Vaskim: We will not allow Russian tugs to enter Sigulda.
The president of the Latvian Logging Federation, Kalev Vasseks, said that on Thursday, November 12, an extraordinary congress of the International Logging Federation (FIL) will be held, where the issue of the participation of Russian rowers in competitions as neutral athletes will be decided.
Latvia's position has not changed and Latvia will vote against neutral athlete status for Russian athletes. However, Vasaks said, there is no certainty that Latvia's vote will be decisive this time.
According to him, Russian athletes will not be able to start in Latvia even with a neutral status, since the current sports law does not allow this, in addition, last year, Foreign Minister Baiva Barza included most of the athletes of the Russian national team in the list of undesirable persons, and they can no longer enter Latvia.
Vasks also emphasized that yesterday he again sent letters to the federations of all countries, condemning the idea of bringing Russia into the competition.