VGTRK will not broadcast the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, if the Russian team is suspended from the Games, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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This was reported by the press service of the holding.
Channel One may also refuse to show the Olympics, Vedomosti writes, citing sources familiar with the situation. Spectators, as a rule, root for their athletes, and if there are no Russians at the Games, this may affect the ratings of the shows, and the broadcast will be economically unprofitable.
The Games in South Korea were also planned to be shown by the Match TV channel - since it is a sports channel, perhaps it will be able to ensure high ratings without the participation of Russian athletes, according to two interlocutors of the publication, however, according to a third, Match TV will also refuse to broadcast in in case of non-participation in competitions of the Russian team.
The day before, the board of founders of WADA decided not to reinstate RUSADA, since the Russian side, in the opinion of the board, did not fulfill some points of the roadmap, in particular, we are talking about recognizing state intervention in the anti-doping system.
The 2018 Olympic Games will be held in Pyeongchang from February 9 to 25. The decision on the participation of Russian athletes is now in question. The International Olympic Committee is due to accept it in December.