LAY Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 7 hours ago, turquoiseblue said: President of the FFKR Alexander Gorshkov: “Russian team don’t plan to withdraw from World Championships.” English translation by FS Gossips France wouldnt let russian plane land at its airport! They may have to charter a private plane of a different country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airi Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Just saying, risking touching politics. Russian athletes shouldn't be participating in any event in the world in the near future, end of. It's all I'm gonna say on this, shuting up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest turquoiseblue Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Team Russia can still find ways to travel to France to participate in Worlds unless France suspends the issuance of visas to all Russian citizens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest turquoiseblue Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 16 hours ago, turquoiseblue said: Shameful statement by ISU: ISU Statement on Ukraine and remaining ISU Events season 2021/22 27 February 2022 Severin Kiefer posted this on his Instagram story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airi Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Not holding my breath, but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest turquoiseblue Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 IOC EB recommends no participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials Olympics.com 28 Feb 2022 Quote The Olympic Movement is united in its mission to contribute to peace through sport and to unite the world in peaceful competition beyond all political disputes. The Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, World Championships and World Cups and many other sports events unite athletes of countries which are in confrontation and sometimes even war. At the same time, the Olympic Movement is united in its sense of fairness not to punish athletes for the decisions of their government if they are not actively participating in them. We are committed to fair competitions for everybody without any discrimination. The current war in Ukraine, however, puts the Olympic Movement in a dilemma. While athletes from Russia and Belarus would be able to continue to participate in sports events, many athletes from Ukraine are prevented from doing so because of the attack on their country. This is a dilemma which cannot be solved. The IOC EB has therefore today carefully considered the situation and, with a heavy heart, issued the following resolution: In order to protect the integrity of global sports competitions and for the safety of all the participants, the IOC EB recommends that International Sports Federations and sports event organisers not invite or allow the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials in international competitions. Wherever this is not possible on short notice for organisational or legal reasons, the IOC EB strongly urges International Sports Federations and organisers of sports events worldwide to do everything in their power to ensure that no athlete or sports official from Russia or Belarus be allowed to take part under the name of Russia or Belarus. Russian or Belarusian nationals, be it as individuals or teams, should be accepted only as neutral athletes or neutral teams. No national symbols, colours, flags or anthems should be displayed. Wherever, in very extreme circumstances, even this is not possible on short notice for organisational or legal reasons, the IOC EB leaves it to the relevant organisation to find its own way to effectively address the dilemma described above. In this context, the IOC EB considered in particular the upcoming Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and reiterated its full support for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Games. The IOC EB maintains its urgent recommendation not to organise any sports event in Russia or Belarus, issued on 25 February 2022. The IOC EB has, based on the exceptional circumstances of the situation and considering the extremely grave violation of the Olympic Truce and other violations of the Olympic Charter by the Russian government in the past, taken the ad hoc decision to withdraw the Olympic Order from all persons who currently have an important function in the government of the Russian Federation or other government-related high-ranking position, including the following: Mr Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation (Gold, 2001) Mr Dmitry Chernyshenko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation (Gold, 2014) Mr Dmitry Kozak, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office (Gold, 2014) The IOC EB welcomes and appreciates the many calls for peace by athletes, sports officials and members of the worldwide Olympic Community. The IOC admires and supports in particular the calls for peace by Russian athletes. The IOC EB reaffirms its full solidarity with the Ukrainian Olympic Community. They are in our hearts and thoughts. The IOC EB commits to continue and strengthen its efforts for humanitarian assistance. Therefore, the IOC EB has today established a solidarity fund. In this context, the IOC expresses its gratitude to the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and International Sports Federations that are already supporting Ukrainian athletes and their families. Today’s IOC statement builds on the IOC statements made on 24 February 2022 and 25 February 2022. The IOC reaffirms the call of the IOC President: “Give peace a chance.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest turquoiseblue Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Austrian Figure Skating Federation has posted a statement on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CahuNSqqHCM/ Quote The Austrian Figure Skating Federation – Skate Austria strongly condemns Russia's violation of international law through its attack on and invasion of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. This must be condemned and sanctions have to follow, also in sports. It is Skate Austria’s opinion that Russian and Belarusian athletes should not participate in international sport events outside Russia and Belarus, and that Russian and Belarusian sports leaders should be suspended from their international positions. Skate Austria will not send any athletes or officials to events scheduled in Belarus and Russia. Skate Austria will try its utmost to support especially the skating family in Ukraine. #ukraine #westandwithukraine #stopwar #SkateAustria #FigureSkating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralucutzagy Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 We live in such sad times ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest turquoiseblue Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 From Severin Kiefer's latest Instagram stories: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yumeaki Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Finally an announcement...ISU is always step slower.