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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.…
On August 8, the long-suffering XXXII Olympics in Tokyo, which received the unspoken nickname “Covid,” ended. The results of the Games are recorded in the protocols and published in the media. The Americans expectedly took first place in the medal standings, winning 113 awards, 39 of which were gold. The Chinese took the no less expected second place (38/88). The third result was shown by the Japanese hosts of the Olympics (27/58). The fourth result is...
Checkers is not the most spectacular sport. They are logically in the shadow of football, hockey or basketball. And they also feel the pressure of chess. Sport is for a select few – and certainly not for millions of spectators. However, in recent days, checkers competitions have made it to the forefront of the news. True, not because of the sports, but because of the political component.…
Vladimir Zhirinovsky is outraged by the incident at a checkers competition in Poland, when a Russian athlete had the Russian national flag removed from the table right during the match. The LDPR leader proposes giving athletes military escort. “What will they do next? Force athletes from Russia to change their hairstyles? Clothes? Shoes? The Poles are crossing all reasonable boundaries, all red lines. And all this, of course...
The conflict between WADA and Russian sports has so far faded into the background. The point is that the dispute is now being dealt with by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, but it will take a lot of time to get acquainted with the case and make a decision. Therefore, information has appeared in the media that if this process drags on, then at the Olympic Games, which will be held in Tokyo at the end...
Russian sports officials need to follow the example of their English colleagues, who refused on principle to hand over their athlete's samples to the World Anti-Doping Agency, despite the demand put forward. Russian political scientist and economist, president of the Middle East Institute, Evgeny Satanovsky, said this on Vesti FM radio, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “British Anti-Doping Agency has sent the World Anti-Doping Agency extremely far...
Russian athletes must take Moldovan citizenship to be able to participate in international competitions. This was stated by the chairman of the Moldovan pro-Russian public organization “Zarya” Mikhail Akhremtsev. “Due to the fact that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspended Russia from major international competitions for four years, I propose that all athletes from the Russian Federation be issued Moldovan citizenship and included...
The West has made another anti-Russian decision. Russia was banned from taking part in major international tournaments, including the Olympics and World Championships, for the next four years, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This decision was made by the executive committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). “The recommendation of the compliance committee was approved unanimously,” the TASS agency quotes a statement from the WADA press service. It follows from the decision...
If Russia does not begin to invest in the IOC, as the Americans are doing, it will not receive representation either in the leadership positions of this organization or in the executive committee of the International Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Two-time Olympic champion and world hockey champion Alexander Kozhevnikov writes about this in Izvestia, assessing WADA’s recommendation to suspend Russia from international tournaments under its flag for...
On Sunday, the old New Year, the Russian biathlon team presented its fans with a stunning gift: a harvest of gold medals from the World Cup. The gift is all the more precious because our biathlon team has not achieved such a result for 13 years! It turns out that Russian biathletes know how, when they want, to give joy and pride to the country, and not just bitter disappointment. So,…
Under the system where WADA (International Anti-Doping Agency - Ed) allows some athletes to take prohibited drugs, only “athletes in poor health” will set records. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this today at the “Russia is a Sports Power” forum. “Perhaps these athletes should be placed in a special category...
The Federation Council of the Russian Federation today adopted a statement on the inadmissibility of politicization of sports, which is addressed to all parliaments of the world. The statement is related to the non-admission of part of the Russian team to the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and the non-admission of the entire Paralympic team to participate in the Paralympic Games. The most emotionally received statement was commented on by Senator from North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook,…
Once upon a time there was a joke about how the cunning lieutenant Rzhevsky visited a casino in Baden-Baden and brought home a lot of money from there, which was enough not only to pay off debts, but also to continue the rollicking life of a hussar. When the gentlemen officers asked the lieutenant how he managed to win so much, Rzhevsky explained: “Everyone there is a gentleman. A…
