well having been driven into a fence half way down a straight by pedersen would kinda colour ermolenko's view wouldnt it? Pedersen is a dangerous rider and he deserves all the crap he gets. One day his "tactics" will end up with him copping an injury and i wont give a crap.
His choice, however as has been seen before Bjerre really isnt good enough at top EL level let alone at GP level so he shouldnt really cause any problems.
All the former Baltic states ie Latvia,Estonia and Lithuania have "enclaves" of transplanted ethnic Russians left behind when the USSR collapsed and the integration of these people has been a problem. Most of the older Russians cant/wont speak the home language and that's become an issue as most of the states have put that down as a requirement to citizenship.
i seem to remember gresh sorting billy sanders and john berry once at the height of the crump - sanders wars in early 80s.
gresh was the rider that got me interested in speedway, got wiped by ian cartwright, no moaning, no whining, just got back up and clattered him in the re run coming out of turn 2.