DISINFO: The West did not let Russia participate in the Olympics

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DISINFO: The West did not let Russia participate in the Olympics

SUMMARY

Russia just needs to ask North Korea and there will be no Olympics. Because the Olympics without Russia should not take place. The West did not let Russia go to the Olympics, so – there will be no Olympics. We have the opportunity to make sure that these Olympics will not take place.

RESPONSE

It was not "the West" that prevented Russia from participating in the coming Olympics, it was the systematic state sponsored doping program in Russia that made the IOC decide this www.olympic.org/news/ioc-suspends-russian-noc-and-creates-a-path-for-clean-individual-athletes-to-compete-in-pyeongchang-2018-under-the-olympic-flag, . Russian athletes not convicted of doping will be allowed to compete under Olympic flag. According to the rules of the IOC, any attempt to blockade or blackmail the Olympics means the exclusion from participation in the Games for up to 8 years.

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