- The session of the International Olympic Committee was held in Mumbai in October, 2023.
- This session the International Olympic Committee has suspended the Russian Olympic Committee with immediate effect.
- This suspension has been done for ‘violation of the charter’.
- The National Olympic Committee of Russia was suspended because it had decided to bring under its control regional sports organizations that were under Ukraine’s NOC.
- Russia has violated the Olympic Charter by recognizing the regional Olympic councils in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia.
- These areas used to be a part of Ukraine but Russia attacked Ukraine and recognized these areas and declared them independent.
