also, some partners of ukraine criticized moku's decision. the president of estonia says that the admission of russian and belarusian athletes is unacceptable, and hopes that the decision will be reversed. olympic principles have nothing to do with terror, the president of lithuania said. and what about russia, interestingly, not in moscow either supports such a decision of the international olympic committee, but for another reason they consider it discriminatory. and here i would like to recall how it all began. in march 2022, almost immediately after the full-scale attack on ukraine, the international olympic committee suspended russian and belarusian athletes from participating in international competitions. and in march 2023 , recommendations were issued according to which athletes from russia and belarus can compete on the international stage, but only under a neutral flag, and when performing a number of demands, including, if they did not support ukraine, at the end of the year they were allowed to participate in the olympic games. th