Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova Telegram-The channel stated that it is very revealing that journalist Hans-Joachim (Hajo) Seppelt admitted that his statements about businessman Alisher Usmanov and the alleged bribery of judges in the International Fencing Federation (FIE) were false.
“This time he worked on behalf of representatives of American fencers. But now it turns out that his lie was so crazy that it was denied even in the USA and Germany,” Zakharova said.
On August 4, in the ARD Sportschau program and in an article about the Olympic Games, ARD journalist Hajo Seppelt accused Usmanov of organizing “a system of manipulation and bribery of judges” in international fencing.
12 October Usmanov filed An application was made to the Cologne prosecutor’s office to initiate criminal proceedings against ARD-Sportschau journalist Seppelt due to insulting statements made against him.
Germany’s Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), which released the material on 25 October accepted Misinformation about the billionaire.
Russian athletes did not take part in fencing at the 2024 Olympic Games. Russian athletes were accepted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) subject to a number of conditions, including the maintenance of neutral status. A total of 15 people performed in Paris.
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