Russia's 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 win over Turkey in Khimki.

[2][3] Karpova has regularly spoken out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling Putin and Lukashenko "human scum" and war criminals.

Let's say athletes from Russia or Belarus, which is also involved in this conflict, will be asked to speak about the events in Ukraine.

I recently came across such an interview: the Belarusian tennis player Azarenka was asked at the Australian Open what she thinks about what is happening (Victoria Azarenka was asked how she feels about the fact that fans carried the Russian flag and Z-symbols to the stands of the Australian Open), began to answer something like this: "Are you a politician?

And they have a huge task in the West: to plant in everyone's heads the idea that this is not a terrible aggressive war so that the dictator can remain in power.

Therefore, I am absolutely in solidarity with the Ukrainian government, which says: "Under such conditions, [Russian and Belarusian athletes] should not participate in the Olympics.