The criteria announced by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for reinstating the Russian Paralympic Committee are inadequate, Russia’s deputy prime minister for sports, Vitaly Mutko, said.
"There are no specific and adequate complaints about the current work of the Paralympic Committee, this only concerns the alleged violations. For today, the Paralympic Committee’s guilt is unclear," TASS cited him as saying.
The IPC demands echo those set before the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), Mutko said. "This is an attempt to drag us into a long, drawn-out reinstatement process. Of course, this is all beyond the law and common sense. But now, unfortunately, this is the current reality in international sports," Mutko stressed.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) published its criteria on Monday. In particular, the RPC has to pay €250,000 for each year of its suspension and another €125,000 annually for three years once its membership in the IPC will have been reinstated. Besides, the criteria include the demand to exclude the representatives of state authorities from the governing bodies of the RPC.
