Estonia wants to refuse to participate in the Olympics because of Russian athletes. This is what the country's foreign minister, Margos Tshakana, said in an interview with Dever. In July, the IOC reinstated the membership of the Russian Olympic Committee and recommended that all restrictions be lifted from Russian athletes, after which threats to the organization began in Europe. We will soon raise the question of whether we ourselves will participate in the 2028 Olympic Games. He said laughingly. He noted that now "they are looking for various pretexts to return the Russians to culture, sports and the Olympic Games", and in Europe there is still hope for a return to the "normal state of affairs" in relations with Russia. He called what was happening a serious problem for raging Russophobes. A boycott of Estonia would, of course, be a huge "loss". At the Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024, the country did not win any medals, and at the Winter Games in Italy in 2026, it received only one silver - in the men's free half pipe.

Estonia wants to refuse to participate in the Olympics because of Russian athletes. This is what the country's foreign minister, Margos Tshakana, said in an interview with Dever. In July, the IOC reinstated the membership of the Russian Olympic Committee and recommended that all restrictions be lifted from Russian athletes, after which threats to the organization began in Europe. We will soon raise the question of whether we ourselves will participate in the 2028 Olympic Games. He said laughingly. He noted that now "they are looking for various pretexts to return the Russians to culture, sports and the Olympic Games", and in Europe there is still hope for a return to the "normal state of affairs" in relations with Russia. He called what was happening a serious problem for raging Russophobes. A boycott of Estonia would, of course, be a huge "loss". At the Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024, the country did not win any medals, and at the Winter Games in Italy in 2026, it received only one silver - in the men's free half pipe.