IOC criticise Russia's 'Friendship Games'

Published date20 March 2024
Publication titleEvening Chronicle
Russia intends to stage the 'Summer Friendship Games' in the cities of Moscow and Ekaterinburg in September - just a few weeks after the Paris Olympics - and a winter event in Sochi in 2026

"For this purpose, the Russian government has launched a very intensive diplomatic offensive by having government delegations and ambassadors, as well as ministerial and other governmental authorities, approaching governments around the world," the IOC said in a statement.

"To make their purely political motivation even more obvious, they are deliberately circumventing the sports organisations in their target countries.

This is a blatant violation of the Olympic Charter and an infringement of the various UN resolutions at the same time.

"It is a cynical attempt by the Russian Federation to politicise sport.

"The...

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