IOC outlaws Russia over illegal move to claim Ukraine athletes
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday suspended Russia’s national Olympic body with “immediate effect” for violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine’s membership by recognising illegally annexed territories.
The Russian Olympic Committee responded by calling the suspension “yet another counter-productive, politically motivated decision”. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the International Olympic Committee Gala Dinner in Sochi before 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP.That move, he added, “violates the territorial integrity of the NOC of Ukraine, as recognised by the International Olympic Committee in accordance with the Olympic Charter”.
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