The department is confident that representatives of the aggressor countries should be responsible for the full-scale war that Russia, with the assistance of Belarus, unleashed against Ukraine.

The corresponding statement was published on the website of the US State Department.. It was signed by the ministries of sports of 35 countries of the world..

New sports sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus provide for the following measures:.

stop the cooperation of international sports federations with the state sports authorities of Russia and Belarus;

remove Russians and Belarusians from all tournaments, leadership positions in international federations;

suspend broadcasts of international sports competitions in Russia and Belarus.

In addition, it is proposed to introduce a strict ban on the national symbols of the aggressor countries - the flag, coat of arms and anthem.. In case of admission of representatives of Russia and Belarus to tournaments, the federations must make sure that the athletes or officials are not related to state bodies.

After this, Russia was outraged by the statement of the US State Department, calling it a "

" Obviously, Ukraine is just an excuse. The persecution of Russian athletes began long before the current events. This is part of a ridiculous campaign to " The actions of the collective West are another example of unfair competition in order to deprive Russian athletes of the opportunity to compete on equal terms with rivals from other countries. We emphasize that sport should remain out of politics,"