The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended the activities of the Olympic Committee of Russia. The decision was reported on October 12.
The reason is the decision of the Olympic Committee of Russia from October 5 to join the regional sports organizations of the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions. This is a violation of the Olympic Charter, as it violates the territorial integrity of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, which is recognized by the International Olympic Committee.
This means that the Russian Olympic Committee no longer has the right to act as a national Olympic committee and cannot receive funding from the Olympic movement. The IOC reserves the right to decide on the participation of individual "neutral" athletes with a Russian passport in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
- Belarus and Russia did not receive an invitation from the International Olympic Committee to the Summer Olympics, which will take place next summer in Paris. The International Olympic Committee sent invitations to 203 countries, excluding Guatemala, Russia and Belarus.
- On July 27, the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine issued an order that allowed Ukrainian athletes to participate in competitions where Russians and Belarusians compete in a neutral status, and not under their flags.