MEXICO, Mar 5 Western sanctions against Russia are untenable, but from punishment Paralympic athletes are hurting — this is unacceptable for the Russian Federation, said the Russian ambassador to Mexico, Victor Coronelli. I'm talking about the sanctions that have recently been introduced against our Paralympic athletes who have already arrived in China,» Coronelli said during a press conference in the Russian diplomatic mission. The diplomat added that people with disabilities suffer from the decision of the International Paralympic Committee to ban participation in the games who spent four years preparing for the competition.» Why do people with disabilities suffer, who spent four years preparing for the Paralympics, arrived in China and were you sent from there? These sanctions are absolutely unacceptable for us,” Coronelli repeated. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Thursday suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in the Beijing Games, although on Wednesday it decided to allow them in a neutral status. The Russian Paralympic Committee said it was leaving reserves the right to defend the rights of athletes in courts.
