9 April, 2024
Russian wrestler Milad Alirzaev has been admitted to the Paris Olympics on Friday, April 6, during the qualifying tournament in Baku.Alirzaev openly supports Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.First, he participated in a propaganda tournament held in “memory of Russian hero Lieutenant General Kutuzov.” Roman Kutuzov was a Russian officer involved in the invasion of Ukraine, killed by Ukrainian forces in June 2022. Alirzaev willingly took part in what was not just a sporting event but a Kremlin-orchestrated pro-war propaganda operation disguised as a tournament.Additionally, Alirzaev has liked several Instagram posts by Dagestani deputy Abdulaev Vagif, who openly supports Russia's war in Ukraine:One post honors Russian soldiers fallen in Ukraine "for the greatness of the...
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30 March, 2024
March 2024. The Stand with Ukraine team met with Ukrainian athletes Valeriia Tereta (flatwater canoe/kayak) and Viktor Legkodukh (shot put) at Lviv City Hall to discuss the impact of the war on their lives and the unacceptable participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the Paris Olympic Games.Viktor Legkodukh, a young officer, suffered a spinal injury at the start of the war in 2014, at the age of 21. Since then, he has built a professional sports career and has won medals at the Warrior Games and the Invictus Games.Valeriia Tereta, champion of the 2023 European Games, has qualified for the Paris Olympics.Both athletes are outspoken against the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes under a neutral banner, stressing that international sports competitions ...
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29 March, 2024
March 2024. The Stand with Ukraine team visited Unbroken, the rehabilitation center in Lviv that provides medical care and prosthetics to those injured and evacuated from the frontlines.Christina Klymko, project manager at Unbroken, gave us a tour of Ukraine’s largest hospital complex, the Clinical Municipal Communal Emergency Hospital, which has treated over 80,000 patients since the start of the full-scale war in 2022.This hospital, which receives adults, children, and military personnel weekly, has increased its capacity tenfold and continues to expand. It now includes prosthetics workshops, enabling self-sufficiency and rapid adaptation to the needs of the injured.Unbroken has an ongoing need for training, medical equipment, and doctors.To donate: https://unbrok...
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