International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday that the Russian government had fallen "even lower" after Moscow accused it of "sloping into neo-Nazism" On Tuesday, the IOC announced that Russian and Belarusian athletes would not be able to parade during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The ban on Russians and Belarusians from parading in Paris is in addition to their obligation to participate under a neutral banner, and on condition of not having openly supported the offensive against Ukraine.
The Committee has considerably hardened its tone against the "Friendship Games" which should be held in Russia.