There is no discussion on the nationalization of the assets of Western companies that have left Russia, and Moscow s retaliatory steps do not change ownership rights, diplomat explained
Banning Russian athletes from international competitions amounts to ethnic discrimination, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday after Russia’s national Olympic body was suspended from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for violating Ukraine’s territorial integrity. “Thanks to some leaders of the modern International Olympic Committee we’ve learned that an invitation to the Games is not an unconditional right of the best athletes but a privilege that is earned… through some political gestures unrelated to sports,” Putin said. “The Games themselves can be used as an instrument of political pressure against people who have nothing to do with politics, and as a gross, and in fact racist, ethnic discrimination,” he added at a Russian sports forum.
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A proposal to ban Russian citizens from entering the EU is destined to fail, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said Read Full Article at RT.com