Top Russian tennis players have described their "happiness" at Wimbledon's decision to lift a ban on Russian and Belarusian players.ĭaniil Medvedev, ranked number five in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals, and Karen Khachanov, ranked 16, said they would meet the tournament's new entry requirements. "Due to the fact that there are unfortunately far too many wars, armed conflicts and crises in this world, we have seen in almost all editions of the Games athletes compete with each other despite the fact that their nations are at war or in conflict," the IOC said. The IOC is due make a separate decision on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Paris Games at a later date. "The IOC has always maintained that it is not up to governments to decide which athletes can participate in which international competitions." "If implemented, such a decision would only hurt the Ukrainian athlete community, and in no way impact the war that the world wants to stop, and that the IOC has so vehemently condemned," the Olympic body said in a statement. Ukrainian minister Oleh Nemchinov announced the policy yesterday after the IOC recommended the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals to international competitions. It criticized Ukraine's decision not to allow its athletes to compete against Russians in qualifying events for the 2024 event in Paris. The International Olympic Committee has suggested there are "far too many wars" to ban them from the games. Wimbledon is not the only sporting competition grappling with the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes.
It will lead the 15-member group for one month, before the presidency is handed over to the next member in alphabetical order.
The analysts previously said Russia will likely "weaponize" its presidency of the UNSC.įor context: Russia will take charge of the UN Security Council today for the first time since February 2022, when it invaded Ukraine. "Russia's declining economic power and degraded military effort in Ukraine continue to offer little incentive to countries to express serious interest in the proposal." "The Kremlin likely decided to release the new foreign policy concept on the eve of assuming the presidency of the United Nations Security Council in order to set informational conditions for future rhetorical efforts at the UN aimed at forming an anti-Western coalition," said the Institute for the Study of War. The document, presented to Vladimir Putin by his foreign minister, claims most of the world wants relations with Russia and that the country will aim to give opportunities to non-Western world powers to undermine US hegemony. The Kremlin has set the tone for its approach to leading the UN Security Council in a new "foreign policy concept" which promotes the formation of an anti-Western coalition, according to a US think tank.
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