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Unofficial translation APPEAL by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the parliaments of foreign countries, the International Olympic Committee, national Olympic committees and international sports federations On January 25, 2023, at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee, proposals were made public for the admission of russian and belarusian athletes to international sports competitions, including the Olympic Games. According to the official website of the International Olympic Committee, these proposals are supported by the majority of national Olympic committees. The proposal is to allow russian and belarusian athletes to participate in international sports competitions as neutral athletes, provided they do not openly oppose the peacekeeping mission of the International Olympic Committee, i.e., do not publicly support the war of the russian federation against Ukraine, and comply with the requirements of the World Anti- Doping Code. The proposal of the Asian Olympic Committee to allow such athletes to participate in the Asian Games was also supported. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine emphasizes that the proposals to allow athletes from the terrorist states of russia and belarus to participate in international sports competitions do not take into account the extremely brutal and barbaric nature of the war waged by the russian federation with the support of belarus against Ukraine, aimed at the genocide of the Ukrainian people, in particular, the undisguised attempts of the armed forces of the russian federation to provoke a man-made disaster in Ukraine by completely destroying the energy system, shelling the Zaporizhzhya and Chernobyl nuclear power plants. Such proposals are an outrage to the memory of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian citizens, including more than 220 Ukrainian athletes who selflessly stood up to defend their homeland and lost their lives in the fight for our future as a democratic European state. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has been unprecedented in its brutality against civilians, especially women and children. Almost 500 Ukrainian children killed by the russian occupiers will never grow up. The abuse of civilians: mass murders, torture, and rape in the occupied cities and villages of Ukraine are known to the whole world. The barbaric shelling of residential areas is a deliberate murder of civilians and leads to numerous victims. The Russian army purposefully destroys schools, kindergartens, hospitals, maternity homes, bringing death and destruction. The recent rocket attack on a residential building in the city of Dnipro, which killed more than 50 people, including 5 children, is a vivid confirmation of the cannibalistic nature of this war.  Russian armed aggression has led to massive destruction of Ukraine’s sports infrastructure. More than 320 sports facilities have been affected by the war, 87 of which were destroyed in full or partially. In particular, the Metalist stadium in Kharkiv, the Avangard sports complex in Kyiv, the training and sports center in Chernihiv, the Neptune swimming pool in Mariupol, Donetsk region, the Ice Palace of Sports in Severodonetsk, Luhansk region, the Champion sports center in 1rpm, Kyiv region, and numerous sports facilities in the occupied territories were destroyed. As of January 2023, the damage to Ukraine’s sports infrastructure exceeded $250 million. With the beginning of the russian full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, the slogan “Sport is out of politics” lost its right to exist. Russian and belarusian athletes, including Olympic champions and medalists, endorse the war against Ukraine: violence, murder and genocide of the Ukrainian people, openly participating in Z-parades or tacitly supporting this fiercest full-scale war, lacking the civic courage to take a conscious position on its condemnation. It should be understood that russia and belarus are inclined in any way to create a false impression of the true goal of their policy, using athletes as an ideological weapon to implement their shameful propaganda, to strengthen the fighting spirit of the russian army and the zombified russian people, and to influence the decisions of other states to support Ukraine in the struggle for its Freedom and Independence and the European choice. The joint participation in international sports competitions of Ukrainian athletes, many of whom have lost relatives and friends in the war, and russian and belarusian athletes whose relatives are killing Ukrainians, has led to numerous conflicts on sports grounds that can lead to injuries and even deaths. Eights on fencing tracks, wrestling mats, firearms shooting and archery competitions are particularly dangerous in this regard. This will also cause tension, possible quarrels and fights among athletes and competition organizers in the Olympic villages. In addition, it is impossible to imagine placing Ukrainian athletes on the podiums alongside russian and belarusian athletes. Similarly, it would be unacceptable for representatives of the russian or belarusian federations to judge competitions involving Ukrainian athletes. In view of the above, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine believes that the admission of russian and belarusian athletes to international sports competitions at a time when the war of the russian federations aimed at the destruction of the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian state is ongoing will be an undisguised support of the war’s goals and an attempt to pacify the aggressor.  In this regard, the verkhovna Rada of Ukraine calls on the International Olympic Committee, national Olympic committees and international sports federations to ban the participation of russian and belarusian athletes in international sports competitions, including the Olympic Games, until the end of the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, including the withdrawal of troops from the entire territory of Ukraine and the resolution of the issue of compensation by the russian federation for the damage caused to Ukraine. 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I I I I P ar-’ c (1 — — $ fl I • I I I - . . ii . . : . .• .qI. 4 . P . . II 4 , . . I ii I I I [ I; -. n4 . H ,. . x•ItIo I I It. . . . I - I RLI>ac S . .. I ! I • . I * . H ii t I 4 •i [ F C ASUTUSEIS *4SUTAMISEKS I kIus AvTS 35 .: ]7OTrfl4LjSjINt 1EERiUM Embassy of Ukraine in Lhe Republic of Estonia entheWtflcñ.u /L2g N2 6126/22-110-24058 The Embassy ot Ukraine in the Repub lic of Estonia presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia and has the honour to forward here with the Appeal by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the parliaments of foreign coun tries, the International Olympic Committee, national Olympic committees and interna tional sports federations about suspension of the russian and belarusian athletes from participating in any international sports competitions with unofficial translation. The Embassy kindly requests the Min istry to inform the relevant authorities of the Republic of Estonia about the above- mentioned document. The Embassy of Ukraine in the Repub lic of Estonia avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia the assurances of its highest consideration. Eri1 6 pages - tIlinn, 03 March 023 ‘c\ - - MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA Ta III nn