The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), which had been in place since October 2023.
  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    57·
    21 days ago

    After the red card issue with Trump and Infantino, the IOC feared to fall behind in the corruption index. So they worked quickly to get their bad reputation back by lifting the ban on the Russians…

  • Brum@lemmy.world
    31·
    21 days ago

    Remember how the US lifted sanctions on Russian oil and Ukraine applied their own kinetic ones to compensate?

    This just means Ukraine will apply their own suspension to the Russian Federation and pressure it to collapse before the 2028 games.

  • dwt@feddit.orgDeutsch
    4·
    20 days ago

    Is that a confidence bid on Russia loosing the war in Ukraine for sure until then, or just corrupt?