The International Olympic Committee’s decision to give the green light for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris has caused outrage among Ukrainians and many of Ukraine’s friends.
Going even further, the IOC even hinted at threatening to punish the Ukrainian athletes for considering boycotting the Olympics if the representatives of the aggressor state are allowed there.
Olympics 2024 will be most certainly used by Russia as a platform for spreading propaganda and legitimizing aggression, war crimes, and genocide. We delve into why Russian and Belarusian Athletes should be banned from the 2024 Olympics in this short explainer.