MOSCOW, Sep 29 Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted the participants and guests of the sports forum «Russia is a sports power», emphasizing that the voice of the Russian Federation against the backdrop of sanctions aggression is deliberately ignored in international sports organizations, the telegram was published on the Kremlin website. The international forum «Russia is a sports power» is being held in the Kemerovo region from September 28 to 30. that the sanction aggression unleashed against our country and our citizens has affected many areas, including elite sport.Russian athletes, in fact, are deprived of the opportunity to represent their country, and the voice of Russia in international specialized organizations is deliberately ignored.This situation contradicts the very values sports, the main of which are mutual respect and the principle of «sport is out of politics,» the message says. The President stressed that despite this, Russia will always a hospitable country where open competitions are held at a high organizational level for representatives of different states and the ideals of Olympism are honored.
