Russian and Belarusian athletes are not allowed to participate in the European Games 2023.

The Russian Boxing Federation reportedly expressed a desire to take part in the European Games this year in order to be able to qualify for the 2024 Olympics, but the European Olympic Committee (EOC) refused to do so..

III European Games will be held from June 21 to July 2 in Poland.

It should be reminded that earlier 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..

Later, the Ministry of Youth and Sports banned Ukrainian national teams from competing with Russians and Belarusians..

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Earlier it was reported that Ukraine called on the EU countries to take joint measures to completely remove Russians and Belarusians from sports..