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Baltics call on Olympics to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes, not only teams

Demanding a total exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Olympics, the foreign ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania accused the IOC of unjustifiably easing measures against Russia and Belarus.

byAlya Shandra

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The International Gymnastics Federation allows Russians & Belarusians to compete as “neutral,” claiming that “gymnastics is seeking peace”

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as "individual neutral athletes," condemning the…

byBohdan Ben

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Polish airline says it refused boarding to Russian tennis player – Reuters

A Russian tennis player was refused boarding to a flight conducted by LOT Polish Airlines, in an incident…

byOlena Mukhina

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Russian athletes should be banned from 2024 Olympics, Paris Mayor says

The Russian team should not be allowed to take part in the Olympic Games in France next year…

bySerge Havrylets

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Russia’s crime of aggression must be tried before international court – Estonia’s PM

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and war crimes against Ukrainians must be punished, Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said…

bySerge Havrylets

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Allowing Russian athletes to compete, the Olympic Committee is “willing to trample on the graves”, Ukrainian MFA said

A wave of outrage in Ukraine after the latest statement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which allows…

byEuromaidan Press Staff

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Kirillova: Sochi Games scandal revealed what Putin was like even before Crimea

Five years ago this weekend, the Sochi Olympiad ended with many Russians convinced that it showed Russia had…

byPaul A. Goble

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Russian blood, urine, and lies

The counterfeit athletes are just a part of Russia's giant machinery of falsification. The same thing is true…

byVitaly Portnikov