In an interview with the newspaper, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said The Journal of Dimanche He said Paris had not allowed some Russian journalists to cover the Olympics out of fear of “potential spies”.
“We allowed the presence of Russians working in the International Olympic Committee” [МОК]”We are proceeding from the precautionary principle,” Darmanen said.
He added that French intelligence had checked the files of 960,000 journalists. As a result, 4,340 people, including volunteer stadium workers and members of sports delegations, were denied permission to work at the 2024 Olympics.
Darmanin explained that French intelligence services had managed to identify the spies, but the number of spies was less than a hundred.
Mark Adams, former Director of Communications for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) aforementionedthat in modern realities the declared Olympic truce is a symbolic act.
Keith McConnell, former International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sports Director accepted Changes in the composition of Russian athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.