Canadian Foreign Minister Slams Russia Over “mean-spirited and hateful law”
by Will Kohler
"As concerned as we are about the Olympics, that's nothing. That's two, three, four weeks for the athletes and participants and the visitors. This mean-spirited and hateful law will affect all Russians 365 days of the year, every year. It is an incitement to intolerance, which breeds hate. And intolerance and hate breed violence. We wanted more than a verbal commitment to the IOC. And now the comments by the Russian sports minister, Vitaly Mutko, are of deep concern. The Olympics is a great celebration of international sport, of international co-operation. This type of law being enforced flies in the face of the entire Olympic spirit." - Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird
Yesterday
Mutko who is the Russian Minister of Sports said that despite the
"assurances" claimed by the International Olympic Committee, Russia will
indeed arrest any athlete or fan who violates their ban on "homosexual propaganda."
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