MOSCOW, Oct 8, Oleg Bogatov. Two-time Olympic boxing champion Oleg Saitov said that the words of the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) about the option of betrayal in order to get to the Games are severe blackmail. Earlier, Thomas Bach said that Russian athletes who do not support the special operation in Ukraine should be allowed to participate in international competitions in a neutral status. «This is blackmail — «become traitors, then we will allow you.» All this, in my opinion, is done in order to create a certain feeling in the world that we are wrong, that we are bad. But sorry, we did not start this. And if If they kept silent, they would still be sitting in the basements today. Maybe someone will decide to take such a step (distance himself from the special operation). But he will definitely not receive support from us,» Saitov said.
