Russian fake calls – Olympic Committee faces campaign. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni received a similar call in September 2023.
Other top politicians such as Economics Minister Robert Habeck and former Chancellor Angela Merkel have also been victims of such calls. Only on Tuesday, the IOC announced that Russian and Belarusian athletes would not be allowed to take part in the parade at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris. The IOC also criticized Russia's plan to host "friendly games" in September, calling it "a cynical attempt to politicize sport"