President of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) Viktor Maigurov announced a shortage of cartridges for biathlon rifles.

" This is really trouble. The domestic manufacturer of Olymp cartridges is unable to meet our needs due to limited capacities, the price of their products has also doubled for no apparent reason.. There are a couple of companies that provide supplies of the usual imported cartridges, but due to changes in supply chains, this is extremely expensive,"

Recall that on February 24 last year, Russian President Putin made an urgent statement about conducting a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, launching a large-scale invasion of Ukrainian cities..

After that, Russian sports began to plunge into complete isolation.. There are practically no federations left that have not excluded the Russians from their competitions.

In March, the executive committee of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) unanimously decided to suspend the activities of the national federations of Belarus and Russia, and in September extended the suspension.

This year, the International Olympic Committee called for the representatives of the Russian Federation and Belarus to be allowed to compete in a neutral status, provided that they were not seen actively supporting the war in Ukraine..

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Earlier it was reported that in Russia the biathlon tournament was held without rifle cartridges..