The International Olympic Committee announced an indefinite suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee on Thursday over a breach of the Olympic Charter.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) was suspended indefinitely on Thursday after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) found that it violated the Olympic Charter by incorporating four councils from eastern Ukraine last week.
The IOC Executive Board came to the decision to suspend the ROC immediately and indefinitely after Thursday’s meeting in which officials discussed the ROC’s « unilateral decision » to accept as members the councils in Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia on Oct. 5.
The statement said the move « constitutes a breach of the Olympic Charter because it violates the territorial integrity of the NOC of Ukraine, as recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in accordance with the Olympic Charter.
