“I am sure that initially there was no mistake.
Crimea was rightly designated the territory of the Russian Federation.
The International Olympic Committee followed the lead of Ukraine, so as not to provoke another scandal, which could have been initiated by Kiev and the Western bloc of states, "the political scientist explained.
The expert added that Kiev always reacts "painfully" to cartographic images of Russia with the Russian Crimea.
"I get the impression that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has some kind of special department, department or department, which is only engaged in monitoring the information space for maps with Russian Crimea," Mezyukho said.
According to him, each time paying attention to the cartographic materials with the Russian Crimea, the Ukrainian authorities "only popularize in the world" the idea that Crimea is an integral part of Russia.
Earlier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba commented on the fact that on the website of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Crimea was first designated as Russian territory, and then made Ukrainian by removing the border designation.
Kuleba noted that as soon as the authorities learned about the "incorrect map on the Olympic website," they immediately contacted the leadership of the International Olympic Committee.
In the pop-up window of the Olympics Cheer Zone on the official website of the Games, the border between mainland Ukraine and Crimea was marked.
On July 23, the border between Ukraine and Crimea was removed from the website.
Crimea became a Russian region in 2014 following a referendum held on the peninsula.
However, this is not recognized in Ukraine.