2024-07-29 17:10:49
TASS said on Sunday that the revocation of the accreditation of journalists who had come to France, obtained permits and participated in the opening and several events, necessary to cover the Games, was “completely unexpected”.
“I can confirm that in relation to several accredited journalists, the competent authorities have subsequently taken a decision to revoke the accreditation,” 2024 told reporters. Anne Descamps, representative of the organizer of the Paris Olympic Games.
“We, as in 2024 Paris Olympic Games Organizing Committee, we are implementing the decision without delving into the basis of this information, which was not provided to us,” she added.
A. Descamps said that she did not know, the accreditation of several journalists was revoked.
The Ministry of the Interior did not have any comments when asked by the AFP news agency.
TASS reported that the organizing committee of the Paris Olympics revoked the accreditation of four of its journalists.
One of the journalists, Artyom Kuznetsov, has already worked at several Olympics, and he could be seen in the main stands at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on Friday.
The Russian team was banned from the Paris Games due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, which has been going on for the third year.
Only 15 Russian athletes compete under a neutral flag at the Olympic Games. They did not attend the opening ceremony.
Russia criticized the opening ceremony, with foreign affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova describing it as a “colossal failure”.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the opening ceremony was an “ugly spectacle” and a “show of perverts”.
TASS wrote that the opening “was full of unpleasant situations”, noting incidents such as the Olympic flag being raised upside down and spectators fleeing the opening due to pouring rain.
Earlier, requests for accreditation from some Russian journalists were rejected, prompting Ms. Zakharova to tell TASS news agency that “journalists’ rights and freedom of speech are just empty words for (President Emmanuel) Macron and his gang.”
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