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After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia competed as part of the Unified Team in 1992, and finally returned once again as Russia at the 1994 Winter Olympics. The Russian Olympic Committee was created in 1991 and recognized in 1993.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) [a] is the National Olympic Committee representing Russia. Its current president during IOC suspension is Mikhail Degtyarev . The membership of ROC is currently suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 12 October 2023.
Russia has denied the existence of a doping program with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, blaming the United States for "using the Olympics to meddle in the [2018] Russian presidential election", that he would later win.
Russia's government is becoming increasingly aggressive towards the International Olympic Committee as the Paris Games draw near, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday. Russia sports minister ...
Russia's Olympic Committee will send 335 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics next month, its president said on Tuesday, where they will compete without their national flag and anthem due to doping ...
Russia's plan to hold the 'Friendship Games' is a political action that violates the Olympic Charter, and countries should not take part in them, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.
Vladimir Lukin - Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, President of the Russian Paralympic Committee; Viacheslav Fetisov - Chairman of the Federal Council Commission on Physical Culture, Sports and Development of the Olympic Movement; Leonid Tyagachyov; Vladimir Kozhin - Chief of Staff of the President of the Russian Federation
At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 the Russian Olympic team had 330 athletes and the Belarus delegation 104. The Russian team was limited then due to doping violations.