MOSCOW, Apr 7 allowed to participate in the 2022 Paralympic Games in Beijing, this is a shame, we are attracting investments in sports to popularize it, said Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the end of February recommended that international sports federations not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in competitions due to the situation in Ukraine. The IPC suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in the Paralympic Games. From March 17 to 20, Khanty-Mansiysk hosted the «We are together. Sport» competitions in six sports that were part of the 2022 Winter Paralympics program, with the participation of athletes from the national teams of Russia and Belarus , Tajikistan, Armenia and Kazakhstan.
"I want to say that it was very sad, sad to see how our Paralympic athletes were not allowed to the Olympics. It's just a shame. But we were able to organize relevant competitions very quickly in Khanty-Mansiysk. And the entire prize fund that was provided for our Paralympic athletes was realized there. For the gold medal — four million rubles, 2.5 million rubles for the silver and 1.7 million rubles for the bronze medal. This, of course, was important to do in order to support the Paralympic athletes, and in general <…> our athletes who are discriminated against in one way or another. They gave them a holiday of sports",» Mishustin said, speaking at the government's report in the State Duma.