“We will never be humiliated.” The State Duma of the Russian Federation made a statement about Russia’s rapprochement with the IOC – Olympics

Famous Soviet figure skater, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Irina Rodnina commented on the trend towards rapprochement between Russia and International Olympic Committee (IOC)Sports.kz reports with reference to Sport24.ru.

Earlier, Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev announced a policy of rapprochement with the IOC.

— Rapprochement with the IOC? If we want to participate in the Olympics and the Olympic movement, then we need to find points of understanding and interaction. If we don’t want to participate in this, then we can do without it.

— Wouldn’t rapprochement with the IOC be humiliation after such an attitude towards us?
– What is the humiliation? When have we been treated well? In addition to the modern boycott, similar things happened in previous decades. And we also boycotted.

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