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The International Skating Union (ISU), within the framework of Western sanctions against the Russian Federation due to its military operation in Ukraine, decided to remove Russian, as well as Belarusian, athletes from competitions under its auspices.
Athletes were banned from participating in the upcoming competitions in figure skating, speed skating and short track, follows from the ISU message.
Earlier it became known that the National Hockey League (NHL) suspends the work of its Russian-language social networks and digital media resources and breaks off all relations with business partners in Russia, TASS notes.
And the day before, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced the temporary suspension of Russian teams and clubs from participation in international competitions under the auspices of the organization, depriving Russia of the right to host the 2023 World Youth Championship in Omsk and Novosibirsk.
Reacting to the IIHF restrictions, the Russian Ice Hockey Federation said that the decision of the board of the International Ice Hockey Federation could roll back the development of the sport for decades.
Commenting on this whole situation, the former president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Rene Fasel pointed out, in particular, that sport should unite and promote the peaceful existence of people. “Even in the Cold War, the USSR played with both the United States and Canada,” Fasel is quoted by Gazeta.Ru.
Recall, on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in the Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.”
In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, European Union, Great Britain, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.
In particular, Russian banks fell under the sanctions, including Sberbank, VTB, Novikombank, FC Otkritie and Sovcombank, and for a number of state-owned companies it was difficult to attract foreign capital.
Later, the EU countries and the United States agreed to disconnect Russian banks that fell under sanctions from the international system of interbank transactions and information exchange SWIFT. In addition, it was decided to freeze the assets of the Bank of Russia, which will create difficulties for its use of international reserves. EU countries also pledged to take steps to limit the sale of citizenship — the so-called “golden passports” that allow wealthy Russians connected to the Russian government to become citizens of EU states and gain access to their financial systems.
You can follow the chronicle of events around Ukraine on March 1 here.
Source: Rosbalt
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