💰 Olympics row deepens as 35 countries demand ban for Russia and Belarus

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VILNIUS, Feb 10 (Reuters) - A group of 35 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia, will demand that Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from the 2024 Olympics, the Lithuanian sports minister said on Friday, deepening the uncertainty over the Paris Games. "Russian aggression has resulted in the death of 231 Ukrainian athletes and coaches," Czech foreign minister Jan Lipavsky said in a statement after meeting the heads of the Czech IOC and the national sports agency. It has said a boycott will violate the Olympic Charter and that its inclusion of Russians and Belarusians is based on a UN resolution against discrimination within the Olympic movement

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