British Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain, January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
March 2 (Reuters) – British sports minister Nigel Huddleston and Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries will host a summit with counterparts from Europe, the U.S., Australia and Canada on Thursday to discuss further measures aimed at isolating Russia from world sports events.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said in a statement on Wednesday that the UK government plans to create a coalition with the aim of putting pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
The DCMS statement added that the coalition's goals are to strip Russia and Belarus of hosting rights for international sporting events, ban their teams and athletes from competition, and take tough action on sport-related investments with links to Russia.
Belarus has been a key staging area for Russia's invasion.
"The government wants to ensure the Russian state cannot use sport to legitimise its regime in any way and is asking domestic sporting bodies and international partners to leave no stone unturned," the department said.
"Putin's Russia must not be allowed to compete in international sport in any form given his needless and horrific attack on Ukraine."
Russia, with the support of Belarus, began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine last week. The war's toll is increasingly dealing a heavy blow to civilians, with Ukrainian authorities estimating more than 2,000 civilians killed so far. read more
World sport governing bodies have started taking action against Russia and Belarus following the International Olympic Committee's recommendation that federations ban Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from competing. read more
The European countries participating in the summit are Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Latvia, Italy, Finland, the Czech Republic and Norway.
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