The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, evaluated the situation in world sports. His words were quoted “Sports Express”.
“It is important to understand the state of world sport. This is not the problem of domestic sports, everything is fine. The problem of world sport is how the ideas of the Olympic movement, whose correct foundations have been laid, are distorted. Now this beautiful thing in world sport has been twisted and distorted. The church and the temple can become a vessel in which the correct ideas put forward by our ancestors regarding world sports and Olympism are preserved,” Zakharova said.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appealed to international sports federations, recommending that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions due to the situation in Ukraine. Thereupon, international organizations banned Russian athletes from participating in competitions outside Russia.
On October 12, the IOC announced the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) until further notice, following the inclusion of the Olympic Councils of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions in the Russian organization.
Previously at IOC stated On the peaceful coexistence of Israeli and Palestinian NOCs.