KEMEROVO, Sep 29, Sergey Fuks. Head of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Stanislav Pozdnyakov believes that the current political situation is putting pressure on the international Olympic movement more than ever. Russian athletes are currently unable to compete in international competitions in many sports due to relevant recommendations from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). «We are absolutely not suspended. «We are a full-fledged Olympic Committee, a member of the international Olympic movement. We work as usual, our representatives work in all commissions, are invited to all meetings. The current political situation is putting pressure on the international Olympic movement as never before, which is not always adequately able to resist this. I am sure that, by uniting and taking the Olympic Charter as a basis, we will overcome all the difficulties and difficulties of the current period,» he said. Pozdnyakov at the forum «Russia — a sports power» in the Kemerovo region.
