In Paris, 15 russian athletes will compete at the Summer Olympics, despite the fact that they support the genocidal war and Putin.
Among them:
Tamara Dronova (cycling): worked for the Dynamo security forces and illegally traveled to the occupied Crimea in 2016 and 2019.
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Among them:
Tamara Dronova (cycling): worked for the Dynamo security forces and illegally traveled to the occupied Crimea in 2016 and 2019.
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2/ Alena Ivanchenko (cycling): left “likes” under many social media posts in support of the war, including posts questioning Ukraine's right to exist and posts supporting the annexation of Donetsk and Luhansk.
3/ Elena Vesnina (tennis): left "likes" under many social media posts in support of the war, including a post by russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov, which hailed the "heroism" of russian soldiers for killing Ukrainians and calling Ukrainians as Nazis.
4/ Anzhela Bladtseva (trampolining): competed in a competition in Krasnodar, russia, where the championship was held against the backdrop of a banner with a “Z” symbol - a symbol of the russian invasion of Ukraine.
5/ Alexey Korovashkov (canoeing): positions himself as a “Transnistrian athlete”, another territory illegally invaded by russia.
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