MOSCOW, August 9 international tournaments. Saladukha spoke about the methods of pressure on international organizations by Ukraine. Previously, athletes from this country began to refuse to participate in tournaments to which Russians were allowed.
"Ukraine does not want to compete with Russia. At the competition, the athletes did not even go out onto the track. They said: "We will boycott these tournaments". We demand that neither the jury, nor the judges, nor the coaches, nor the governing bodies, nor the athletes from Russia participate anywhere. There should not be a single representative,” Saladukha said on the air of the YouTube channel & #34; Direct FM & # 34;.
At the same time, international organizations have already begun to punish those who aggressively agitate for the isolation of Russian sports. On Monday, a warning was issued to the head of Norwegian handball, Kare Geirom Lio. He demanded to break contracts with all Russian handball players and completely remove the country from tournaments. At the end of February, the IOC recommended that international sports federations not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in competitions due to the situation in Ukraine. A number of international federations excluded Russians and Belarusians from competitions under their auspices, and also canceled competitions in Russia. Other federations allowed athletes from the two countries to compete in neutral status.