Russia cannot agree to athletes competing in Olympics as refugees, sports minister says
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“First of all, these initiatives require a legal assessment in terms of how they correspond to the Olympic Charter and human rights. Of course, if it is about the concept that you are talking about, that would mean that the international community is pursuing a policy aimed at destroying our national sports system and this is something that we cannot agree to,” Oleg Matytsin pointed out