Ru sias sports minister has attacked politicians demands to block athletes from the country competing at the Olympic Games in Paris next year.Oleg Matytsin said it was absolutely unacceptable for governments to attempt to influence the International Olympic Committee (IOC).His reaction on Saturday followed Lithuanian sports minister Jurgita Siugzdiniene announcing there was a unanimous view from a Charlie Taumoepeau Jersey group of around 35 countries that athletes from Ru sia and Belarus should be banned from the Paris 2024 Games.The stance comes amid the invasion of Ukraine, with ministers from countries Detroit Lions Home Office including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Australia, reportedly opposing Ru sian and Belarusian athletes being allowed to take part, even under a neutral flag.A virtual meeting of sports ministers, also attended by Ukraines president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was held on Friday.Zelenskyy said the presence of competitors from Ru sia cannot be covered up with some pretended neutrality or a white flag, saying their presence would be a manifestation of violence and lawle sne s.Matytsin told reporters Steven Montez Jersey , according to Ru sian news agency TASS, that other nations had no right to put pre sure on Olympic chiefs.He said: This is a direct intervention of ministers in the activities of independent international sports organisations, an attempt to dictate the conditions for the participation of athletes in international competitions, which is absolutely unacceptable.Moreover, more than a month ago, the national Olympic committees of these countries supported the decision of the IOC on the participation of our athletes in competitions.These countries are putting pre sure on the activities of independent public organisations, which they tried to accuse us of. Now we see an undisguised desire to destroy the unity of international sports and the international Olympic movement, to make sport a means of pre sure in order to resolve political i sues.Matytsin said sport should instead be used to be an amba sador of peace and build bridges Jerry Jacobs Jersey between peoples. Athletes from Ukraine have accused the IOC of being on the wrong side of history as Games organisers consider whether athletes from Ru sia and Belarus, which has supported Ru sian invasion efforts, should be able to take part in Paris.IOC president Thomas Bach previously criticised Ukrainian calls for a boycott of the Olympics if Ru sians and Belarusians are allowed to take part.In a statement i sued in conjunction with union Global Athlete, Ukraines Olympic committee said allowing Ru sia John Penisini Jersey to compete would enable the country to use the athletes to bolster the war effort and distract from the atrocities in Ukraine.