{"id":1357644,"date":"2026-02-14T09:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/geraskevychs-disqualification-why-the-ioc-still-tolerates-russian-aggression\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T09:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:36:09","slug":"geraskevychs-disqualification-why-the-ioc-still-tolerates-russian-aggression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/geraskevychs-disqualification-why-the-ioc-still-tolerates-russian-aggression\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraskevych&#8217;s disqualification: why the IOC still tolerates Russian aggression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The presence of representatives of authoritarian regimes in the governing bodies of international organizations destroys the fundamental principles of the civilized world, as evidenced in particular by the disqualification of Vladislav Geraskevych from the Olympic Games.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is how public activist and journalist Vitaliy Haidukevych <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7youq3h_smI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">commented on<\/a> the activities of the International Olympic Committee and other global organizations on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Why are we surprised that they reflect the way they do, if these people tolerate tyrants at home? This is a global problem. And either the world will start to cope with this somehow, or we are all in for really dark times,&#8221; said Haidukevych.<\/p>\n<p> According to him, the world turns a blind eye to its own rules, allowing tyrannies to influence global events through financial and political dependence, and this applies not only to sports, but also to the IAEA, UNICEF, and the Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/youtu.be\/7youq3h_smI?t=55<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/olympic-games-everyone\/\">Olympic Games, everyone?<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> The journalist emphasizes that Russian agents and loyalty to aggressor countries have penetrated all structures that should be defenders of order. Haidukevych, in particular, pointed to the case of Vladislav Geraskevych, noting that civilized nations should not delegate people who do not share democratic values to international forums.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, the public figure recalled the historical experience of Pierre de Coubertin, who during World War I joined the army, putting principles above sports positions. Now, in the leadership structures, there are people who tolerate tyrants at home, &#8211; summed up Vitaliy Gaidukevich.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1419\" data-end=\"1759\"> As is known, the International Olympic Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vladyslava-heraskevycha-ne-pustyly-na-olimpiadu-cherez-sholom-pam-iati\/\">suspended Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladislav Geraskevych<\/a> from participating in the competition because of his intention to enter the track wearing a &#8220;memory helmet&#8221; &#8211; with portraits of Ukrainian athletes who died in Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine. In doing so, the IOC demonstrated double standards, including even with regard to Geraskevych himself.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1761\" data-end=\"2097\"> We will remind, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/olimpiada-2026-mok-zaboronyv-ukrainskomu-skeletonistu-vshanuvaty-zahyblykh-sportsmeniv\/\">the IOC ban<\/a> , Vladyslav <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/heraskevych-vyyshov-na-trenuvannia-v-sholomi-pam-iati-popry-zaboronu-mok\/\">Geraskevych went to training on the Olympic track wearing a \u201cmemory helmet\u201d<\/a> with images of athletes who died during the war with Russia. The IOC banned him from using this helmet in competitive races, and before making the decision, noted that the athlete\u2019s equipment \u201cdoes not comply with the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1761\" data-end=\"2097\"> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presence of representatives of authoritarian regimes in the governing bodies of international organizations destroys the fundamental principles of the civilized world, as evidenced in particular by the disqualification of Vladislav Geraskevych from the Olympic Games. This is how public activist and journalist Vitaliy Haidukevych commented on the activities of the International Olympic Committee and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1357327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,77291],"class_list":["post-1357644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-olympiad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1357644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1357327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1357644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1357644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}