Russia-Ukraine Crisis Consequences in Sports

[heywoodu 14,954]

8 minutes ago, amen09 said:

Indian is a part  and member of NAM (non aligned movement ) 

Like many others countries in south America and Africa 

And Belarus, 'funnily'.

 

Interesting list of leaders throughout the years, this NAM  

[Dolby 735]

2 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said:

Well, I don't see how this is "handling a difficult situation quite well". But everyone is entitled to have an opinion.

India is not a player in the conflict. For us the primary concern is 1) Trying to avert a global World War and 2) safe evacuation of 20K Indians stuck in Ukraine. And I reiterate Indian government is doing the best it can to meet both goals. 

[Wanderer 1,626]

Waiting to see what would happen with Russian and Belarussian tennis players. Svitolina stated in Monterrey she wouldn't play and Russian or Belarussian player as long as they have flag beside their name...

[Dolby 735]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

And Belarus, 'funnily'.

 

Interesting list of leaders throughout the years, this NAM  

NAM is a useless organisation with zero effect on Indian foreign policy or any country's foreign policy for that matter. But, funny that you mentioned pro-Russia Belarus while ignoring that NAM also has almost all Africa, Caribbean and Asia as its members including Singapore, Thailand and Philippines.

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

21 minutes ago, Dolby said:

India is not a player in the conflict. For us the primary concern is 1) Trying to avert a global World War and 2) safe evacuation of 20K Indians stuck in Ukraine. And I reiterate Indian government is doing the best it can to meet both goals. 

Yeah, I'm sure global peace will be within reach because India chose to be neutral here.

The "not my problem" approach is everything we need right now to avoid a global war.

[heywoodu 14,954]

Apparently this young Ukrainian biathlete has died while fighting against the invaders.

https://www.biathlon.com.ua/en/profile/5813-evgeniy-malishev

[Dolby 735]

Just now, thiago_simoes said:

Yeah, I'm sure global peace will be within reach because India chose to be neutral here.

The "not my problem" approach is everything we need right now to avoid a global war. Genius.

And what has NATO/EU exactly done to help Ukraine? Apart from empty speeches? NATO watched silently when Crimea was annexed. Everybody knew that Russia was going to invade Ukraine but did they do anything? Tell me how many NATO soldiers are there in Ukraine? Sanctions on Russia excludes energy sector, which is Russia's major export. They were even debating if diamonds and hand bags should be exempted or not. And yet it is India's "not my problem" approach which is preventing peace. 

 

We depend a lot on Russia for defence equipment. If Pakistan and/or China try some mischief, how much can we rely on USA/NATO? We know we are on our own, which was more than visible in the initial days of Delta wave, and we will do what is best in our interest. World does the same. 

[hckošice 14,794]

Football federation announced in its statement that any of the Slovak football teams will not play any match against Russia and Belarus in the coming months regardless of the name or flag under which they might play https://futbalsfz.sk/stanovisko-sfz-k-sucasnej-situacii-na-ukrajine-a-k-rozhodnutiam-fifa-i-uefa/

[hoversaBR 434]

I honestly don't have a thought about all this, but anyway Russia and Belarus were finally banned in volleyball as well. Too bad, I was curious about their team this year, especially after the Olympics. 

 

https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/fivb-declares-russia-and-belarus-not-eligible?id=96823

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

1 hour ago, Dolby said:

we will do what is best in our interest

Yes, and that's it. So, don't try to justify this decision by mentioning that India is trying to help avoiding a global war. A neutral reaction right now only shows India defends its own interests and is not worried about Ukraine or peace at all.