4 статей
Almost a third of Lithuanian residents support the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow individual Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the Paris Olympics as neutrals, a poll commissioned by the LRT public broadcaster finds.
Belarusian swimmer Alexandra Herasimenia is seeking to pool support in Vilnius for athletes who have been affected by Minsk's repressions, and also attract the international community's attention to the ongoing crackdown on athletes.
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has welcomed the decision taken by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and other institutions to ban Russia from the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics due to the state-supported doping scheme.
