The IOC has launched an investigation into the actions of the Russian Olympic Committee

This was reported by the Ukrainian Youth and Sports Ministry.

The International Olympic Committee has launched an investigation into the recognition by the Russian Olympic Committee of regional organisations of the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories," the ministry said.

IOC President Thomas Bach announced the investigation in response to Vadym Gutzeit's official letter dated 6 October 2023.

In the letter, Vadym Gutzeit, Minister of Youth and Sport and President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, strongly condemned the actions of the Russians. He called for the sanctions established by the Olympic Charter to be applied for the gross violation of the principles and foundations of the Olympic movement by the ROC through its illegal inclusion of the Olympic councils of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic (LNR), Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), as well as the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions.

It is reported that the website of the Russian Olympic Committee has reported that the so-called "Olympic councils" from the occupied territories of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions of Ukraine have been recognised. on 5 October, they were admitted to the Russian OC.

The NOC of Ukraine recalled that the so-called Olympic councils from the occupied Crimea and Sevastopol joined the OC of Russia back in 2016.

The relevant issue will be discussed at the meeting of the IOC Executive Committee next week in Mumbai (India), - noted in the Ministry of youth and sports.

Earlier Socialportal reported that the Russians were allowed to participate in the Paralympic Games-2024 in Paris.