MOSCOW, February 24 Five-time Olympic champion in cross-country skiing Norwegian Johannes Klebo said , which does not plan to participate in competitions in Russia due to a military operation in the Donbass. Earlier, the president of the Norwegian Ski Federation, Eric Röste, appealed to the International Ski Federation (FIS) with a call to transfer all competitions from Russia. The final of the World Cup in cross-country skiing is scheduled in Tyumen. In addition, in February, Solnechnaya Dolina and Yaroslavl are to host the Freestyle World Cup, Moscow is to host snowboarding competitions, the capital is scheduled to host the Freestyle World Cup in March, and in Nizhny Tagil and Tchaikovsky, ski jumping. «What is happening now in Ukraine is frightening and I really condemn it. Yes, what happened seems unrealistic and puts our world in a new and dangerous situation. This is a war and we are entering a period of extremely high risk in several areas. Now FIS needs to show that it is ready to take on the responsibility of just rescheduling the World Cup final that was planned in Russia FIS could have reacted a lot faster and give Östersund the World Cup final I expect FIS to act today I personally have no plans to go to a country that invades another state,» Klebo said, quoted by VG. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday that, in response to an appeal from the leaders of the Republic of Donbass, he decided to conduct a special military operation. The Russian leader stressed that Moscow's plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the Russian military does not strike at the cities of Ukraine, military infrastructure is disabled by high-precision means. The civilian population is not in danger, the department assured.
