only fair enough, I remember when they made the US and UK do this after killing hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq

Forget neutral flags, they should be banned. Heck, Russia should be banned for doping, regardless of the war.

Good lord, the comments on that article. I guess I shouldn't expect any better from RT, but man it does really make me sad that so many people are happy living in a fantasy world where Ukrainians are the bad guys in this conflict.

The nazis hosted the olympics, no imperialist war has ever stopped the olympics from letting someone compete. Even in the worst possible interpretation of Russia's actions in Ukraine, barring them from the Olympics for it would be an entirely new precedent.

Finally, some dignity and respect for human rights at the Olympics.

walks past barricade that hides homeless people

Putting a lot of trust in some notion of integrity on noted good organisation, the IOC, here

Ukraine should perform under the flag of Bandera

Ukraine having a normal one

Is that a big bargaining chip or something? The presence of the Ukrainian Olympic team?

The original Olympic truce required everyone to lay down their arms. It would go against the spirit to selectively enforce this. Not that the IOC actually cares about the legacy of the games, they tried to remove wrestling at one point.

Doesn't Russia already perform under neutral flags because of the doping?