Russia accuses International Olympic Committee of "new racism and Nazism"

Russia accused the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday of practicing "new racism and Nazism" due to the neutrality rules imposed on Russian Olympic athletes and potential sanctions on participants in the "Friendship Games" organized by the Kremlin.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated, "These decisions demonstrate how far the International Olympic Committee has deviated from its declared principles and slipped into new racism and Nazism."

AFP