“If Russian athletes compete without a flag, there will be no national anthem.
Then it can be done like this, ”Toom Postimees quotes.
She stressed that she did not accept the principle of collective responsibility.
Toom made it clear that she listens to the opinion of Estonian athletes Kaya Kanepi and Irina Embrich, who opposed the boycott of Russians.
“Because if everyone is responsible, then in the end no one is responsible,” the deputy explained.
It is alleged that a group of 82 MEPs appealed to the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, with a call to put pressure on European countries demanding the removal of Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
On January 25, the IOC urged federations in various sports to consider the possibility of allowing Russians in a neutral status.
At the same time, it is proposed not to allow athletes who actively supported the special operation in Ukraine.
On January 30, it became known that Poland and Britain will create a coalition of countries against the participation of Russians in the 2024 Olympics.
Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Norway and Estonia have already declared their readiness to join the coalition.
On February 2, the ministers of sports of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland called on the IOC to prevent Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in the Paris Olympics.
Earlier, Zhurova said that the IOC must be tough, otherwise it will come to purges in all teams.