“Around 5 am, the state border of Ukraine in the area with the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus was attacked by Russian troops supported by Belarus,” the Ukrainian border guard said in a press release. So the worst-case scenario happened and he decided to invade completely.
In connection with the hostilities in Ukraine, there have been many voices in the sports community about the need to isolate Russia. The play-off game, Russia for the World Cup in Qatar, which was to be held at the Dynamo Stadium in Moscow, aroused a lot of emotions in our country. First of all, appeals were raised to play a match on neutral ground.
The minister of sport wants to ban Russia from organizing sports events. “We should establish a close dialogue”
Actions in this direction were taken both by the Ministry of Sport. Minister Kamil Bortniczuk on Wednesday sent a special letter to his counterparts in the European Union countries, in which he called for joint actions “limiting any cooperation with the government of the Russian Federation in the area of our competences.”
– As sports ministers, we should also establish a close dialogue with sports federations so that the participation of representatives of our countries in sports competitions in Russia cannot be used by the authorities of the Russian Federation to legitimize actions in Ukraine in the international community and the Russian community – we read in the letter.
He also announced in the evening that he had already held direct talks on this subject with the French Minister of Sport Roxana Maracineanu (the French presided over the EU Council in the first half of 2022). – I proposed to the French presidency to work out a common position, calling on the sports community to take away Russia’s rights to organize international sports events – said the head of the ministry on Twitter.
Source: Sport
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