Russia will not send fencers to an Olympic qualifier event in Poland this month because of "unacceptable" conditions, the head of Russia's Fencing federation was quoted by Russian media as saying on April 2. "Will Russian fencers take part in Poland? Of course not, it is unacceptable," Ilgar Mamedov told RIA Novosti, referring to the Women's Foil World Cup due to start on April 21. Poland's fencing federation has said that in order to take part, Russian and Belarusian athletes would have to sign a statement saying they did not support Russia's campaign in Ukraine.
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