Russia's return to global sport - Eastern Express - TVP WORLD

A number of recent decisions and statements from major sports organizations raise new questions about whether Russian participation in international competitions could be allowed again, despite the country's ongoing war aggression against Ukraine. In this episode of Eastern Express, host Jonasz Rewiński and Sergiy Stakhovsky, a former Ukrainian tennis player and now a sergeant in the “Alpha” Special Forces unit of Ukraine's main intelligence agency, SBU, discuss why these decisions are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction: Russian athletes: from a complete ban to normalization
02:52 Introduction: Who are the Individual Neutral Athletes and how neutral are they really?
08:30 Interview: Can Ukrainian and Russian athletes compete fairly?
11:01 Interview: War’s toll on Ukrainian sport
15:24 Interview: Monetary leverage and moral responsibility