Topic: The world of sport reacts to the Russian invasion of Ukraine - page 6. (Read 959 times)

I do not really understand how it is possible to stop the training of Russian athletes and their competitions, for example, on the territory of Russia.  They definitely have all the necessary equipment and equipment to train at a professional level even in conditions of complete isolation.  

As for the refusal of the United States from the Olympics in 1980 in Moscow.  Then it was the Soviet Union, and it was the American authorities, by their refusal to participate in the Olympics, that connected politics to sports for the first time.  And I must say that it was their filthy and brazen decision that negatively affected the entire world of sports.  
So far, Russia has not acted under its own flag.  
And these nasty American politicians are to blame for this, as it is now becoming clear to all sane people around the world.

Karjakin's policy can't be accepted by everyone, even other athletes can't accept the Karjakin policy that supports Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the country where he was born, most likely he supports Putin because of the policies of the Ukrainian authorities that cover up and not taking action against criminals who burned down a building, which was done by nationalists, maybe for that reason karjakin pro against Putin, but Russian footballer Fiodor Smolov condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and there are many other names such as roman yaremchuk, which used to be a Benfica legend.

That's a good idea to let them play for another team but they have a contract to fulfill and they are under an obligation under the Russian government to represent them, they will incur the wrath of the Russian government and will be sanctioned, besides this is not permanent if Putin back out the sports organizations may change their decision, this is just a symbolism that they are one in condemning Putin's action.

Puttin action will really affect so many innocent Russians who are eve in support of puttin. Even if the war ends it will take time for all this damages that puttin have caused  to innocent Russians to be settled. This ban to Russian athletes will not only stop them from participating internationally,  but it will also cause this athletes shortage of income from there respective  sports team.

I am fully against the war in Ukraine, it's a terrible thing and needs to stop. Even though Ukraine is fighting alone against Russia, I find it good that the international community is standing strong behind Ukraine, supporting them through supply and armament shipments, while issuing sanctions against Russia. Trying to make the economically cost as high as possible for Putin is the best strategy for Western countries, and the world seems almost united here. That is why cancelling sponsor deals in sports is a good idea, or not having competitions or tournaments in Russia. It's also good to see that Roman Abramovich decided to sell Chelsea and will donate his profits to help Ukraine.
Hurting the team and companies behind is alright in my opinion, but hurting the individual athlete is not. They spent thousands of hours training to become a professional athlete and there only mistake is to be born in the wrong country. Excluding them from competitions now is not fair I think. It would be better to let them compete under a different team, without the Russian flag.

The world is turning to everything that is Russian, they are even pouring Russian vodka into the streets, but according to the French President, Emmanuel Macron insisted that the world was ‘not at war with Russia or its people, but only with Vladimir Putin, they have to do this to show that the world is united in condemning is aggression, if Russian is isolated like North Korea it will lose it's resources and profit because nobody will buy their oil and other products no country will transact with them, but the world will have to see the impact of their action if Putin will back out or not.

It will be very difficult for sanctions to be removed once in place as that shows how weak EU and US are if they do so.They,the Russians started the invasion,killed children,committed genocide against humanity among other war crimes like destroying civilians building which are all not allowed in the law of war,they do not care about any of such laws and if that has been the case,the International Court at Hage will start a thorough case against them for such crimes.I doubt EU and US will remove the sanctions easily,they are in place to make all Russia suffer in the long term but I see the effects are already being felt there by everyone.

I don't think this kind of discrimination, we have seen this throughout the history of sport, even in the Olympics. US didn't attend the 1980 Olympics to protest against Russian invasion of Afghanistan.

I know it's kinda sad, but it's their leader to blame here. The athletes are part of the whole country they represent, so they can't do anything about it if the Russians are going to be ban in any sports moving forward because of the action of their President.

I think this is extremely unfair to athletes and sports teams from Russia. This country has many good athletes, for example, the hero of the last Olympics in Beijing, the skier Bolshunov. I think that such an exclusion of such a large country from all international competitions does great harm to all sports in the world. And many champions, with the exclusion of applicants from Russia, will themselves know that they may not be the best in the world in their sport. Especially if they know their Russian opponent, who was simply not allowed to compete.

I hope this kind of discrimination doesn't last too long.

This.

I don't remember them banning the US from the olympics when they invaded Iraq for nothing. Why did they kill Saddam again? For having nuclear or chemical warheads... And then we learned he didn't have any.

Right now it is free for all. The west is freely seizing all the Russian property they can. I guess law of the jungle is ruling us once again. Maybe it never left us.

