MOSCOW, March 27 – RIA Novosti. Organizers of the Fencing World Cup stage in Nanjing, China, banned Ukrainian athletes from displaying political posters, fencer Daria Varfolomeeva said on Instagram (Meta (the social networks Facebook and Instagram) is banned in Russia for being extremist).

In March, the FIE Congress allowed Russians to participate in international competitions. The Ukrainian Fencing Federation announced that it is boycotting all tournaments under the auspices of the FIE, with the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus. Finland and Germany also announced that tournaments were canceled due to the admission of Russian and Belarusian fencers to international starts.