The Estonian Prime Minister hinted on Friday February 3 that her country could boycott the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris if Russian and Belarusian athletes were allowed to participate. ” The participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes is simply bad. Boycott is the next step Kaja Kallas told reporters. After having “ recommended the exclusion of Russians and Belarusians nearly a year ago, the IOC began a series of consultations in December to organize their return, in the name of ” unifying mission ” of sport, provided that they have ” not actively supported the war in Ukraine “. Kyiv immediately accused the Olympic body of ” promote war and threatened to boycott the Paris Games if Russians take part. Moscow, for its part, believes that all restrictions must be lifted and that the Olympics must not be politicized.