Oleg Matytsin

— 20 September 2023

“If I have to sign a declaration, I will refuse”

The issue of its athletes taking part in the Paris 2024 Games under conditions of neutrality has still not been settled, but Russia is doing its sums. Its Sports... Read more »

— 13 September 2023

For Putin, the IOC has perverted Coubertin’s idea

The setting and the occasion didn’t really seem to lend themselves to it, but the urge was undoubtedly too strong. Present this week in Vladivostok for a plenary session... Read more »

— 17 July 2023

For Paris 2024, the IOC will keep three invitations in the drawer

The announcement was not expected on this date. It surprised everyone, at least in form. On Thursday July 13, the eve of France’s national holiday, the IOC announced that... Read more »

— 19 June 2023

Russians don’t want refugee status

With just over 400 days to go until the opening of the Paris 2024 Games (D – 403), the question of Russian participation in the next Olympic competitions remains... Read more »

— 3 May 2023

For Paris 2024, Russia has already made its accounts

A coincidence of the calendar? A few days before the World Judo Championships (May 7 to 14 in Doha), where Russia will be represented by nearly twenty athletes engaged... Read more »

— 27 January 2023

On the Russian question, the IOC angers both sides

Will Russian and Belarusian athletes soon find a place in international competitions? After reading the latest IOC press release, published on Wednesday, January 25 at the end of the... Read more »

— 3 October 2022

A return of Russian athletes, but only pacifists

The door opens. Timidly, but it is opening. During a visit to Rome last week, Thomas Bach confirmed information reported two weeks earlier by the President of the US... Read more »

— 8 September 2022

Russia’s time of isolation is over

A coincidence of timing? While the IOC is due to hold its executive board meeting in Lausanne on Thursday 8 September, for the penultimate time of the year, Russia... Read more »

— 8 August 2022

For Russia, a victory and projects

Isolated since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, excluded from international competitions and banned from the Olympic movement, Russia is not giving up. Two years before the Paris... Read more »

— 27 June 2022

For the 2036 Games, Russia wants to be on India’s side

Russia has come to terms with the fact that its invasion of Ukraine has not only sidelined it from the international sports movement, but also condemned it to throw... Read more »