Withinitially, the peninsula was shown as Russian, but then the IOC said that it would “correct the mistake”. Dmitry Peskov said that this is an occasion for the embassy and sports officials to “take appropriate actions”
Diplomats and sports officials should react to the situation with the map of Crimea on the website of the Tokyo Olympics. So the question about the incident was answered by the press secretary of the president Dmitry Peskov, the correspondent of RBC reports.
After the journalists told him what had happened, Peskov said: “I think this is an occasion for our embassy and sports officials to take appropriate actions and ask appropriate questions.”
Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine noted that the International Olympic Committee separated Crimea from Ukraine on the website of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The map is published in the section “Schedule and results”, when you zoom in, you can see that Crimea is separated from Ukraine by a border.
“The Foreign Ministry has instructed the embassies of Ukraine in Switzerland and Japan to look into this situation,” said the press secretary of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Oleg Nikolenko.
The IOC in response apologized and assured that the error was corrected immediately after the discovery. “This is an unfortunate error of the provider, which was immediately corrected as soon as we became aware of it, and for which we apologize,” the IOC said.
Earlier, the scandal with the map of the Crimea as part of Ukraine broke out before the European Football Championship. The national team of Ukraine presented the form for the tournament on June 6. The outlines of the territory of Ukraine with Crimea were depicted on the chest. In addition, the phrases “Glory to Ukraine” and “Glory to the heroes” were applied to the form.
Initially, UEFA approved this form, but later obliged the Ukrainian national team to remove the slogan “Glory to Heroes” from it. The union noted that the map of Ukraine, which depicts Crimea as part of this country, does not violate the rules, but the combination of the slogans “Glory to Ukraine” and “Glory to the Heroes” is clearly political in nature, having historical and militaristic significance.”
UEFA made this decision after a protest from the Russian Football Union (RFU). They considered that the design of the form violates the ban on political statements.
The Ukrainian TV channel “Dom”, which was created for broadcasting in the territories of Donbass not controlled by Kiev, on July 5 showed a map of Russia with Crimea on the air. The TV channel’s security service has launched an investigation into the incident.
One Russian Diary project’s graphic splash screen contains an image of a map of Russia with the occupied Crimea, “the channel’s management said.” The staff of the TV channel ” Dom “apologizes for the appearance in the graphic screensaver of one of the issues of the project “Russian Diary”.
The issue with this card was withdrawn from the air, the channel administration asked for help from the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine). “As soon as it was discovered, the reaction was instantaneous. The perpetrators have been suspended, “the representatives of the “House” said.
The world community has not yet recognized the annexation of Crimea to Russia in 2014, in Ukraine the peninsula is considered occupied by Russia.
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