The IOC threatens Russia to withdraw from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo

Zubkov (left) and his partner Voivod were disqualified and deprived of the Olympic Games from 2014 to 2018 / Reuters

The International Olympic Committee has formally notified the Russian Olympic Committee of its assistance and the necessary legal steps to ensure compliance with the decision rendered on 23 April 2018 by the Sports Arbitral Tribunal (CAS). on the deprivation of the Olympic bobsleeted champion Alexander Zubkov

The message to the OCR was sent on the occasion of the decision of the Moscow City Court of November 21, 2018, which restored the old sport The Russian Olympic Committee, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and the provisions of the IOC Olympic Charter, provided that the NOCs are recognized and apply the World Anti-Doping Code on its territory, December 5, 2018 has appealed to the Municipal Court of Moscow, which violates in particular the terms of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1

In its acts, OCR holds that the decision of the CAS, even though it is not considered feasible in the territory of the Russian Federation, will not result in the suppression of the decisions and sanctions of the IOC because, in principle, it can not be subject to control. . The by Russian state courts including the Moscow City Court, in the & # 39; lack of jurisdiction of the latter to control the decisions of a court & # 39; international arbitration (arbitration).

Also, it is established that the provisions of the Olympic Charter of the IOC are not enforced in the territory of the Russian Federation This could result in severe penalties that may go as far as complete elimination of Russian athletes from participation in the Olympic Games within the Russian Olympic team and under the flag of the Russian Federation as early as the 2020 Games in Tokyo

The definition of the Moscow City Court creates preconditions for non-recognition of decisions. The CAS and the justification of 28 Russian champion athletes and winners of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, as they reviewed their appeals and acquitted the CAS, also applied the principle of "response" provided for in the Code of Criminal Procedure. ; WADA. "

Finally, the decision of the Moscow City Court of 21 November may suggest that the Russian Federation really recognizes the fundamental principles of the fight against doping in sport, protects the interests of" clean "athletes and observe the basic provisions of the Olympic Charter and the World Anti-Doping Code