MOSCOW, March 30, Vasily Bogdanov. Next games «We are together. Sport «will be held in Minsk, said the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Oleg Matytsin at the opening of the forum «We are together. Sport.» It was decided that the next games «We are together. Sports» will be held in Minsk,» Matytsin said. The first games «We are together. Sports» were held on March 17-20 in Khanty-Mansiysk with the participation of Paralympic athletes. Athletes from the national teams of Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan took part in the Games. Previously, Russian and Belarusian athletes were not allowed to participate in the Paralympic Games in Beijing.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the end of February recommended that international sports federations not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in competitions due to the situation on Ukraine. A number of IFs have followed this recommendation.