The IOC is holding its executive board and session from Wednesday to Friday with members either attending in person in Lausanne, Switzerland, or joining online. Since the invasion of Ukraine in February, which Moscow calls a “special military operation”, many sports bodies have moved events and suspended Russian teams or athletes while sponsors have ended contracts in protest. The IOC has recommended events in Russia be cancelled or relocated and that Russian and Belarusian athletes not take part or compete under a neutral flag. It has issued no sanctions against the Russian Olympic Committee and its leadership or against the Russian members of the IOC.
“The IOC makes sure that the National Olympic Committees, IOC members and national officials who do not support the war are not made responsible for the decisions of their government and are protected,” the spokesperson said. “The IOC continues to closely monitor the situation and reserves the right to adapt the measures depending on further developments.”
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