Minister of Sports Oleg Matytsin harshly criticized the likelihood of admission of our athletes to the Olympic Games in Paris as refugees. The idea to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was thrown by his colleague from Poland Kamil Bortnichuk. Another thing is obvious — the West has finally lost touch with reality in an attempt to humiliate Russia.
What was proposed in PolandThe Polish minister had previously proposed the creation of a so-called «team of refugees». It could include «correct» Russian and Belarusian sportsmen. In other words, dissidents and opponents of official power.
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“The neutrality of Russian sports is a fiction. There are no institutions in Russia that are independent of authoritarian or totalitarian power. Therefore, we proposed to create a team of refugees. Russians and Belarusians, who are dissidents in relation to the regimes of countries, could speak in it. I think that this can be an interesting basis for negotiations with the IOC,” Bortnichuk said.
In January, the IOC Executive Committee called for the return of Russian athletes in a neutral status, and a few months later issued recommendations for admission. Many called the conditions humiliating, because it was not only about the absence of a flag and an anthem, it was impossible even to have anything to do with law enforcement agencies in the country.
Although everyone is well aware that this is actually impossible in world sports. In the same Western countries, a huge number of athletes have connections with the army.
“You have to go to Paris in tanks” The Russians were still able to compete in major competitions in certain sports and even win gold medals. However, the status of refugees is not just overkill for the West, but the actual loss of reason. It's nice that the main people of Russian sports understand this.
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“We need to make a legal assessment of the proposals of the IOC, as far as it correlates with the charter and human rights. But if everything is so, then this is a policy of destruction of the national sports system. Our athletes and coaches are our priority, this is our sovereignty,» Matytsin answered the question about the attitude to the fact that the Russians are allegedly offered conditions that indicate refugee status.
The head of the Federation spoke much more harshly wrestling of Russia Mikhail Mamiashvili. He suggested sending the IOC «to one place» and «driving in tanks to Paris.»
«I have no other comment on this, except that those who propose this should be sent to one place known to all. If they want to see us at the Olympics as a team of refugees, then we need to go to Paris in tanks. There is no other option,» Mamiashvili told Sport.
Judging by Mamiashvili's words, the degree of tension has reached its peak. The idea of refugee status has no other purpose than to provoke Russia and see our reaction.
It is simply impossible to take such proposals calmly. In this regard, I would like to wait for official comments from the IOC and its head, Thomas Bach, as soon as possible. Otherwise, further discussions of Russia's participation in the Olympics will simply be meaningless.
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