Amazing how sports personalities from Russia that are currently IN Russia are expressing their disbelief on what's happening. Voicing out opinions that are against the government's ideals at this time is very hard, considering that the protesters from Day 1 were arrested almost immediately. They are brave enough to tell that something's wrong in the face of a bigger adversary.

It's sad that most sporting events are not including Russia right now on their tourneys and whatnot. The fault of one ruling party affects all that don't even know what's happening.

What is most important if for Russian government to negatively feel the impacts of sanctions, all Russian sport people will feel it too, if Russia are banned from all sport activities in the world, this will affect many sport people and organizations in Russia which is what FiFA will think and it will be. This is not about athletes that support or oppose what Russia government are doing to Ukraine but about making Russia suffer for the lives devastated in Ukraine.

- They even took the Black Belt Title away from Putin who is Soo. Thinking of imposing the martial law because of so many protests against his own country.

- Russian athletes on TV are writing no to war on the camera after winning the whole game

- Many athletes from Ukraine itself are joining the battle on Frontline along side with their family, which is even a stronger statement than waat Russia is doing

Sports people are united at the same time to help curb this madness that has been happening which is only increasing day by day, they are definitely making a significant amount of impression on the community.

We will never be able to embarrass our ruler in front of his constituents, especially if we do not have a lot of support from the people.
Maybe the rulers can suppress a few people, but if those people unite to overthrow the ruling regime, it can happen even though it will happen for a long time.
This war opened a lot of sympathy from many parties and they gave support to Ukraine and hoped the war would stop soon because the small people had suffered too much because of the war.
Hopefully, the war will end peacefully soon and the little people can live well again.

Russia knows that this is just a temporary sanction and all this punishment will be lifted once they already finished on the invasion since the world especially EU needs Russian product such as oil and gas because its the closest source compared to Middle East. Russia is fully prepared on this and they can withstand this sanction as per plan. You will notice that ar rushing things on demilitarization on Ukraine since Day 1 of the attack.

EU and US can't do anything besides threatening. There increase in defense on neighbours NATO country is useless because Putin will surely stop after Ukraine and plan his next move later on.

So true, they have deeper understanding and reasoning that most common people do not understand. In my beliefs if you go against your ruler and plans to humiliate him in front of his constituents and people under his rule, giving him bad image etc, it would only worsen, your countries law and order will fall in some point. Games includes deep thinking are not to be taken lightly , they think before they move, so should we. We should think and comprehend before we make accusations and comments that we don't have sound proof, these guys have wisdoms than most of the social media influencers out there.

Now they will feel isolated in the sporting world because of Putin's action but the one that will really hurt the Russian are the financial and banking organizations to ban them, it will have a big effect on their economy and finances of Russia, but it's good that the sports organizations around the world let their decision known that they are against this aggression, it's only a matter of time before Putin yield or stop the aggression.

well, let's see how this situation pans out in the next coming months.. as putin will not stop this invasion. there will be more unfortunate events that will be received by his people. i am not seeing putin to back down and admit his mistakes...
do you think he's ready to be isolated? but china is not cooperating. as it says from this article - China will not join sanctions on Russia, banking regulator says, it goes to show that China is indeed an ally of Russia. as they are the biggest countries in the world, i believe they can live on their own. however, there will be negative impact on its people.

It's war, and in war, all means are allowed, right ?! I don't think there has ever been so much dust around a war before, and it's not that this is the only war in the world! Too much propaganda and inaccurate information create so much hatred among people that it is impossible to describe, people choose sides and this does not lead to anything good. Day by day, the conflict seems to be getting bigger and it is involving more and more participants, there's a saying in football "there is no one to calm the ball" and I think that all this will last! Big question is when will all this end and how!

Great players play their games and as usual, many rules do not apply to them! We often hear that politics and sports should not be mixed, but it always happens! This is an example of when politics uses sports for its own purposes! To be clear, this is not about me defending Russian politics or not showing solidarity with the Ukrainian people, I am always against any war, but also against politics interfering in sport and involving sports in war! This is not the first time that sports institutions have fallen under pressure and chose side, and I think that is wrong, very wrong! At the same time, they are not always fair and correct, as real athletes should be! I sincerely hope that some big shit won't happen to everyone, the pressure from both sides is great, and under the pressure, things are can explode!

Sports should be used to unite, not divide people!

Moreover several european and world leaders are pushing for regulating, freezing and banning russian financial assets, and they don't want russians to circumvent those sanctions thanks to the help of cryptocurrencies. Then they are ready to attack cryptocurrencies with measures similar to the canadian measures. It means russian exchanges and gambling platforms or exchanges and gambling platforms mainly used by them could be targeted by those sanctions. For crypto gamblers that's a two-bladed sword.