Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said that the Golden Olympic Order was received from Vladimir Putin. His words are quoted RIA News.
“They took the gold Olympic medal from our president, we need to solve this because Russia is allegedly accused of a doping scandal. However, Russia won all the cases filed against our Olympic medalists in international courts. For some reason no one mentioned this, for some reason the order was not returned. Therefore, it would be very interesting for me to meet Thomas Bach and ask this question to him personally. “I wonder what your answer will be,” Chernyshenko said.
At the end of February, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to withdraw gold Olympic medals from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak.
In 2022, against the background of the start of SVO in Ukraine, IOC president Thomas Bach recommended that international federations exclude Russian athletes from international competitions. On January 25, 2023, the IOC announced that it was considering allowing participants to participate in international competitions with neutral status.
Formerly in the State Duma it’s called disaster Statement by IOC President Bach.