Russian Kart Driver Artem Severiukhin Denies Nazi Salute
Fifteen-year-old Russian karting driver Artem Severiukhin has denied making a Nazi salute Sunday on the podium after winning his event at the FIA Karting European Championship in Portimão, Portugal. Video footage suggests otherwise, though. Online footage shows the kid hitting his chest and then holding his right arm out as the Italian national anthem played. Laughter with people off camera ensued. Severiukhin was competing under an Italian license after FIA banned drivers from racing under the Russian flag after the Ukraine invasion. “It is not true, I have never supported Nazis,” he said and...