The decision was made in Berlin at an extraordinary general assembly of the IPC, the press service of the organization reports.

It is specified that the President of the RPC Pavel Rozhkov participated in the meeting via video conferencing.

64 delegates were in favor of this decision, 39 were against, 16 abstained.

Recall that the IOC recommended that sports organizations remove the Russians.

On September 30, the head of the committee, Thomas Bach, proposed to allow Russian athletes to participate in international competitions under a neutral flag if they distance themselves from the situation in Ukraine.

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko spoke about the statement of the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach.