Welp, another "gift" to russians from the Thomas Bach himself – made a photo with and gift to russian athlete Varvara Prokhorova, who bears a military rank of ensign and is CSKA member.

Other russian (and pro-Putin) athletes are joking that Prokhorova "solved issues" with Bach

SVT reported that IOC pressures winter IFs into allowing Russian athletes as neutral, despite most of them not wanting to do so www.svt.se/sport/vinter...

We at ua.tribuna.com asked IOC regarding this and how does it fall under IOC's repeated stance regarding IF's independence

Full IOC statement👇