German Interior Minister threatens to deny entry for Russian athletes
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser threatens to ban Russian athletes from entering the country if the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allows them to compete.
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German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser threatens to ban Russian athletes from entering the country if the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allows them to compete.
Source: European Pravda, citing ntv
Details: "Countries that host major sports events are not powerless. They can control whether Russians can participate in them by issuing visas," Faeser said.
"If we organise international competitions in Germany, we can act accordingly. Here we will always act with a clear position," she emphasised.
Opening international competitions to athletes from Russia would be "a slap in the face to Ukrainian athletes," Faeser emphasised.
"Offering the warmonger Putin a propaganda stage would mean betraying all the values of sport," the minister said.
On 28 March, the IOC Executive Committee adopted a recommendation to international sports federations to return the Russian and Belarusian athletes, but set a number of conditions.
