Kyiv officials say attack in Tatarstan was on a facility producing long-range drones
Russia accused International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Tuesday of taking part in a “conspiracy” with Ukraine to exclude its strongest athletes from this year’s Paris Games. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova made the allegation after two Russian pranksters known as Vovan and Lexus published a recording of a conversation with Bach in which he was falsely led to believe he was speaking to an African sports official.
Bach said in the call that the IOC had established a special panel to monitor the media and the internet and ensure that Russian athletes who had made political statements in support of their government could not take part in the Olympics. “We have also offered to the Ukrainian side – not only offered, but asked them - to provide us with their knowledge of the behaviour of such athletes or officials,” Bach could be heard saying in English on the recording.
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