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KEMEROVO, Sep 29, Sergey Fuks. Honorary President of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia Derenik Gabrielyan urged at the forum «Russia — a sports power» in Kemerovo to appeal to the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach with a demand to lift sanctions from Russian and Belarusian athletes. Russian and Belarusian athletes at the moment in many sports cannot compete in international competitions due to relevant recommendations from the IOC. «Sport is out of politics, but now it is not. A number of countries dictate their own rules in the sports field. I want to ask my colleagues, eminent champions — why are we silent? Why ?! Silence is a sign agreement? In our case, it is not. We must unite and demand that the international federations comply with all the rules. We must fight for places in the international federations. We are like heavy artillery in war, we ny together. Never give yours. We need to turn to Bach with a demand to change the position of the IOC on sanctions against Russian and Belarusian athletes,» Gabrielyan said.