{"id":1407866,"date":"2026-07-15T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1407866"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:40:03","slug":"kallas-criticizes-ioc-decision-enabling-russians-return-to-competitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/kallas-criticizes-ioc-decision-enabling-russians-return-to-competitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Kallas Criticizes IOC Decision Enabling Russians&#8217; Return to Competitions"},"content":{"rendered":" <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European Union&#8217;s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, condemned the recent decision by the International Olympic Committee that creates conditions for the return of Russian athletes to competitions.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2026\/jul\/13\/emmanuel-macron-keir-starmer-friedrich-merz-volodymyr-zelenskyy-coalition-of-the-willing-ukraine-russia-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a54fd388f0885a73760de36#block-6a54fd388f0885a73760de36\">The Guardian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kallas said such a decision &#8220;does not reflect reality.&#8221; The EU&#8217;s top diplomat also stressed that this decision &#8220;coincides with Russia killing a record number of Ukrainian civilians.&#8221;<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It gives the impression that the International Olympic Committee is rewarding such attacks,&#8221; Kallas added.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As is known, at the end of June the IOC amended the Olympic Charter in ways that could simplify Russia&#8217;s return, and on July 7 decided to temporarily restore the rights of the Russian Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This decision has already sparked a wave of negative reactions from the sports community and relevant officials.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/echr-to-hold-hearing-in-september-on-disappearance-of-children-from-crimean-care-institutions-in-2014\/\">ECHR to Hold Hearing in September on Disappearance of Children from Crimean Care Institutions in 2014<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union&#8217;s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, condemned the recent decision by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1367841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415,53,36422,50],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1407866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-russia-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kallas Criticizes IOC Decision Enabling Russians&#039; 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