Karina Bovsunovskaya20:52, 24.09.24
According to the official, this should be done as soon as the reasons for removal disappear.
The International Olympic Committee “must work hard” to get Russia back on board, said Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., a candidate for the post of president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Le Monde reports .
In particular, he promised, if he is elected to the post, to restore the Russian Federation “as soon as” the country respects the rules.
“As soon as it becomes possible, we would like to consider again the issue of restoring the Russian Olympic Committee, which was excluded from the International Olympic Committee after Russia’s offensive in Ukraine,” the candidate told AFP during a conference of sports leaders in Budapest.
At the same time, Samaranch Jr. noted that Russia continues to “grossly violate the Olympic Charter” by subordinating several organizations from the occupied territories of Ukraine.
“Once the reasons for the exclusion disappear, we have to start working very hard to bring Russia back,” said the son of the former IOC chief, Juan Antonio Samaranch.
At the same time, he recalled that Russia was “not suspended for invading” Ukraine, but “because it did not respect” the Olympic truce and the charter by launching its offensive between the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing.
“We didn’t take sides,” he said.
(C)UNIAN 2024
At the same time, he recalled that Russia was “not suspended for invading” Ukraine.
“We didn’t take sides,” he said.
We just took the rubles: Samaranch Jr.
That corrupt prick should be forced to visit Kharkiv and help to dig out buried civilians.
The fact his main quality is that he’s just the son of someone says everything about him. F*** nepotism.