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Mironov: We need a boycott of international competitions where our athletes are discriminated against

MOSCOW, March 29 – RIA Novosti. The leader of the “Fair Russia – For Truth” party, Sergei Mironov, has proposed to boycott international competitions, which will be held with discrimination against Russian athletes.

On Tuesday, the IOC Executive Committee recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes be allowed to participate in international competitions only as neutral athletes, and only those who have not spoken publicly and are not affiliated with the armed forces in support of the special operation in Ukraine. national security agencies. At the same time, Russian and Belarusian athletes should not be allowed to participate in international competitions in team sports.

“We don’t need such a sport! Boycott! Until we win! … There is an attempt to isolate our country once again on political grounds – in the spirit of the anti-Russian policy that the West has pursued against us for many years. (by IOC President Thomas) Bach and his talk about the rights of athletes such as the Russians is nothing more than an attempt to divide and weaken the Russian sports family, to attract talented masters and, ideally, to use them for their own propaganda purposes.” the party’s press service quoted Mironov’s words.
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In the United States, they offered to award the IOC a “medal of hypocrisy” after the Russians were admitted.

Source: Ria

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