The Russian Olympic Committee violated the founding document of the Olympic movement.
The Russian Olympic Committee no longer has the right to act in the same way as other national Olympic committees. EPA / AOP
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has shelved the Russian Olympic Committee. The IOC announced the matter on Thursday, and the decision will take effect immediately.
of the IOC bulletin according to the decision means that the Russian Olympic Committee no longer has the right to act as a national Olympic committee and does not receive funding from the Olympic Movement.
The reason for the shelving is that Russia announced at the beginning of October that it had annexed the regional sports organizations of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia. The IOC announced that Russia’s illegal stunt violates the fundamental document of the Olympic movement.
The recent decision of the IOC does not affect the position of Russian athletes. The decision on the possible participation of Russians and Belarusians in the upcoming Olympics will be made later.