PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Sep 11 Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said that international sports federations do not have the right to prematurely suspend Russian athletes from competitions. Earlier this week, International Olympic Committee (IOC) communications director Mark Adams said that all IOC protective measures and sanctions against Russians continue to apply. «We already see that a number of federations accept and support our side and our arguments, first of all, the International Judo Federation, which allows our athletes to be neutral. Without Russia, the development of world sports is impossible. Olympism is like a family. And in a family, even if you think that a child is in something is wrong, you have no right to kick him out of the house. e. These principles are, unfortunately, violated,» Matytsin said in an interview with Pavel Zarubin in the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin» on the TV channel «Russia-1». 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, as well as canceled the competition in Russia.
