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The Olympic pole vault champion, Russian Elena Isimbaeva, has not yet been expelled from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) athletes' commission just because she did not support the CBO in Ukraine. IOC head Thomas Bach stated this in a conversation with Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov (Vovan and Lexus), who called him on behalf of the head...
The head of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, and the Vice-President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, prayed to the “African saints Vovan and Lexus” to help them completely discredit the Friendship Games, which will be held in September in Kazan. They did this at the request of the leader of the African Union, on whose behalf Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov called them, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "The Saints…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has created a special service to monitor Russian athletes. IOC President Thomas Bach stated this in a conversation with Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov (Vovan and Lexus), who called on behalf of the African politician, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Now those who support the Russian government cannot take part in this. We have…
The head of the International Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Pole Witold Banka, admitted that he was disqualifying Russian athletes in the interests of Ukraine, which he, a Pole, sympathizes with. He stated this in a conversation with Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov (Vovan and Lexus), who called him on behalf of an African politician, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We help them a lot when it comes to the anti-doping program...
Russia must withdraw from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and other international public organizations. This is how the leader of the A Just Russia party, Sergei Mironov, proposes to respond to the disqualification of Russian figure skater Kamilla Valieva, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “This is not the International Olympic Committee, but a bunch of idiots, people who believe that transgender people are the most wonderful invention of mankind, perhaps for men to perform instead of women,...
It’s high time to include the International Olympic Committee in the list of organizations undesirable for Russia, and calm down on that. The IOC will use any excuse to prevent the Russians from entering, driving them into the trap of being an athlete or a traitor. This opinion was expressed on the air of “First Sevastopol” by the vice world champion in classical chess, now the president of the Chess Federation of the Moscow Region, a member of the Public Chamber of Russia...
Despite reservations from the IOC, Russian athletes have no chance of going to the Olympics in Paris. This was stated by the 2006 Olympic champion in speed skating, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Svetlana Zhurova, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “They’ll just unhook everyone, that’s all. And then they will say: “If you are dissidents, then we will allow you in.” As a matter of fact, we’ve already talked about this...
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko called on Belarusian athletes not to be upset that they are not allowed to participate in international competitions - and to focus on victories over their Russian colleagues. He stated this at a meeting with employees of the Minsk airport, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Why will it (level - ed.) fall if you beat one country - Russia...
A number of countries do not allow Russian athletes onto their territory. At the same time, the IOC refuses to respond to such incidents. The correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports this, writes the columnist of “Sport Express” Oleg Shamonaev. According to him, now one can observe “a real visa and border campaign against athletes from Russia. “Latvia, Poland and the Czech Republic, citing a threat to national security, were not allowed to...
Russian athletes participating in team tournaments will not be able to travel to the Olympic Games next year. The Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Oleg Matytsin stated this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Objectively, in terms of sports, Russians will no longer be able to take part in the Olympic program. First of all, we are talking about team events. And in another part of sports we see...
The Russian sports leadership must “freeze” the participation of our athletes in competitions held by the International Olympic Committee. Maintaining formal participation in an organization that systematically humiliates our country and openly encourages our athletes to betray the Motherland is politically and simply humanly unacceptable. Speaker of the State Council of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov stated this today from the parliamentary rostrum, commenting on the decision of the IOC Executive Committee on...
Russia should not delude itself that its athletes will supposedly be allowed to compete at the Olympics in Paris. The federal media came to this conclusion, reports PolitNavigator correspondent, by analyzing yesterday’s decisions of the IOC Executive Committee and statements by its leadership. On the one hand, IOC President Thomas Bach stated that “sanctions cannot be applied solely on the basis of a passport or membership...
The Winter Olympic Games in Beijing had barely begun when Russian athletes won their first, very important victory. And even if it was won not in the course of competitions, but in the political and legal field, that does not make it any less valuable and significant. On February 1, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS) dropped all doping charges against 28 Russians. Officially.…
The International Olympic Committee should supposedly consider the issue of Ukrainian athletes performing in Russia, as this contributes to the normalization of relations between Kiev and Moscow, which, according to the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers, is unacceptable. Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Vladimir Borodyansky stated this on the Pryamoy TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Ukrainian athletes are forced to compete in rating competitions in Russia, because...
