Zelensky expressed his dissatisfaction with the possible participation of Russia in sporting events to the IOC president
ukraine president, Volodymyr Zelensky, Transferred the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in a phone call, Thomas BachDiscomfort over the possible participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in Asian competitions.
“Any idea that implies that Russian representatives are returning to the United States. international competitions It’s like letting terrorist criminals tell their society that the world is supposedly tolerating terrorism,” Zelensky said in a speech, as reported by the Ukrainian Presidency.
In this sense, he stigmatized this possibility as a “sports pleasure” because “represents war” They can participate on “equal terms” with other countries. “The principles of the Olympic movement are absolutely not contemplating collusion with a terrorist state,” he added.