MOSCOW, Sep 20 Chairman of the Finnish Olympic Committee Jan Vapaavuori opposes allowing Russian athletes before participating in international tournaments. On September 8, IOC Communications Director Mark Adams said that all IOC protective measures and sanctions against Russians continue to apply. «We consider it inconceivable that this line should be weakened when the situation in Ukraine has not changed in any way. It makes sense for the sports movement to keep pace with the rest of society,» the official website of the Finnish Olympic Committee quotes Vapaavuori. 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 in Ukraine . A number of IFs have followed this recommendation.
