Russian delegate Yelena Valbe was elected from the top board of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (Fis) on Thursday.
It got the fewest votes when the FIS Congress in Milan voted on the matter.
Controversial Russian ski base candidate Yelena Valbe for re-election to Fi’s board of directors and top decision-making body has attracted a lot of attention.
For the purposes of this regulation, the Swedish Ministry of Social Affairs is required to express Karin Mattsson i Expressen:
Not voting for her is one thing – but should she go to the polls at all? Should she even be eligible to be elected? We should find the same logic in this when it comes to active participation, Mattson said.
Yelena Valby recently expressed her support for the Russian war and referred to the Ukrainian population as Nazis.
Pandora’s box is now open
According to Norwegian NRK, it said the following to the Russian website Championat:
It is clear that Nazism should not exist as it is, but now Pandora’s box is open. Some of these people will flee to Europe and it’s not about the poor refugees in any way – they will show who they are.
This contributed to their occurrence within Fis.
She got the fewest number of votes of all the candidates. In the same vote, Swedish delegate Mats Orge gained new confidence. In addition, Swede Johan Elias was re-elected as president of the International Volleyball Federation.