“I want the participation of the Russian sports community in aggression now, not from the height of history, as it happened with the German athletes of the Third Reich. ”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
In focus – sports annexation It is about so -called personal sanctions. There is already a list of athletes and athletes from the Russian Federation for whom they work. Among them are Olympic champion Elena Isinbayeva, swimmer Alexander Popov, Honorary President of the Olympic Committee of the Russian Federation Vitaliy Smirnov, tennis player, coach, president of the Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpyshchev and others.
But this is not enough. Our goal is to get anyone who in one way or another supports Russian aggression.
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Now there are sports annexations in the focus. This is when Russian sports organizations include structural units from Ukrainian temporarily occupied territories. In particular, the Federation of Badminton of the Russian Federation included in its composition the occupied Donetsk region, Crimea and Sevastopol, the Karate Federation annexed the Zaporozhye region, the Federation of Rockylas – Luhansk region.
That is, they do the same as Putin, but at the level of sports.
For every fact of “sports annexation” there are specific names of heads of Russian organizations. With the help of journalists and the public, in cooperation with profile responsible structures, we have clearly installed all of all involved. This issue is a priority in the activity of a special working group on combating Russian aggression in the field of sports I head.
With our colleagues on the Parliamentary Committee on Youth and Sports, we have developed and approved a draft resolution, which recommends that the NSDC activate sanctions against these people.
The list of measures on sub -persons is very wide: blocking assets, restriction of trade operations, suspension of performance of economic and financial obligations, deprivation of state awards, ban on entry and more.
We create a sanction model It is clear that Russian sports tops have not supported any contacts with Ukraine for a long time. But in this way we create a model of sanctioning that is suitable for each country. If France, Germany, Britain, Austria or some other state of the world will impose similar sanctions, the Russians will not be able to come to sports competitions in any status. And the subversive work of Russia, which corrupt world sports, will be significantly undermined.
Ukraine is ready to provide partners with all information for every athlete, coach, manager. Together, we will be able to protect the global sports community from all the risks by the aggressor state.
The absence of Russians in sports guarantees the honesty of the competition and prevents incidents such as recently occurred in Georgia, when outraged Georgians picketed Russian fencingers.
Putin’s Russia has made a disaster around the world and therefore its isolation in sports is first and foremost a safety issue for a country that holds sports tournaments.
No When we talk about Russian sports, we need to understand – there are no non -involvement for war. Everyone is literally crawling in front of their dictator. From the latest “pearls” – a statement by the President of the Olympic Committee of Russia (OCD) and the Minister of Sports Mikhail Degtyarev that he is not worthy to be called the President, since only one Putin must possess such a title.
Let me remind you that in 2023 the IOC suspended the membership of OCD in the organization. It is important that this decision is not viewed. This guarantees the absence of Russians in international competitions under their national flags.
Now they penetrate there under the guise of neutral athletes. It is very difficult to prevent this. Together with our partners, we managed to minimize the number of Russian representatives at the Paris Olympics. Unfortunately, at the Winter Olympic Games in Italy they will also be. Let’s do our best to make the selection of neutral athletes as meticulous and objective.
List of twenty -nine I expect that the Verkhovna Rada will vote in the near future for a resolution on sanctions against Russian sports officials.
In the list we have already formed, twenty -nine odious characters who deserve punishment.
Ramzana Kadyrov’s cousin Odessa Bayltanov, who works as Deputy Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, not only actively supported occupation and annexation, but also came to the captured Melitopol.
The head of the Federation of Rocklash Dmitry Bychkov created Russian infrastructure in the Crimea and came to the occupied Donetsk region.
The Honorary President of the Russian Federation Volodymyr Yesheev personally awarded the military who is fighting in Ukraine.
The President of the Union Chir of Sport and Cheerleading Andriy Kokoulin publicly supports the so -called “his” and calls for the continuation of the war with Ukraine.
All 29 were directly involved in sports annexations without exception. We do not stop there. We will form the following lists for personal sanctions. It is important to show the world a complete picture of the moral degradation of Russian sports, to withdraw it from the Olympic principles, to conquer dictatorship, complete solidarity with the genocide war conducted by the Kremlin.
I want the participation of the Russian sports community in aggression now, not from the height of history, as it happened with the German athletes of the Third Reich.
Not only Ukraine needs fairness, justice needs all world sports. In order not to tune in with blood, to remain true to your ideals, to stand in a difficult era of evil, so that the descendants are not ashamed of us.
Olga Saladukha
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