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     – On behalf of the Russian Olympic Committee, I am glad to welcome all of you to the 3rd Athletes’ Forum in the beautiful city of Minsk.

    For us, very close, productive communication between athletes, sports specialists and leaders of various levels has become an absolute norm in recent times. I would like to note that the goal pursued by our enemies – to split up and disunite our society – has failed miserably. Moreover, we can observe the opposite effect – we have greatly increased interaction between our countries and peoples.

    More than 100 events have been held jointly by Russia and Belarus recently. Remember when the first competitions began a year ago, both Russian and Belarusian fans were surprised why Belarus was taking part in Russian championships. But now in the sports environment such questions are not raised in principle. Our joint participation in high national level competitions has become an absolute norm. And we must thank some international public sports organizations for bringing our peoples even closer.

    Of course, the Olympic Movement is, first of all, about friendship, cooperation, respect, solidarity, and the dream of Pierre de Coubertin, which was to make this imperfect world better through sport. And everyone who is here in this room is making the world a better place by playing sports. I am sure that at the end of your active sports career, you will be able to realize the potential accumulated over the years of competitive practice and make a significant contribution to the development of not only physical culture and sport in our countries, but also, possibly, in other areas. As a person who has walked a fairly long sports path, I also had doubts when my career ended. I asked myself: “What should I do next?” But trust me, there is life after sport. You need to cherish it, you need to believe in it and make every effort so that it becomes bright and eventful. This is what I sincerely wish not only to you, but also to those generations that shall follow you, learn from you and improve sports and the Olympic movement of our countries.

    I would like to express my profound gratitude to NOC Belarus for the invitation to come to the Forum. For us, for our Olympians, with whom we took part in the Olympic Games in various capacities, this is a great honour. We are always glad to see you in Russia, in our large friendly Belarusian-Russian family!

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    ROC President statements 19 May 2023
    Stanislav Pozdnyakov: “At the Executive Committee of the ROC on May 25, we will form recommendations to federations on participation in events of international sports organizations”

    The ROC president addressed the participants of the International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World” in Kazan.

    News feed 16 May 2023
    About 270 Russian and foreign athletes will take part in the International Forum of Young Olympians 2023

    On June 1 and 2, Moscow will host the International Forum of Young Olympians, traditionally organized by the Russian Olympic Committee.

    News feed 13 May 2023
    The Russian Union of Athletes and the Council of Sports Veterans of Uzbekistan became partners

    On May 13, Secretary General of the Russian Olympic Committee Rodion Plitukhin, President of the Russian Union of Athletes David Musulbes and First Vice President of the Russian Union of Athletes Tatyana Logunova paid a working visit to the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan in Tashkent.