Athletistic/Others. State Duma deputy and Olympic champion Svetlana Zhurova expressed her opinion on the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on the appeal of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).

Last October, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the ROC’s membership.

ROC filed an appeal, which the CAS rejected today.

“The ROC will probably appeal to the Swiss court. But the question is whether it makes sense. Lawyers who have already tried to defend us and won cases are being pressured to stop defending us. There is no more freedom or democracy here.

The IOC will nevertheless find a way to prove that he is right. But we must use our right to defense to defend our interests. Some may say we shouldn’t waste the money, but we can continue to prove the IOC wrong. It is important to take a principled position,” Zhurova is quoted as saying by TASS.

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