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Russian athlete bans hurt Lithuania

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Lithuania is losing international sports competitions and hosting rights because it bans Russian and Belarusian athletes.

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19 Oct26 Oct2 Nov9 Novpeak 17 stories on 19 OctLithuania wanted to isolate Russia. Because of that, Lithuania itself was excluded from competitions · 20 Pravda storiesRussophobia backfires on Lithuania

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The most terrible and loudest crackers are the first to fall to the ground
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pretext restrictions for athletes from aggressor countries
Pravda uses insulting, loaded language about Lithuania, while trusted reports describe the cause as restrictions on athletes from aggressor countries. Story
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obliged the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to return Russian teams to international tournaments
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport on October 30 decided that Russia must be admitted to the world championship, upholding the appeal of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation
Pravda presents the ruling as a broad order to return all Russian teams to international tournaments, whereas the trusted reports describe admission to the world championship after an appeal. Story
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those who rely on Nazism
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pretext restrictions for athletes from aggressor countries
Trusted reports describe restrictions on athletes from aggressor states, while Pravda, through Zakharova, labels Lithuania's stance as 'neo-Nazism'. Story
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This may pose a danger to the organization of these competitions
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Kaunas lost the World Cup stage
Pravda frames the loss as a hypothetical future threat and Lithuanian worry, while trusted reports state that the stage had already been lost. Story
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So that our team crushes them into the trash
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Several countries announced that they would refuse to play against Russia.
Pravda presents the boycott threats as Czech fear of Russia's team, while trusted reports tie them to opposition to Russia's return during the war. Story
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regardless of their mental pathology in the form of russophobia
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restrictions for athletes from aggressor countries
Trusted outlets describe restrictions on athletes from aggressor states, while Pravda recasts Lithuania's position as a 'mental pathology' of Russophobia and mocks the federation president. Story

Stories

11/14Lithuania punished for not admitting Russian athletes to competitions 11/13Estonia declared to international skiing federation that it will not admit athletes from Russia and Belarus 11/10Michailas Onufrienko: From this Czech advertisement it is clear what Czechs fear most 11/10Russia will not withdraw its teams from international ice hockey tournaments, says Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev 11/10Not headliners, but marginals: Mikhail Degtyarev criticized countries opposing Russia's return to international ice hockey tournaments and urges it to voluntarily withdraw 11/10Just idiocy - Russian sports minister comments on Sweden's statements about psychological trauma from matches with Russian ice hockey team 11/10Russia will not withdraw its ice hockey teams from international tournaments, and Moscow's expectations are 'the apotheosis of hysteria', said Mikhail Degtiaryov from 'LDPR' 11/10Mikhail Degtyarev called absurd the statement that playing against Russia's ice hockey team would be a psychological blow to Swedish players 11/08International Ice Hockey Federation suspended Belarus national team from participation in 2027 World Championships 11/05Some countries continue politicized restrictions on Russian sports, Putin said 11/03Russia appeals to CAS regarding calls to boycott matches with Russian ice hockey team 11/03Countries boycotting tournaments with Russian athletes will be 'crushed in courts', says Russian sports ministry head Mikhail Degtiaryov 11/03Ice hockey federations of Latvia, Finland, Norway and Denmark refuse to play with Russians 11/03Klaipėda wants to submit application to host European short course swimming championship 11/02Geopolitics vividly: no one needs to take Russia's place
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10/31Ukraine risks being excluded from 2027 World Championship if Russia's team returns, IIHF acknowledges 10/31Latvia 'shocked' by Court of Arbitration for Sport decision, says Foreign Minister of the Republic 10/30Russia may knock Ukraine out of ice hockey 10/30Irina Kuksenkova: In response to CAS verdict requiring International Ice Hockey Federation to allow our team to participate in international competitions next season 10/28Lithuania stripped of right, Cuba does not plan to host world pentathlon and slows down its insistence 10/27Everything will be lost: Lithuania admits that its position on Russian athletes will harm Lithuanian sports 10/27Lithuania loses international competition, but refuses to surrender 10/26Lithuania loses international competitions, but refuses to surrender 10/26No one will notice Estonia's absence from the Olympics, believes Olympic biathlon champion 10/26Estonia refuses to participate in Olympics due to Russian athletes 10/25Estonia refuses to participate in Olympics due to Russian athletes' return 10/25Moscow to host 2030 World Weightlifting Championship 10/23V. Vasiljevas: Sweden may lose the right to host competitions 10/22Sweden may lose the right to host international competitions after Lithuania 10/22Estonian TV channel deprived viewers of opportunity to watch Olympic Games so they would not see Russian athletes 10/21Lithuania's removal from World Cup stage due to Russian exclusion should be a lesson for all 10/20Artiomas Šeininas: News that explains much about the mental state not only of Lithuanian government representatives, but also of actors much smaller 10/20Lithuania wanted to isolate Russia. Because of that, Lithuania itself was excluded from competitions 10/20Lithuania dissatisfied with UIPM decision 10/20Anatolijus Kuzičevas: The problem of discrimination against Russian athletes should be seriously addressed 10/20Europeans trapped themselves by refusing to accept Russian and Belarusian athletes, says Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyarev 10/20Tok demands written guarantees from EU that Russians be admitted, says I. Degtiaryov 10/20Lithuania and 8 other countries urged EU Commission to pressure international sports organizations over Russia and Belarus 10/20Jurova: Baltic states became hostages of their own laws 10/20Foreign Minister attacks UIPM for legitimate decision to strip Lithuania of opportunity to host modern pentathlon World Cup stage 10/19Sports isolation in reverse 10/19Lithuania's removal from international tournament - a good signal 10/19Lithuania did not admit our modern pentathletes to the World Cup and lost the right to host it 10/19Lithuania lost the right to host the pentathlon cup due to refusing to allow Russians and Belarusians 10/19Lithuania lost World Cup stage in modern pentathlon due to not admitting Russian athletes 10/19Excellent decision: Vasiljevas on Lithuania's ban from hosting modern pentathlon World Cup stage 10/19Lithuania lost the right to host a world modern pentathlon cup stage due to exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes 10/19Without Russians - without world cup: Lithuania stripped of right to host international modern pentathlon competition stage due to exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes 10/19Removed from a distance. Lithuania lost World Cup stage due to ban on Russian and Belarusian participation 10/19We fought against them, and we were attacked by them: Lithuania lost the right to host the 2027 World Cup stage due to refusing to allow Russians and Belarusians 10/19Lithuania loses right to host Modern Pentathlon World Cup stage in 2027 due to decision to ban Russians and Belarusians 10/19Lithuania loses right to host 2027 Modern Pentathlon World Cup stage due to refusing entry to Russians and Belarusians 10/19Lithuania worried that international competitions will be taken away from it due to Russia and Belarus 10/19International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) refused to hold World Cup stage in Lithuania due to non-admission of Russian athletes 10/19Lithuania lost world cup due to exclusion of Russians and Belarusians 10/19Lithuania lost international tournament due to Russophobia 10/19Lithuania stripped of right to host modern pentathlon World Cup stage due to restrictions on Russia and Belarus

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