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airi Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Almost didn't believe they'll do it but pressure was too big... GOOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest turquoiseblue Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Skate Ukraine posted a joint letter to ISU yesterday: Letter to ISU – call for action February 28, 2022 Quote A joint letter to the ISU Call for Action to Stop War in Ukraine A joint letter from Skate Ukraine & Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation To ISU President, ISU Secretariat, ISU Council Members, ISU Director General, ISU Disciplinary Commission Chairman, all ISU Members. Subject: Call for Action to Stop War in Ukraine Dear Mr. Jan Dijkema, Dear Colleagues, Dear figure skating friends, Since February 24 of 2022, the Russian Federation has been carrying out an outrageous, now open and full-scale, invasion of Ukraine. Our cities, hospitals, and kindergartens are being shelled by Russian rockets and missiles, our infrastructure is being destroyed, and our right to exist is under attack by the Russian Federation. Our skaters are hiding in bomb shelters at this very moment, as you read this letter. Many are fleeing to neighboring countries, trying to save themselves and their kids from the war. This is a brutal violation of the UN Charter, basic norms of international law, Geneva Convention, Olympic Truce, and the principles of the Olympic Charter. For the purpose of protecting Ukraine, Europe and the whole democratic world are uniting to hold Russia accountable. While we are grateful for your official statement condemning the Russian attack on Ukraine released this Sunday, we disagree that it’s enough to show the ISU’s commitment to the Olympic movement, fairness of sports, and integrity of its Members’ safety. More actions should be taken. We ask you to consider taking further steps to help to protect the integrity of our beloved sport. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released an urgent recommendation to not allow any representatives of the Russian Federation or Belarus in any of the sports events as competitors or as officials. It also calls for banning Russia and Belarus from hosting any competitions – not just in the 2021/22 season, which is about to end, but all the following seasons, until the gross systematic violation of international law by Russia is fully resolved. This is the very minimum of what must be done. Provisional allotments for competitions in Russia should be publicly withdrawn, too. We also request to consider canceling Russia’s and Belarus’s ISU memberships. While we understand how solid the Russian presence in the ISU governing bodies is, this is the time to show your commitment to international law and justice and not to the interests of particular Members who are the subject of the breach. We fully understand that this move might require an extraordinary amendment to the ISU constitution. We expect you to do your best to make it happen. We are aware of the political discomfort this move could bring to the ISU. Still, we expect you to at least imagine the discomfort our skaters and coaches are experiencing right now sitting in bomb shelters hiding from the Russian and Belarusian missiles. As we write this letter, at this very moment, our cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and others are under air-to-surface missile attacks targeting civil buildings. We also request to open an investigation regarding numerous posts from Russian skaters and coaches justifying the war and spreading insults towards Ukrainian figure skaters. We’re documenting all the occurrences of this and are ready to help with the investigation by the ISU Disciplinary Committee if requested. Many other international federations and governing bodies have joined the global effort to make Russia and Belarus accountable. Among them – FIFA, UEFA (both – football), IIHF (ice hockey), IBU (biathlon), FIS (ski sports), FIG (gymnastics), Formula One (motor sports), ATP, ITF (both – tennis), and others. Respectfully, President of Skate Ukraine, Ivan Danyliuk President of the UFSF, Mykhailo Makarov There is no amount of words, photos or videos that can express the utter horror of what our skating family and all Ukrainians are enduring right now. We believe that sport is an ambassador of peace and peace can be achieved by a strong unity. We want our skaters to shine on the ice, and not to defend with guns their country from invaders. Слава Україні! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melodie Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Woah, and still the WC moves forward? Meh, I was hoping it would be cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest turquoiseblue Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 19 minutes ago, yumeaki said: Finally an announcement...ISU is always step slower.... Full statement: ISU Statement on the Ukrainian crisis - Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus 1 March 2022 Quote The ISU Council reiterates its solidarity with all those affected by the conflict in Ukraine and our thoughts are with the entire Ukrainian people and country. The ISU Council reaffirms its full solidarity with the ISU Members in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Speed Skating Federation and the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation. The ISU Council will evaluate possibilities for swift humanitarian assistance to its Ukrainian ISU Members. The ISU Council carefully evaluated the IOC Statement of February 28, 2022 as well as appeals received from ISU Members and others calling for a ban on the participation of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus in ISU Events and other International Skating competitions. Following the IOC recommendation, in order to protect the integrity of ice skating competitions and for the safety of all the participants of international ice skating competitions, the ISU Council based on Article 17.i.q)i) of the ISU Constitution, agreed that with immediate effect and until further notice, no Skaters belonging to the ISU Members in Russia (Russian Skating Union and the Figure Skating Federation of Russia) and Belarus (Skating Union of Belarus) shall be invited or allowed to participate in International ice skating Competitions including ISU Championships and other ISU Events. The same applies to Officials listed in the respective ISU Communications and/or Regulations under Russia and Belarus. The ISU Council will continue to closely monitor the situation in Ukraine and its impact on the ISU activity and will take additional steps if and when required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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