MOSCOW, February 28, Anatoly Samokhvalov. Honored coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova said, that the Russian figure skating team should go to the World Championships, albeit in a neutral status. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday recommended that sports federations not allow Russians and Belarusians to participate in international competitions. In cases where this is not possible for organizational or legal reasons, the IOC executive committee leaves the relevant organization to find its own way to effectively solve the problem. «Our skaters were preparing for both the European Championships and the Olympics, they are also preparing for the World Championships. Coaches will decide how they to do, but I think that it is necessary to go to the World Championships, albeit in a neutral status. Everyone knows very well where we are from, «said Tarasova. Earlier, the president of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR), Alexander Gorshkov, said that the Russian national team is going to withdraw from the World Cup, which will be held in France from March 21 to 27. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24 that he had decided on a special military operation of the Russian Federation to demilitarize Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that the circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help.» On February 21, Putin signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the LPR and the DPR.
