Russian media are not welcome at the Paris 2024 Games. Not really a scoop. The agency TASS announced on Sunday July 28 that four of its special correspondents in the French capital to cover the Olympic event had had their accreditation withdrawn. “ A total surprise for us, underlines a press release from the state press agency. Our correspondents entered France and received their Olympic accreditations without any problem. One of them, Artyom Kuznetsov, has been in Paris since July 20 ". Questioned on Monday July 29 at a press conference, the spokesperson for Paris 2024, Anne Descamps, confirmed the information. “ The decision was taken by the French political authorities, she said. We only applied it. » According to the press release published by TASS, the special correspondents excluded from the Paris Games all have extensive experience of major sporting events. Artyom Kuznetsov, in particular, is in his seventh Olympic Games. The Russian agency emphasizes having asked the COJO the reason for this exclusion, but without having obtained a concrete answer.
